Imagination Hunt: 90s Nostalgia

Friday 3 April 2020

90s Nostalgia

Let's go down to a harmonious nostalgic lane. Nowadays some of the shows from back then are coming back like Ramayan, Mahabharat, shaktiman, etc. So, I thought, why not let's go back into childhood memories. I have selected some of the iconic shows from the '90s.

1. Aahat was the horror series that aired in 1995. This show has 6 seasons. Most of the episodes have different star casts. The show is usually very scary and does not start with anything funny. It increases the excitement but gives us moral value in the form of horror. The show focused on supernatural and paranormal activities, undead persons and possessed objects.

2. The first and fondest memory of our childhood days is the show Shaktimaan. It used to air on the DD1 TV channel. It started in 1997 and ended in 2005. It had the iconic character named as "Gangadhar", on which several memes are made like Gangadhar hi Shaktimaan hai. Shaktimaan was the superhero of '90s kids. He attained his powers from meditation and five elements of nature: Space, Earth, Air, Fire, Water. And there was a lover of Shaktimaan too, the reporter named Geeta Vishwas. As every story has a villain this one had too. His name was Tamraj Kilvish, his iconic dialogue was "Andhera kayam rahe". I think he was from some bat species because he had similar characteristics as of them. He looks as amusing as bats, he wants andhera everywhere as he wants to hunts in the night like bats.

3. The third show is Shrimaan Shrimati. It's a '90's sitcom. It aired on Doordarshan from 1994-99. It was based on the typical plot line i.e. "Love the neighbor's wife". The two couples of this show are Keshav Kulkarni (Jatin Kanikia), Kokila (Reema Lagoo) and Prema Shalini (Archana Puran Singh) and Dilruba (Rakesh Bedi). Keshav is attracted to Prema's glamorous looks and lifestyle who plays the roles of an actress in the show, while Dilruba is attracted to Kokila who is a smart classic housewife. Both of them tries to find every possible opportunity to flirt with each other's wives, but every time their efforts are futile. There is a kid known as Chintu, who is another level of bad luck for the two lead males. Nowadays a similar show is also aired known as "Bhabhi ji ghar par hai".

4. Yes Boss, it's a sitcom that used to air on SAB TV. It aired from 1999-2009. It was based on employee and boss relationships. A couple of this show Meera(Kavita Kapoor) and Mohan Srivastava(Rakesh Bedi) who worked in the same office. This couple somehow didn't reveal that they are married and their boss Vinod Verma(Aashif Sheikh) never misses a chance to flirt with Meera. Mohan keeps protecting his wife from his creepy boss and the boss(Vinod) thinks Meera is married to an old man named Bunty Ji, who is Mohan himself disguised.

5. Last but not the least show which I chose is Khana Khazana. Due to the obvious name, it is a cookery show. It was hosted by an Indian celebrity chef, Sanjeev Kapoor. This was one show whose most of the episodes were watched by my whole family but, we use to eat...samajhdaar ko ishara kaafi hai.