Movies:
“Hum aapke hai kaun (1994)”, it tells the story of
two lovers, Prem (Salman Khan) and Nisha (Madhuri Dixit). It is a complete
family drama. “dhiktana dhiktana”, “didi tera devar deewana”, “joote do paise
lo”, “chocolate lime juice” whenever we hear these songs, we start murmuring
them for entire day.
You most probably saw “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
(1995)” at the cinema at least once. You also fantasized about singing songs in
mustard fields as in the movie.
“Kuch kuch hota hai (1998)”: For girls having
hairstyle as kajol (Anjali), and for boys wearing t-shirts (GAP) as SRK (Rahul)
was a style statement.
“Dil to pagal hai (1997)”: Inspired many to form
their own dance troupe, and that typical whistle throughout movie was classic.
The story of four lovers: Rahul, Ajay, Pooja, and Nisha. This Yash Chopra
fantasy explores romance as the days go on.
When we talk about Hollywood, “Titanic” was the
first favorite English movie or probably first seen English movie.
T.V Serials:
Doordarshan of 90s produced most unforgettable T.V
Serials. DD of that time was much better than having 100’s of channels now.
Alif Laila (1993-1996) was a TV series based on the
stories from The Arabian Nights.
Chandrakanta (1994-1996) was an Indian fantasy T.V
series.
Shaktimaan (1997-2000s), Shrimaan Shrimati,
Surabhi, etc we cannot forget this epic Serials for years to come.
We had seen many many many episodes of “Antakshari”
on Zee TV and experienced the only thing constant in the show was Annu Kapoor.
And Special thanks to Shri. Adhikari Bros. for
producing the most hilarious comedy serials.
WWF (now WWE): Those were the days when everybody
thought all that glam wrestling was actually real. I remember School-kids
discussing about how The Undertaker has 7 lives stored in a bottle.
Video Games:
Even today if I ask anybody about their first video
game they played, brought up in 90s, the most common answer would come out to
be “Super Mario”.
The summer vacations were largely dominated by mushrooms,
bullets, bypass, one-up, flags, turtles and finally the Dragon and the
priceless Princess.
We Indian kids during 90s had played Hide-and-Seek,
chor-police, Gulli-danda, lagori, Marbles, ‘Doctor, doctor, help us!’, ‘Lock
and key’. Super Mario was the starting point from where the Indian kids actually
reduced their outdoor games and got involved into video games that opened up a
huge market. What followed were Super Contra, Double Dragon, Battle City, Age
of Empires, Counter Strike and many more.
“You thought Mario and Contra were the coolest
things ever invented”
Cartoons:
“Jungle Jungle Baat Chali Hai Pata Chala Hai!
Chaddi Pehen Ke Phool Khila Hai Phool Khila Hai!” We watched “The Jungle Book”
every Sunday morning (9.a.m) and simply loved Bhaloo, Bagheera, Akdu-Pakdu,
Leela, Chameli, Kaa, Chil and above all, Sher Khan and Mogli. Jungle Book
remain in the memories of all those who truly lived their 90s.
After that we watched and loved Disney Hour, which
had cartoons like Aladdin, Gummy Bears, Tail Spin, and Uncle Scrooge (Duck
Tails).
Old Cartoon Network: In compare to
Cartoons of 90s like Scooby Doo, Johnny Bravo, Dexter’s Lab, Swat Cats,
Flintstones, Jetsons, Topcat, Powerpuff Girls, Captain Planet, etc , the
current cartoon network displays are pathetic. They should be sued for messing
around with kids of this generation. Cartoon Network channels didn’t
even spare
Tom & Jerry.
Indian Commercials:
Dhara Cooking oil Advertisement: Do you remember
the kid, who runs away from home and returns to home only when he comes to know
that his mother has made jalebi.
Unique Tag lines like: “Badi gazab ki bhookh lagi,
Maggi chahiye mujhe abhi, “Sunday hoya Monday roj khayo andey (eggs)”, “I love
You Rasna”. “Mayur Mayur kya hit, kya fit”, “Bole mere lips, I love uncle
Chips!”, “Doodh si safedi, Nirma se aaye”, “Action ke school shoes!!!!”…..
Miscellaneous:
*Maggi launched 30 years back in 1982, but even
today it is most widely consumed noodle. It was our favourite morning breakfast
in 90s.
* Goldspot Cold Drink: Believe it or not, this
is something a lot of people miss today.
* Devang Patel was at his peak. “Pichadi mein kutta
kata”, “Meri Marzi” and list go on.
* Singles like “Made in India” and “Dekho Dekho,
Yeh Hai Jalwa- Remix” were at the top of the charts.
* When we thought of MTV in 90s, Cyrus Brocha was
the main face.
* Floppy Disks, Floppy drives, Tape-cassettes,
Philips tapes.
* You collected trump cards of wrestlers,
cricketers,airplanes, and Pokemon and the other Japanese trends that
followed.
* You couldn’t wait to start 4th standard so you
could start writing with PENS instead of with pencils!
* Parle Glucose G Biscuits and Britannia Little
Hearts.
* We have consumed more Frootis than oil in Iraq.
* Owning car means either Maruti 800 or Ambassador.
* Senseless acronyms like SRK, DDLJ, DTPH, KKHH,
etc.
* We had debated at least once, who is more
beautiful Sushmita or Aishwarya?
* “Bournvita” quiz contest.
I hope, you will laugh at least once while browsing
through glimpses of past. Memories of 90s are the most amazing, beautiful and
pleasant ones.
Movies:
Chandrakanta (1994-1996) was an Indian fantasy T.V series.
Shaktimaan (1997-2000s), Shrimaan Shrimati, Surabhi, etc we cannot forget this epic Serials for years to come.
The summer vacations were largely dominated by mushrooms, bullets, bypass, one-up, flags, turtles and finally the Dragon and the priceless Princess.
After that we watched and loved Disney Hour, which
had cartoons like Aladdin, Gummy Bears, Tail Spin, and Uncle Scrooge (Duck
Tails).
Old Cartoon Network: In compare to
Cartoons of 90s like Scooby Doo, Johnny Bravo, Dexter’s Lab, Swat Cats,
Flintstones, Jetsons, Topcat, Powerpuff Girls, Captain Planet, etc , the
current cartoon network displays are pathetic. They should be sued for messing
around with kids of this generation. Cartoon Network channels didn’t even spare Tom & Jerry.
Indian Commercials:
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