![]() I took the trouble of going through some of those and understand how they are telling their stories, to understand the craft. But this kind of storytelling had begun in the West with some soap operas. “Not understanding the medium properly enough was a reason. But I hope they discover the show now,” Sippy added.Īccording to the director, the journey of “Buniyaad” began when the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting invited his father, filmmaker producer GP Sippy, and suggested them to do a show for Doordarshan.įor Sippy, who was used to working on multistarrers like “Sholay”, “Seeta Aur Geeta” and “Shaan”, the idea of helming a TV show was exciting, but he was initially reluctant about it. ![]() “Of course, the younger generation can’t look back the same way as the older generation did. The director said the show, which debuted in the late 1980s, captured the sentiment of India’s “birth pangs”. But still, somewhere in the families, the stories are there,” Sippy told PTI in an interview. Today’s young generation has forgotten all that, it has been more than 70 years. People remember it even today, they associate it with the Partition. “It has been more than 30 years and the show still has recall value. ![]() The show, written by Manohar Shyam Joshi, dealt with Partition and its aftermath. ![]() MUMBAI: Like many other old favourites, “Buniyaad” is also back on Doordarshan amid the nationwide lockdown, and director Ramesh Sippy is thrilled that even after over three decades, the serial has tremendous recall value. ![]()
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