Many stories will be heard about this show recorded in the history of India. But what we are going to tell today is shocking. It used to air on Doordarshan 41 years ago and broke all the records of viewership.
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The TV show lasted 17 months, seeing the husbands, Aarten, there was a protest after the 156th episode
TV serials have been dominated in India. Be it limited series or serial, everyone has left no stone unturned to keep the audience. Today, many types of genre have daily soaps. Mother-in-law’s drama is quite popular. But there was a time when news bulletin or agricultural philosophy used to be the most viewed shows. However, it all changed in the early 80s, when the scripted TV shows, called the serial, began to broadcast. We are going to tell you about a serial today, which was the first Indian TV serial in Hindi which made a record of the number of viewers that even today’s hit daily soap.
The show ‘Hum Log’ coming on Doordarshan
The name of this serial was ‘Hum Log’, which aired on Doordarshan on 7 July 1984, the only television channel of that time, which changed the way Indians watch the mass media watching forever. The show was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and directed by P. Kumar Vasudev. But it was conceived by the then Information and Broadcasting Minister Vasant Sathe.
We were affected by Mexican drama
The show ‘Hum’ show was influenced by Mexican drama. In which the story of struggles and aspirations of the middle class family was shown. In a short time, its characters became famous in the house, Barki, Nanhe, Chukti and Lajwanti from house to house. At the end of the show, superstar Ashok Kumar was seen and he spoke on various social evils and social issues.
Ramanand Sagar broke the record of ‘Hum Log’
This first serial of India broke all records with 5 crore viewership. This changed the thinking of people on family planning. However, the show was beaten by two Hindi TV serials, which was Ramanand Sagar’s ‘Ramayana’ (7.7 crore) and ‘Luv Kush’ (6.6 crore).
The show that lasted 17 months got 4 lakh letters
‘Hum people’ went on only 17 months and during this time the show got more than 4 lakh letters, in which the audience sent his stories. The show featured everyday ups and downs of the lower middle-class joint family. After 156 episodes, people protested when the show ended on December 17, 1985.
Women except husbands started coming to the border pahwa
Seema Pahwa played the role of Badki in the show. He had told in an interview with ‘Rajshree Unplugged’ that women were breaking their marriage and came to her house and asked for help. The actress was just 22 years old at that time. He had told, ‘People started coming to my house with their bags after leaving their husbands. They used to ask me now, tell us what we should do? And I was just 22 years old at that time. I did not even know what I had to do with my life. So, both me and my mother were shocked to see him. ‘
We were based on the thinking of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
It is said that the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was thinking of making a show on Family Planning, so that people could be made aware. SS Gill, the new secretary of the then Information and Broadcasting Ministry, worked hard for this. He went to Mexico with his team and understood the barricases of the TV serials there how the makers there make people aware with entertainment in the daily soap.