Rangoli Efforts!

Rangoil – the one serial on DD1 that my sister and I longed to see but could never manage!

I still remember, DD1 was the only channel on TV (we did not have cable connection) and Rangoli was a one hour song show on DD1 every Sunday morning!

My sister and I would find ways to sneak into the TV room to switch on the TV and see a glimpse of the show. But…in vain!! No one allowed us to start the day sitting in front of the TV and that too listening to movie songs! Still, we would not give up!

The time slot of Rangoli was such that there was a break for 10 minutes for the news bulletin. The last one or two songs of the show were shown after the bulletin. So, this is where we tried our tactics!

We used to sit in front of the TV to have breakfast, just in time to see the last songs.

My sister used to sit with her glass of milk, pretending to drink it (she rarely managed to drink even half the glass!) and I with mine. No one would ask us to leave the room till we finished the breakfast!

The moment the show was over, it was an achievement! We managed to see the last songs…the complete songs! (Rangoli was the only show that showed the complete songs. Chitrahaar used to mostly cut them short)

Similar efforts were made every Sunday but they rarely succeeded! In fact, if I sit down to think, I’m sure I will be able to count on my fingertips the number of times we actually managed to see the songs!

But still…real efforts to see the last bit of Rangoli!!