I have been fortunate having grown up on simple-yet-classy and extremely entertaining Doordarshan serials like Ramayan, Malgudi Days, Karamchand, Wagle Ki Duniya, Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Nukkad, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, as well as Hindi film broadcast on Sunday evenings, right after Narottam Puri’s World of Sports, Marvel's handcraft-animated Spiderman and Vikram Aur Betaal. So much entertainment on a humble black-and-white TV set! The 80s also remind me of a generation before me that was shy, yet privately swooned over naturally handsome and very charming actors including Shammi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand, Vinod Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Dharmendra, etc. These actors ruled box office when social media was unheard of, yet managed to dish out silver, golden and platinum jubilees in quick succession from the “balcony” and “stalls” of Bandra Talkies, Gaiety-Galaxy-Gemini, Ambar-Oscar-Minor, Regal, Roxy, Maratha Mandir, Liberty and Strand. The 80s told me a story. And it lives ON; even to this day. #VinodKhanna