Best of Indian Nostalgic Shows for 80’s & 90’s Kids. Best 80’s & 90’s shows to watch, experience the nostalgia moments. Be it Comedy, drama, detective, suspense you got all.
Zabaan Sambhalke
1993 ‧ Sitcom
Imdb – 7.9/10
Mohan Bharti (Pankaj Kapur) is an engineer who is forced to teach Hindi in a language school. His students are people from all corners of the country as well as the world. Along with them is the obnoxious principal Miss Lata Dixit of the. It had the “”I-hate-my-job””, “”lost-in-translation”” and culture shock situations.
Why to watch
- Pankaj Kapur as a hindi teacher
- Indian version of the British sitcom Mind Your Language
- Comedy
Available on YouTube
Also available on Prime
Shaktimaan
Kids Series
Imdb – 8.1/10
Shaktimaan is an “Indian Super Hero” who has been an icon for kids in India. Shaktimaan in his heroic avatar will be a powerhouse dedicated to fighting against evil plans and saving the human kind. Shaktimaan is one among us, a young man with a good heart, standing tall as a savior of humanity, reminding us of who we are while unearthing and uprooting all evil, with a single purpose of saving this world, saving his world.
Why to watch
- First Indian Super Hero Series
Available on YouTube
Also available on Prime
Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi
1984 ‧ Sitcom
Imdb – 8.5/10
A typical middle-class couple, Renu and Ranjit Verma, along with her unemployed brother Raja, try to deal with different types of funny situations thrown at them by life.
Why to watch
- Cult classic
- Satish Shah, Shafi Inamdar, Swaroop Sampat and Rakesh Bedi
Available on YouTube
Also available on Prime
Dekh Bhai Dekh
1993 ‧ Comedy
Imdb – 8.6/10
Three generations of the Diwan family live together in their ancestral house in Mumbai suburbs. They often find themselves in hilarious situations as they face relationship and business troubles.
Why to watch
Sushma Seth, Navin Nischol and Shekhar Suman
Never-say-die attitude
Available on YouTube
Nukkad
1986 ‧ Comedy
Imdb – 8.5/10
Why to watch
- Fun, drama and laughter
- Dilip Dhawan, Rama Vij, Pavan Malhotra, Sangeeta Naik, Avtar Gill
- Struggles of the lower income labor class
Available on YouTube
Flop Show
1989 ‧ Comedy ‧ 1 season
Imdb – 8.9/10
Actor Jaspal Bhatti and his team of comedians present a satirical take on various societal issues through skits and sketches. One of the best of Indian nostalgic shows.
Why to watch
- Jaspal Bhatti
- Satirical take on various social issues
Available on YouTube
Malgudi Days
1986 ‧ Drama
Imdb – 9.5/10
The people living in the small town of Malgudi lead simple lives and face several trials and tribulations.
Why to watch
- Based on the works of R. K. Narayan
- Swami
- Shankar Nag
Available on YouTube
Also available on Prime
Shrimaan Shrimati
1994 ‧ Sitcom
Imdb – 8.6/10
Keshav and Dilruba are neighbours who covet each other’s wives more than their own. Hilarity ensues when they try their level best to flirt with and get closer to each other’s wives.
Why to watch
- Jatin Kanakia, Rakesh Bedi, Reema Lagoo and Archana Puran Singh
- Based on the premise of love thy neighbor’s wife
Available on YouTube
Also available on Prime
Tu Tu Main Main
1994 ‧ Sitcom
Imdb – 8.3/10
A hilarious comedy featuring a dominant mother-in-law and her equally boisterous daughter-in-law.
Why to watch
- Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fight
Available on YouTube
Byomkesh Bakshi
1993 ‧ Thriller
Imdb – 9.2/10
Detective Byomkesh Bakshi attempts to solve various interesting and challenging mysteries using his remarkable analytical skills.
Why to watch
- One of the best detective series
- Rajit Kapur as Byomkesh Bakshi
Available on YouTube
Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne
1989 ‧ Comedy
Imdb – 8/10
Mungerilal is a small-time clerk who gets bossed around by his wife at home and by his boss at office. To top that, Mungerilal’s father in law rubs salt on Mungerilal wounds by exaggerating his own achievements as a Police Inspector. Mungerilal overcomes all this by day dreaming, where he takes revenge on his boss, his father-in-law. Mungerilal also dates his beautiful colleague. One of the best of Indian Nostalgic Shows.
Why to watch
- Mungerilal
- Day dreaming
- Raghubir Yadav as Mungerilal
Available on YouTube
Wagle Ki Duniya
1988 ‧ Sitcom
Imdb – 7.1/10
The series was set around everyday struggles of nervous sales clerk, Srinivas Wagle, who lived with prudence of a middle class person of the time.
Why to watch
- Based on characters created by cartoonist, R. K. Laxman
- Issues of the common middle-class Indian man
Available on YouTube
Buniyaad
1986 ‧ Drama
Imdb – 8.7/10
Haveliram struggles to navigate between his familial duties and the desire to live in an independent India. Eventually, he also must live through the aftermath of the country’s partition.
Why to watch
- The story spans the life in India between 1916-1978
- Family Drama
Available on YouTube
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