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The 1988 series written and directed by
Gulzar, starred Naseeruddin Shah as the
legendary poet Ghalib, who lived during
the reign of Mughal Emperor Bahadurshah
Zafar (Sudhir Dalvi). Tanvi Azmi played
his wife and Neena Gupta a courtesan
who loved him, The story of the life and
travails of the poet had wonderful ghazals
composed and sung by Jagjit and Chitra
Singh, and back then, the cassette was a standalone episodes had characters go
collectors’ piece. The casting of Shah as the through disturbing encounters with the
temperamental and tragic man was perfect. paranormal. Made before sophisticated
computer graphics came to be used, it
Here’s Lucy: was scary and fascinating. The term
“twilight zone” came to be used to describe
inexplicably strange or eerie experiences.
Ranked among the top TV series of all
time, over the years, it has acquired cult
status and provided inspiration to dozens
of filmmakers working on horror-fantasy
projects.

Yes Minister:

The original sitcom queen Lucille Ball’s
show in which she played a scatterbrained
woman, with Gale Gordon playing her
harried boss and real-life children Lucie
Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr, playing her kids.
It was broadcast on CBS from 1968 to 1974
and appeared on DD in the early days and
enjoyed huge popularity. It was Ball’s third
network sitcom, following I Love Lucy and
The Lucy Show, and though her marriage Unarguably the best political satire ever
to Desi Arnaz fell apart, her career as a made for television, proving if proof were
comic star and television producer went on needed that nobody can do humour better
for many years. than the British. Written by Anthony Jay
and Jonathan Lynn, the show first aired
The Twilight Zone: in 1980, was about the constant friction
The American sci-fi horror anthology between a minister, Jim Hacker (Paul
series was created by Rod Serling and Eddington) and a high-level bureaucrat, Sir
ran for five seasons from 1959-1964. Humphrey Appleby (Nigel Hawthorne).
A pioneering show in its genre, the Every time Hacker wants to formulate or

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