Doordarshan is going to telecast a serial on Modi’s community to highlight the eminent and successful people from the oil-pressers community. Modi belongs to the Ghanchi community of oil-pressers in Gujarat. The serial will put the eminent persons in the community in the league of emperors Chandragupta Maurya and Ashoka.
The serial named as ‘Diye Jalte Hain’ will be telecast on Doordarshan by October. The serial will narrate the history of the Ghanchi-Teli community. The serial director Saif Subedar said the casting for Modi’s role had not been done so far. The Director said that the first phase of the serial had 128 episodes and was likely to run for nothing less than ten years.
Doordarshan had telecast many popular serials based on History. It includes ‘Bharat Ek Khoj‘, ‘Kakaji Kahin‘, ‘Bahadur Shah Zafar‘, ‘The Sword of Tipu Sultan‘ and ‘Akbar Birbal‘.
Tidbits
- Doordarshan is one of India’s largest broadcasting organisations in terms of studio and transmitter infrastructure.
- On 15 September 2009, Doordarshan celebrated its 50th anniversary.
- Doordarshan operates 21 channels.
- DD has its own DTH service called DD Direct Plus; it is free of charge.
- DD is available in 146 countries worldwide.
- Prasar Bharati is parent body of Doordarshan.
GK Questions
- India’s Largest Public Broadcaster is _______? Prasar Bharti.
- Who is the Chairman of Prasar Bharti? Dr A Surya Prakash
- The Act which governs Prasar Bharti is? The Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990
