{"id":22329,"date":"2020-03-30T11:22:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T05:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/doordarshan-telecasts-shah-rukh-khans-1989-tv-show-circus\/"},"modified":"2020-03-30T11:22:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T05:52:02","slug":"doordarshan-telecasts-shah-rukh-khans-1989-tv-show-circus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=22329","title":{"rendered":"Doordarshan telecasts Shah Rukh Khan\u2019s 1989 TV show \u2018Circus\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The series, directed by Mirza and Kundan Shah, marked SRK\u2019s entry into the entertainment industry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aziz Mirza\u2019s 1989 series&nbsp;<em>Circus,<\/em>&nbsp;which introduced the world to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, is making a comeback on Doordarshan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public broadcaster aired the show on DD National from 8pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cShekharan is BACK on @DDNational! Friends, #StayAtHome and watch your favourite @iamsrk\u2019s #Circus &#8211; TV Series (1989) &#8211; From 28th March at 8 pm on @DDNational\u201d DD National tweeted.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Circus, directed by Mirza and Kundan Shah, marked Shah Rukh\u2019s entry into the entertainment industry. The show also featured the likes of Renuka Shahane and actor-director Ashutosh Gowarikar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The show will re-run at a time when the country is witnessing a 21-day lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus. The virus, which originated in China, has claimed the lives of 19 people in India and infected close to 900.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides \u201cCircus\u201d, Rajit Kapur-starrer detective drama \u201cByomkesh Bakshi\u201d is also returning to Doordarshan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cMUST WATCH -#RajitKapur in a role with which he will be associated forever! Detective show #ByomkeshBakshi from 28th March at 11 am only on @DDNational\u201d the broadcaster tweeted.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on the famous Bengali sleuth character created by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, the show ran from 1993 to 1997. It also featured KK Raina as Bakshi\u2019s sidekick Ajit Kumar Banerji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, it was announced the cult hit mythological series \u2014\u201cRamayana\u201d and \u201cMahabharat\u201d \u2014will re-run on Doordarshan and DD Bharati, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRamayan\u201d, based on Lord Ram\u2019s life, was first aired on Doordarshan in 1987 and attained a cult status. It featured Arun Govil in the role of Lord Ram and Deepika Chikhaliya as Sita. It was brought to the screen by Sagar Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other series \u201cMahabharat\u201d, based on the eponymous epic, first aired in 1988 and was a show that made many actors attain iconic status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The series, directed by Mirza and Kundan Shah, marked SRK\u2019s entry into the entertainment industry Aziz Mirza\u2019s 1989 series&nbsp;Circus,&nbsp;which introduced the world to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, is making a comeback on Doordarshan. The public broadcaster aired the show on DD National from 8pm on Sunday. \u201cShekharan is BACK on @DDNational! Friends, #StayAtHome and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}