A total of around 400-odd serials have been selected for Doordarshan's Urdu service out of a total of 580 that were pending before the Prasar Bharati Board.

According to DD additional director general Anita Sinha, 165 series out of these have been commissioned.

Thus, after DD National, DD Bharati and DD News, a major revamp of DD Urdu has been undertaken with several new shows being introduced from the beginning of this month. These are new niche shows that cater to their selective audience.

The shows are meant to target all age groups thus igniting the flame of the Urdu language. They include four in-house and four commissioned programmes.

The in-house programmes are:

Yaadein (Memoirs): 8:30 pm.(Saturday), repeat at 2 am and consequent day at 1:05 pm - Famous personalities from all walks of life are invited in the studios to share their memories, experiences and interested anecdotes in this series based on 'Down the memory lane' of the personality.

Yaadon Ke Darichay Se: 8 pm (Saturday), repeat at 1:30 am and consequent day at 12:30 pm - Film based programme knitting old and new film songs with an anchor. Each programme is theme based, like rain, love and film personalities.

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