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<ul><li>Doordarshan is bringing back two of its superhit shows from the eighties - Ramayan and Mahabharat. </li><li>This week we list down the top 90s TV shows available on <keyword id="3163762" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="SonyLIV">SonyLiv</keyword>, Zee5, Hotstar and other OTT platforms. </li><li>Visit Business Insider for more stories. </li></ul>Doordarshan is bringing back two of its superhit shows from the eighties - Ramayan and Mahabharat. If you are one of those who wants to use extra screen time to watch old shows, here are some options for you. Here are a few shows streaming on SonyLiv and other OTT platforms, this week. Aahat on SonyLiv 
	
 
 
 
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 <keyword id="256908" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Imdb">IMDb</keyword>: 7.1/10 Stars: Vijay Raj, Sachin Khurana, <keyword id="836886" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sunny-Leone">Sunny Leone</keyword> Description: Aahat was the iconic horror show for the 90s kids in India. The shows which were not always about ghosts did bring in a twist of supernatural activity. Be it a mysterious mirror or shoes that tell a story, Aahat was the first tryst with horror for many millennials. Shaktiman on Amazon Prime Videos 
	
 
 
 
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 IMDb: 8.1/10 Description: Shaktiman was an Indian superhero who can do anything with his costume on but in real life is a failing photographer. He is every kid’s favourite and fights crime across the city. CID on <keyword id="2171129" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sony-LIV">Sony LIV</keyword> 
	
 
 
 
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 IMDb: 6.6/10 Creator: B.P. Singh Stars: <keyword id="240988" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Aditya-Srivastava">Aditya Srivastava</keyword>, Dayanand Shetty, Shivaji Satam CID has perhaps one of the longest running detective crime shows in India. Each episode of the series would have a crime followed by an investigation by a team led by <keyword id="594029" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="ACP-Pradyuman">ACP Pradyuman</keyword>. The best part of the show is that each episode tells a different story and does not require continuity to keep track of. Twin Peaks on Hotstar 
	
 
 
 
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 IMDb: 8.8/10 Creators: Mark Frost, David Lynch Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick Description: In this American thriller drama, an intelligence officer investigates the murder of a high school girl, Laura Palmer, in the town of Twin Peaks. Though the show ran only for one season, it acquired a cult following later on. Hip Hip Hurray Zee 5
 
 
 
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IMDb: 8.3/10 Stars: Bhoomika Chawla, Pamela Mukherjee, Rushad Rana Description: Hip Hip Hurray, one of the first Indian millennial shows, was based on the lives of three students of grade 12th. The series was a romantic drama that showed the adventures and problems of young kids rights from their relationships to drugs. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/news/boris-johnson-is-self-isolating-after-testing-positive-for-the-coronavirus/articleshow/74847498.cms">Boris Johnson is self-isolating after testing positive for the coronavirus</a>

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<keyword id="1862" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="kids">Kids</keyword> in India who grew up in the eighties or nineties –had the pleasure of being part of the golden age of comic books –something that most kids today do not have. The best part was, they didn’t restrict themselves to characters or titles from either the west or from the region as there were publishers that sourced titles from all around the world. While the west was gobbling up names like <keyword id="25718" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="batman">Batman</keyword>, <keyword id="7435" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Superman">Superman</keyword>, <keyword id="112243" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="X-Men">X-Men</keyword>, <keyword id="319257" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="The-Avengers">The Avengers</keyword>, <keyword id="254726" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Justice-League">Justice League</keyword>, <keyword id="184711" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tarzan">Tarzan</keyword>, The <keyword id="46483" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Phantom">Phantom</keyword>, etc., children in India also had local heroes like Chacha Chaudhary, Nagraj, Doga, Bahadur and many more to choose from. But then what changed? There has to be a reason why there are so few young readers today. Most comic book slash graphic novels in India nowadays, target the 25 to 35 age group, which is a little uncommon when you compare it with the target audiences in Europe and America. One reason for this readership decline could be the advent of cable television and video games. Mainstream cable channels in India entered homes in the early to mid nineties, just when the comic book industry had reached its peak. And so did computer gaming. Suddenly, most children from middle class Indian families could (or in most cases, had to) make choices. This created a very unique dilemma for the comic book publishers in India. Their loyal readers were growing up and the next generation of children were simply not starving for <keyword id="4578" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="entertainment">entertainment</keyword>, at least not like their predecessors. It's like how the 90's grunge scene was hugely popular among the youth then, but today not too many new grunge bands are seen around, even though that 90's crowd (which has now aged) still swears by Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and other bands. 
Liquid Comics, which was known as Virgin Comics back when it was launched in 2006, made some serious efforts to turn the Indian readers towards a grittier, serious and darker path of entertainment through its Shakti series. The core essence of the titles was to make the content appealing to a wider and more international audience while still retaining the series' Indianness. It had characters such as Devi (a modern day reincarnation of a goddess) and The Sadhu (a colonial period piece about an Englishman who was a reincarnated version of a warrior sage from the past). The themes dealt with subjects like reincarnation, spirituality and highly developed individual characterisation (think Neil Gaiman's Sandman). These were clearly not aimed at children, but at late teens and adults. 
There is also Holy Cow Entertainment which refurbished the story of Ramayana through the perspective of the much misunderstood Ravan. The ten-part comic series, called Ravanayan, is written by Vijayendra Mohanty from Delhi and illustrated by Mumbai-based Vivek Goel. What makes this story unique is its creativity to steer away from the traditional 'good against evil' formula. The reader is made to empathise with Ravana, a demon king, who is the main antagonist in Valmiki's original Ramayana, and they are told why he made the choices he did. This is something really progressive in India, where any alternative view to the traditional narrative has mostly been condemned by religious fundamentalists. 
Comics have usually been a gateway drug to the addictiveness that is reading, and its decline is hence more worrying. Somewhere after the nineties, when the age of Cartoon Network dawned upon India, the number of young readers spiralled down. There's also the changing face of parents today. Children in the 80's and 90's had parents and grandparents who told them stories of epics such as Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc. not today. This is where comic books can make a great impact for young readers. Titles like Chacha Chaudhary and Shaktimaan dropped the ball by being too preachy. That is something kids today can easily see through. The key to breaking through to them lies in original content and storytelling. Maybe Indian publishers can develop apps that let young readers read online versions of comic books on their mobile devices. Indian comic books have a lot to offer, but they should try harder to adapt to new technology to deliver.

Can Comics In India Come Out Of the Lull Of The Last Decade?

Kolkata, Apr 8 () With shooting of different megaserials postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 pandemic,several popular Bengali mega sops of early 2000 are making acomeback on prime time slots.Prominent among the lot is 'Gaaner Oparey', helmed bylate Rituparno Ghosh as creative director, which had given theBengali audience a new, fresh content from the repetitivetearjerker stuff of telly soaps, industry sources said.The serial, which showed a unique romantic tale of twoyoung Tagore lovers having different temperament and view ofTagore music was telecast from June 2010 till April 2011."I am happy to bring back Gaaner Oparey, our first TVproduction, on telly before the audiences again after almost adecade. It had set a new benchmark in Bengali serials and thecredit goes to Rituparno Ghosh and the team," ProsenjitChatterjee the producer of the serial told on Tuesday. The serial, being aired from April 6 on everyevening, also features Bengali actress turned MP MimiChakraborty and popular actor Gourab Chakraborty, both freshfaces at that time.Seventeen years after being telecast on Doordarshanand running for a year, another popular Bengali serial'Janani' also made a come back on Monday to be telecast forsix weeks from 9:30 pm.The ensemble cast features Anuradha Roy, ShankarChakraborty, Kushal Chakraborty, Reshmi Sen, Kaushik Sen andMrinal Mukhopadhyay among others."Instead of repeating daily soaps telecast weeks back,we want to dish content-rich literary works of yesteryearswhich evoke nostalgia among the senior citizens and middleaged and curiosity among the new generation who are morehooked to web series," a member of the production house said.Production houses are also airing 'Sahityer SeraSamay' a collation of the stories by renowned Bengaliauthors aired years back and 'Amar Thikana Tai Briddhashram',a much discussed fictional show on the plight of elderlyforced to live in old age homes.80-year old Mita Pal, a resident of Birati area in thenorth, is happy to see Mimi Chakravorty again in GaanerOparey."I can still vividly recall how I would wait for thisserial every evening. I had even rescheduled my visits toneighbours houses and relatives not to miss a single episodetill it became a bit stale months before it ended. Now inCorona lockdown phase I am looking forward to watch it andJanani every day."She was echoed by her 25-year old niece Aritrika whorecalls how serials like these brought a whiff of freshnessand made teenagers like her turn to TV serials.Ankita Mitra, a young professional commented, "thecoming back of serials like Ramayan, Mahabharata, Byomkesh,Shaktiman on TV, the old habit of cooking at home, readingbooks and spending afternoon and evenings at home, no shoppingmall, slow internet and empty streets make us feel as if the90s are back." SUSRG RG

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