My videos on Orkut are those from the days of Door Darshan. The videos of the Indian literacy campaign : "ek anek", the national intergration video "mile Sur Mera" and the Shyam Benegal TV doc "Bharat Ek Khoj" title track. So many people have scrapped me to say that they love it. Seems like they are universal favorites. These videos are so simple and yet so classy. For me they are a sweet memory of how uncomplicated life was then!Even TV was unfancy and without any frills - the simple DD and all its serials. Byomkesh Bakshi, nukkad, Surabhi, the Rangoli, Chitrahaar, the Sunday regional movies and the myth serials. No controversies over Big brother, no saas-bahu jagdaas, no villanious wives and husbands and no crorepatis and SMS contests. No overload on your senses and TV viewing was not compulsive or a chore. Oh! and I left out the advertisements. Indian ads (both the print and the TV) are so much better than those the US. Here, there are a few which leave a mark and the rest fade. In India, some good ones become a religion!! Maybe I feel this way because I can relate to the Indian ones better!!
Gold Spot "the zing thing", the "zor ka jhatka, dheere se lage", the cadburys, the Amul, the fevicol "mazhboot jood hai".....these are the classics of Indian TV ads!!!! And Im so happy to have found some of them on Youtube.
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