Top 4 ‘Firsts’ and Top 4 ‘Presents’ in Indian Television you should know about

Know about Indian Television

Nowadays maximum houses in India have television with many programs and entertainment shows running on. But among that all shows and programs, TV serials are the most attention seeker.

Indian television has developed to a very large extent in the last few decades and in that development, these TV serials played a vital role.

Indian television is not limited to India, but it had reached many of the countries of the world and created its fan base worldwide. Broadcasting of Indian TV serials had reached South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Southeast region of Europe, and the dominant region of Africa.

As India represents unity in diversity Indian television industry is also diverse with many languages like Hindi, Tamil, Kannad, Marathi, Odia, Gujrati, Punjabi, and many more.

Indian television could be considered as one of the greatest achievements of India after freedom.

Indian TV serials mainly try to frame household issues, romantic situations, fictional and non-fictional minds, impacts of traditional and modern lifestyle, biographies, crime shows, talk shows mythological dramas, historical dramas, and many more.

The primary aim of serials is to provide entertainment to the audience. But in coordination with that, it possesses many other advantages and disadvantages too.

Limiting those things, here we are going to discuss the beginning and present of Indian television.

Indian television has crores of audience. Some of them might have questions about the rise of Indian television.

Which is the first Indian TV serial?

Which is the first talk show?

Which is the first mythological drama?

And more and more. Here I'm trying to answer some of those questions.

Here are the Top 4 ‘Firsts’ of Indian Television Serials

1.Hum log

‘Hum log’ was the first Indian TV serial.
It was created in the Hindi
Its first telecast was on
it was originally released on the 7th of July in 1984.
It was directed by Kumar Vasudevand written by Manohar Shyam Joshi.
‘Hum log’ was based on education-entertainment mythology and framed a struggling life of an Indian middle-class family.
‘Hum log’ gathered an audience of approximately 60 million.
154 episodes of hum log were released on the Doordarshan network.
When the serial ended it was the longest-running serial in the history of Indian television.
The final episode was telecast on the 17th of December 1985.

2.Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi

‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ was the first Indian TV serial to broadcast 1000 episodes.
It was created by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor.
It was a pure HindiTV serial.
The original network for broadcasting of ‘Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ was ‘Star Plus’.
It was released on the 3rd of July in 2000.
This serial was further dubbed in various languages.
The show was all about the Indian marriage system and the life of an Indian married couple.
‘Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ completed 1833 episodes on Indian television.
The final episode of the serial was concluded on the 6th of July in 2008.

3.Karamchand

‘Karamchand’ was the first Indian television crime show.
Popular TV shows like 'CID' and ‘Crime Patrol’ lie in the category of this serial’
It was a popular TV serial telecast in June 1985’
Its first season was released on the national television channel of India ‘DD National’.
Successively the Second season was released on ‘Sony Entertainment Television’.
It was directed by Pankaj Parashar.
It was a story of detective Karamchand who use to solve crime cases in his unique style.
The serial was concluded on the 21st of April in 2007 with 72 episodes.

4.Char Divas Sasuche

‘Char Divas Sasuche’ was the first Indian TV serial to telecast 2000 and 3000 episodes.
The serial also printed its name in “Limca book of world records” as the longest-running series on Indian television.
It was directed by Khalil Hareker.
It was a MarathiTV serial
Its telecasting was done on ‘ETV Marathi’.
The serial was released in November 2001.
The serial was all about a family dealing with life practically.
The last episode of the serial was released on the 5th of January in2013.
The serial completed the journey of 11 years with 3147 episodes.

Some of the audience might have questions regarding the present serials of Indian Television.

Which is the longest-running Indian TV serial?

Which is the longest-running Indian Talk show?

And so many.

Here are some unbreakable longest-running records on Indian TV serials- Top 4 ‘Presents’ of Indian Television Serials

1.Abhishekam

‘Abhishekam’ is the present longest-running TV serial of Indian television.
It is still running with around 3800 episodes.
It was originally released in the Telugu language on the 25th of December in 2008.
The serial is a mixture of meaningful representation of family relations and human values.
The original network of serial telecasting is ‘ETV Telugu’.

2. Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai

‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ is the present longest-running Hindi serial on Indian TV.
It has completed about 3400 episodes.
The original network of its telecasting is ‘Star Plus’.
It was originally released on the 12th of January in 2009.
The serial tries to frame the journey of an Indian couple with many twists and turnovers.

3. Alitho Saradaga

‘Alitho Saradaga’ became the present longest-running talk show in India.
It is directed by Kadiyala Anil.
The language of its telecasting is
The show was started on the 24th of October in 2016.
It is still running on the ‘ETV network’.

4. Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ is the present longest-running comedy series without any leaps on Indian television.
It is created by Asit Kumar Modi.
The serial has completed its 3200 episodes and is still running with a huge audience and fan base.
It is originally running on‘Sony Sab’.
The serial began its journey on the 28th of July in 2008.
The serial frames unity in diversity with people from different states in India living in one society of Mumbai named Gokuldham society. The people of society faces various kind of problems and finds its solution together.
The serial also tries to aware viewers of various social issues by the comedy but logical manner.

In addition to that Indian television picturized biographies of famous people like Chanakya, Maharana Pratap, Rudramadevi, Jhansi Ki Rani, Ashok Samrat, and many more.There are many popular crime shows like Adaalat, CID, Crime Patrol, Saavdhan India, and a lot more.

The audience also loved to watch various Indian mythological dramas like Devon Ke Dev Mahadev, Sampurna Ramayan, Mahabharat.

A huge audience is attracted to fictional Indian TV series like Naagin, Balveer, Hatim, etc.

So here we come to an end of the beautiful ‘Firsts’ and graceful ‘Presents’ of Indian Television.

We could hope for a greater increase in the popularity of Indian television in the coming days. We should appreciate Indian television as it tries to provide ‘Edutainment’ to the audience i.e. it provides various lessons of behavioral education with entertainment. We hope that Indian television develops to large extent with higher quality content and talent.