ANTHIMA NAMANA
See the picture above? Well this “still picture” was on the DD – National channel the whole of Tuesday evening. I first saw it when I switched on the telly at 7. I watched for several minutes waiting for the person to move before I realised that it was a still. The soundtrack was some poets sammelan. Came back to this channel around 8 (just to check). Same picture !! This time the background was of a soap. Just for the heck of it, checked again around 11… Same picture !!!! This time songs in the background.
This being the prime channel frequency, does anyone in DD actually monitor what they are transmitting? Another example of a shoddily run government outfit that often plays the “Dog in the Manger”.
A note on the picture. Even he doesn’t look very happy.
February 14, 2007 at 10:55 am |
Ooops
Wrong publicity for DD.
They have just rolled out this favourite channel of the country on Mobile.
May god help those poor souls who UPGRADED their mobiles for this treatement.
Thankfully its only a testing time with DD and IPTV. Hopefully this practice of forgetting the viewers goes away
February 14, 2007 at 11:04 am |
east or west, DD is the best
February 14, 2007 at 11:04 am |
Caption for the pic: ANTHIMA NAMANA.
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(reason: the guy looks like he is paying homage to a dead man.
February 14, 2007 at 11:15 am |
Vijay, I think you need to talk your cable guy.. so much dots on the tv ?
One more thing, I am surprised to see such a tv at your home(assumption- you took the same picture which you were watching since7pm)!
Well, I din’t know what to comment on the post, so wrote this one!
by ko beDi..
Indira Gandhi anthavarella sattu hodaaga, we used to have such non-ending music! but not sure on this still picture..
Chandana channel seems to be good, some program on sunday 6:30pm caught my attention one of those days, they were showing some good places around karnataka & the commentator was pretty good.
February 14, 2007 at 11:27 am |
Veena: Is there a “definition” for TV at my home ?
February 14, 2007 at 11:46 am |
some posh one like an LCD 27 inches or plasma ? I was thinking to list you among the successful CEO’s enidu vijay ?
One of our collegues owned such plasma one(sony which costed like 70K) during 2002 itself… I wonder what makes him buy so costly ones! Later got to know his FIL was a KRTCL alli some engg
February 14, 2007 at 11:49 am |
No.. no.. no.. I am not a big gizmo guy…. and I dont have the urge to buy the latest equipment..
February 14, 2007 at 12:02 pm |
Oops again vijay
we were planning to gift you one!! Since you are not interested… sorry
February 14, 2007 at 12:09 pm |
I know why you still have that Nokia 66xx, when our BPO guys have the N2 series or something!
paapa madam.. avarigaadru enaadru kodsteera hege ? bari ide aagoytu nimmadu.
I shall give you one adda hesru from today, ‘Gizmo Vijay’.. ! sakkataagide alva ?
February 14, 2007 at 12:16 pm |
Papa ree..
Yake avrana hage golu hykothera…
BPO guys are flash in the pan. They dont last very long.But our Vijay is a long lasting person alwe? Compare madidre murli sir ge made medam.
February 14, 2007 at 12:30 pm |
Super Vijay!
yeah, as Veena pointed out, whenever some politician or leader died, for a week we had to endure drab music that was played without percussionists, and news would be telecast without signature tune with the already dull newscasters looking even more sombre, and with no other channel, those were the days the TV got a much deserved rest.
Bellur prakaara “Anthima Namana” caption kodi, you may win a prize in photgraphy contest!
February 14, 2007 at 12:34 pm |
Veena: Has it ever occured to you that it might be the other way around? (meaning that maybe Madam controls the equipment that is bought)
Mohan: Namdu BPO industry swamy
Vani: I will take your advise on Bellur’s advise
February 14, 2007 at 1:52 pm |
Man Gizmo.. sumne madam nella madhya tandre sympathy sigolla…
Caption haakidmele post ge oLLe kaLe banthu…! Awesome post.. Very hillarious post antha ondu Limca book of records (in blogging area) ge contest maadbahudu nodi !!
Check out the link in Sanjay’s blog for more details,..
Long back, Professor had nominated sanjay’s blog(muktha post) for having max comments (around 5000, as it is running since 2005), we update the same post for all the topics we want to talk about
February 14, 2007 at 4:23 pm |
Classic and Hilarious, If you are lanning any “Slap DD’ Event, I would Love to contribute
February 14, 2007 at 4:37 pm |
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February 14, 2007 at 4:38 pm |
Linked on Blogbharti
February 14, 2007 at 4:40 pm |
Suresh: Thanks… by the way everytime I visit your blog something amazes me.. the pictures, the stories etc.. you are blogrolled…
February 14, 2007 at 5:05 pm |
vijay:
your right side links have dropped off the page. please modify (reduce) the size of the doordarshan homage image!
- s.b.
February 15, 2007 at 12:35 am |
DD New Delhi yes it is very difficult to tune and keep watching.
DD kannada with Mahesh Joshi as head Bangalore DD is doing fine in my opinion considering the constranints they have. chandana as veena put it comes out with some very good programmes atleast now and then
swalpa jeeva rakshaka haki swami badukolli DD saha
very hilarious post vijay hats off and three cheers
February 15, 2007 at 3:19 am |
vijay,
thanks.
February 15, 2007 at 7:09 am |
haha..gud discovery,vijay..and it’s been looong time since me watched DD..But my blog is DD too…lolzz..
February 15, 2007 at 11:14 am |
Inconvenience regretted message which keeps blinking alongwith the picture would fit
I remember that message in DD along with Ideega Dehalige with one kutubminar and parliament picture (80’s) we used to loose 5-10 mins of news becoz of confusion and suddenly see salma sultana giving samachaar….
Good post vijay, Antima Namana LOL:) i could hear Sarangi of sultan khan in the bacground
but all said and done, i am definitely amazed by the variety of programs DD used to cover in absentia of Cable in those days and how they were popular… RK notes it in nostalgia.
February 15, 2007 at 12:26 pm |
Usha,
What about “Rukaavat ke liye Khed Hai” during Chitrahaar?
February 15, 2007 at 7:51 pm |
LOL..this is funny !!!
On a different note though, I feel DD still produces ‘quality’ programs compared to the cheap serials on the other channels. And, what’s up with everyone crying and all the women being bad in the serials…hmmmmm…..
February 16, 2007 at 1:54 am |
Usha, Vani: LOL, I remember the Qutub Minar/Parliament pics…
DS: The last program I followed as far as hindi soaps go was Hum Log (also refferred to by us as Hum Gol (golu) ) way back in the ’80’s…
February 16, 2007 at 5:31 am |
Vijay, en innestu dina naavella DD channel nodbeku nimma blog nalli…
Channel change maadi pls..
Madam has a remote control annabedri neevu.. Shivaratri habbada shubha shaya…
Do you remember those live puri jagannat utsav ? I never used to like all that since they used to gulp all my sunday programs like vikram betal, micky donald, spiderman, famous 5 & a hindi feature film( raj babbar, anita, reena aakalla da movies adu)
February 16, 2007 at 5:48 am |
Ganga: The old post name was “Now I know why DD isn’t popular”.. I changed the name because DD could be confused with Dextrous Doings
February 17, 2007 at 6:53 pm |
Must have been a problem with your cable guy Vijay. Dont think DD transmission can be as bad. But as DS says above, few others have told me that DD produces quality programs even today.
February 24, 2007 at 5:08 am |
Shruthi: Thanks for the link.. for some reason your comment was stuck in the spam folder…
March 26, 2007 at 7:54 am |
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