Some Good Old Shows: Part 2 - Tu Tu Main Main
A beautiful show that stays in our hearts now too...!
And we are back with the Some Good Old Shows series. Remember the time when there were not too many channels. Private channels were just coming into the market, and you used to sit with your family and watch these shows together. Doordarshan was still there, but a few new family-oriented shows started coming in. Tu-Tu-Main-Main is one of them. A show that is still dear to so many viewers’ hearts.
Directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar this show showed the beautiful relationship between Saas Bahu. Before Ekta Kapoor took over the Saas Bahu concept with a hell lot of drama. There was this show which was funny, and light to watch at the same time showing the love-hate relationship between a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law.
The lead roles were played by Reema Lagu and Supriya Pilgaonkar, and Ashok Saraf, Sachin himself and so many famous actors from the industry did the cameo roles in the same. The Character of Radha Verma and Devki Varma reached every household. The storyline was simple. Every episode had a different story, and people enjoyed it thoroughly.
The characters that played Devaki’s and Radha’s husbands were Kuldeep Pawar and Mahesh Thakur respectively. the middle-class family setting and the sweet and sour bickering between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law made the 1994 sitcom a much-loved one.
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In an interview a few years back Reema Ji said, “The simplicity of the stories and the presentation made the show a runaway hit. There were no lavish sets, costumes, or props.” Most of the Doordarshan show was shot in a bungalow. Producer Shrey Guleri met Sachin with a proposal to collaborate for a show, and they locked the concept of a comedy serial, which was based on the bickering between a saas and a bahu.”
As Reema Ji said very well back then, you won’t find lavish costumes, you would feel like you are watching your own mom or dadi on the screen, they wore simple sarees and salwar kameez. Their home used to look like our own household, and that connected the audience with the show very well.
Those were the days when there was simplicity in the content, and people could easily connect with the characters. We wish to get such shows back on the television so that we can enjoy that era all over again.
- Niharika Pole Sarwate
