Republic Entertainment Desk

TV Shows On Social Issues That Were Ahead Of Their Time

Saans, an Indian television series, directed by Neena Gupta and Kanwaljit Singh, explores an accidental love triangle between Priya, Gautam, and Manisha, winning awards at the Kalakar Awards.

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Alpviram is a 1998 Indian drama television series produced by Shobhana Desai and directed by Vipul Shah, featuring Pallavi Joshi and Amir Bashir.

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Office Office is a satirical Indian drama series, exposing corruption in government and other offices, premiered on SAB TV in 2001.

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Astitva – Ek Prem Kahani was a Hindi-language soap opera on Zee TV, focusing on Dr. Simran, a gynecologist, who marries a younger man, highlighting her identity and the resulting struggles in her life

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Shanti - Ek Ghar Ki Kahani is an Indian television series, broadcast on DD National in 1994, featuring Mandira Bedi as Shanti.

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Hasratein, an Indian soap opera, follows Savi, a woman who leaves her husband to maintain an extra-marital relationship, highlighting societal pressures on the females.

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Aarohan is an Indian TV series from 1996 to 1997, written and produced by Pallavi Joshi, who also played the protagonist Nikita Sachdev.

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