लापतागंज – शरद जोशी की कहानियाँ
I remember how I
became a television addict in my childhood days, watching the cartoons on DD
metro and Shaktimaan on DD National. I grew up and barely memorize that I
watched a serial after that. I hated watching regular shows and later when I was
introduced to reality shows, it was not
impressive either.
I remember watching
the ads of Lapataganj before its telecast and was certain about the soap that
it would do the same, mockery of the system with some routine drama. But, later
when I saw it, i was proved wrong.
I remember watching
the show from the very first episode. And way later after my childhood I became
addicted to one, i.e. ‘Lapataganj’. I remember each characters name, their role
and their act which they performed on the show. The show closed down on 11
January with the title song of the show playing at the very end.
The show was not
much different from the other shows of SAB TV; it had the typical formula of
storytelling. Coming up with a problem and then solving it in 2-3 or maybe a
week’s episode.
But what really
made the structure of the narrative different was the dialect and
characterization. It was, what I believe, the USP of the serial. I will miss
the simplicity of the serial and would definitely remember this one of a kind.
