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For Allahabad Doordarshan, old is gold and respected too
THOSE, WHO earned name, fame and, of course, money too through their creativity and have played a long innings, are still respectable and valuable ones for Doordarshan Kendra, Allahabad even in their last phase of life.
THOSE, WHO earned name, fame and, of course, money too through their creativity and have played a long innings, are still respectable and valuable ones for Doordarshan Kendra, Allahabad even in their last phase of life.
The 'Jeevan Sandhya' programme of the DDK Allahabad has, since its inception, highlighted contributions of a sizeable number of personalities, who established their identity in different fields, including drama, art, music, literature, culture and social reforms.
Talking to HT Allahabad Live, Dr Shyam Vidyarthi, director of the Doordarshan Kendra, Allahabad, said the programmes telecast under 'Jeevan Sandhya' series so far had been appreciated by viewers.
The DDK director quotes an example of over 70-year-old renowned Awadhi poet Adya Prasad Unmatt. "He has been suffering from cancer for quite some time and he was interviewed for the programme two months back when he was hospitalised. We came to know about his condition through newspapers and our team visited him in hospital. Despite serious illness, the poet was enthusiastic to pour out his heart. He even recited some of his poems," says Vidyarthi.
According to him, the programme is aimed at making viewers understand the rare views of personalities about various issues related to life and its trends.
The DDK has recently interviewed prolific Urdu writer Urfi, a recipient of Urdu Academy Award. The programme will soon be aired.
Besides, noted nautanki artiste Raja Ram Pandey, who is 77-year-old, has also been interviewed for the programme. And to ensure that it should be a quality programme, Yukti Bhadra Dixit, an expert on the subject and a retired producer of All India Radio, was chosen to interview Pandey.
The Jeevan Sandhya, which was a monthly programme earlier, has now been made a fortnightly. It has highlighted various personalities associated with art, literature, music and drama. They include Shakuntala Sirothiya, Shanti Mehrotra, Prof Amar Singh, Pandit Ramashray Jha, Vipin Tandon, Prof Mohan Awasthi, Prof Ram Chandra Shukla, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court, Shamsur-Rehman Farooqi, Prof T Pati, Tilak Raj Goswami and Jagannath Pathak.
Besides giving coverage to ageing litterateurs, musicians and artistes, the DDK Allahabad has made special contributions in producing documentaries on renowned personalities and institutions of repute, says Dr Vidyarthi.
Documentaries have been prepared and telecast on Bharti Bhawan, Allahabad Museum, Indian Science Academy, Public Library and Bharadwaj Ashram.
The documentaries prepared on personalities, include Maulvi Liyaqat Ali, a hero of freedom struggle of 1857, Late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Late Speaker of UP Assembly Rajarshi Purushottam Das Tandon, former minister and veteran journalist PD Tandon, renowned artist and art critic Kshitindra Nath Majumdar, noted scientist Meghnad Saha and well-known poetess Mahadevi Verma. Moreover, many documentaries are in final stages.
Many of these documentaries have also been telecast from DDK Lucknow. Besides, several of them have been telecast from New Delhi too. Despite getting a very limited time for telecasting local programmes, the DDK Allahabad has raised the burning issues related to people's life like pollution in the Ganga, problems related to civic amenities like power, water and roads.
