While the soap operas on other channels emphasised on pavitra romances, this channel had shows like Choona Hai Aasman, Dill Mill Gaye and Geet: Huyi Sabse Paraayi which gave a fresh twist to love stories. Even after the second season came on Hotstar. The barbs exchanged between Monsiha's middle-class complex and her Mummy ji remain legendary. In a time when family dramas were only melodramatic, we were brought the eccentricity of the Sarabhai household. The limited number of episodes made Roshesh, Maya, Indravadan and Monisha overnight successes. Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, which was taken off just after the first season, was a huge hit in retrospect. While the Laughter Challenge's success meant that Raju Shrivastav, Sunil Pal, Naveen Prabhakar and Ahsaan Qureshi would become household names, the Great Indian Comedy Show gave an uncharacteristic fearless platform for the likes of Ranvir Shorey and Vinay Pathak to perform weekly comedy sketches. Who can forget the laughter doses on the channel which had shows like the Great Indian Laughter Challenge, The Great Indian Comedy Show and the cult of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai. Yuvi, Ashi, Ranveer and Tia were just like us, and something some teenagers even wanted to be. Following the lives of four students in an elite high-school, the show became a rage amongst teenagers. In an era when the K-serials was doling out one melodrama after another centered around the Agarwal family, Virani family and then the Basu family - Star One had the hip foursome in Remix. With a top prize of Rs 25 lakhs at stake, the show asked its contestants to guess the lyrics of famous Bollywood songs. It seemed like the channel had something for everyone - it had a fun game-show hosted by Adnan Sami called Bol Baby Bol. And since then I kept going back to the channel for the younger, more-relateable content even as I remained faithful to the big players on Star Plus, Sony and the kind. It looked like a younger, chattier version Simi Garewal's formal, snow-clad chat show. I remember the first time I noticed Star One was when I saw Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol being interviewed by director Karan Johar. Source: AOLĪt a time (mid-2000s) when all the big players like Star, Sony, and Zee were coming out with many fringe channels - the content of one particular channel stood out. They weren't the most mind-boggling shows, but compared to the stuff I watched in my friend's house - it seemed like French art-house cinema. Unlike the days in my childhood when I would binge everything from Shaka Laka Boom Boom from 7 pm to Kahin Kissi Roz at 11 pm. It has been a while since I sat down and actually watched a show on Television.
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