After writing first time a blog about now famous program on Radio, or All India Radio named Man Ki Baat by our beloved Pradhan Mantri ji Shri Narendra Modi ji click here to read blog, now after so many episodes it is still one of the most listened program. I May be correct in saying that instead of most listened it is also one of the most watched program on TV? this is surprising and amazing to me. after so may years of my watching Doordarshan since 1977 continuously this program baffles and breaks all notions about what a RADIO program is all about?
I had an opportunity of listening a lecture on Shri K K Nayyar ji of All India Radio and Doordarshan fame. He came for an workshop on "writing for TV & Radio" organised by centre for creative writing & production, IIT Kanpur. I am sure he would have surprised to see the popularity of this program Man Ki Baat. Originally planned as Radio talk type of program where celebrities or national politician are chosen to broadcast their address through radio. Three decades earlier it was the only OPTION to reach every corner of country & to the people. Shri K K Nayyar ji often described difference of Radio & Television programming.
At the All India Radio station building near harsh nagar, Kanpur we went for demonstration & learning about making of radio program. We were given to listen a program/talk of writer Shri Giriraj Kishor interviewed by Dr Smt Madhulekha Vidyarthi ji. First sentence she mentioned him as suvikhyat writer सुविख्यात लेखक, listening this immediately he interrupted saying that i am not famous but Vikhyat कुख्यात
