Hope younger generation discovers 'Buniyaad': Sippy on show's rerun on DD

Like many other old favourites, "Buniyaad" is also back on Doordarshan amid the nationwide lockdown, and director Ramesh Sippy is thrilled that even after over three decades, the serial has tremendous recall value.

The show, written by Manohar Shyam Joshi, dealt with Partition and its aftermath.

"It has been more than 30 years and the show still has recall value. People remember it even today, they associate it with the Partition. Today's young generation has forgotten all that, it has been more than 70 years. But still, somewhere in the families, the stories are there," Sippy told PTI in an interview.

The director said the show, which debuted in the late 1980s, captured the sentiment of India's "birth pangs".

"Of course, the younger generation can't look back the same way as the older generation did. But I hope they discover the show now," Sippy added.

According to the director, the journey of "Buniyaad" began when the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting invited his father, ...