There have been many such serials in the TV industry which have been liked a lot. The popularity of serials started increasing since the 90s and along with films, it also became a major means of entertainment for the audience. Ramayana serial had definitely brought popularity. Apart from this, there were other serials which were liked and these serials also earned a lot of fame. One such TV show was Surbhi. This TV show got so much popularity that people in every household started naming their children Surbhi. This show even gave competition to Ramayana in terms of popularity and ruled the TV world for 11 years.
The producer of this show was Siddharth Kak and the actress of the film Hum Aapke Hain Koun was featured in it. Renuka Shahane Had supported him in the role of host. The show received so much love from all sides that it ran for 11 years and had a total of 415 episodes in 9 seasons. It also became the longest running show of that time. It was directed by Abhilash Bhattacharya. The show was brought on National TV as well as Star Plus.
People started copying Renuka’s style
Renuka Shahane became famous in every household through this show and people used to imitate her. Even before Salman Khan’s film Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, he had got a lot of popularity through this show. While talking about the show, Renuka had also told that people used to copy her style and wear clothes like her. According to the actress, even today if people meet her, they mention this show and say that they have grown up watching such shows.
This show used to promote Indian culture
For a long time, this show was sponsored by Amul and its title music was given by legendary violinist L Subramaniam. The main objective of the show was to promote Indian culture and civilization and make it easily accessible to the people. The main theme of this show was based on Indian culture. The show aired on Doordarshan for a long time, after which it was also telecasted on Star Plus.
Indian Postal Department had to take a big step
Talking about Surbhi show, the biggest reason for its popularity was that there was a weekly quiz during this show in which viewers got a chance to participate and connect with the show. This was the era when there were no facilities like phone or internet at the communication level. Therefore, the audience was asked to post their responses along with a postcard of 15 paise. The matter had escalated so much that the Indian Postal Department was forced to introduce a new category called Competition Postcard, on which the ticket price was also increased from 15 paise to Rs 2. According to those times, this 2 rupees was very important.
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The name of this show is recorded in Limca Book
The popularity of this show can be estimated from the fact that during that time, more than 14 lakh letters were received every week for this show. Its name was also registered in the Limca Book of World Records for the highest response received by any show in India. The host of the show also became a big star at that time and became quite popular. At present Renuka Shahane is a part of the film world and is also associated with theatres. Whereas Siddharth Kag is still a part of the film industry but is rarely seen. His previous film was Love Aaj Kal 2 which was released in 2020. He was also seen in a web series named Crash Course in 2022.
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