At the end of every episode, veteran Hindi film actor Ashok Kumar would discuss the ongoing story and situations with the audience using Hindi couplets and limericks. Every episode was about 25 minutes long, and the last episode was about 55 minutes. India's first television drama was Hum Log, which first aired in 1984-85 and concluded with 154 episodes, was the longest running serial in the history of Indian television at the time when it ended. Indian dramas are also broadcast in other parts of South Asia, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Western Europe, Southeastern Europe, the Middle East, North America, Latin America, North Africa, Southeast Africa, and francophone Africa. Indian serials are made in almost all of the major languages in India, though many also contain a mix of the predominant language and English.

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2008–present) is the longest running Hindi TV show of India. The Telugu serial Abhishekam (2008- 2022) was the first Indian serial with 4,000 episodes and ended on 1 February 2022. Char Divas Sasuche ( Marathi) (2001–2013) was the first Indian serial to cross 2,000 and 3,000 episodes, also entering in Limca Book of Records, which concluded with 3,200 episodes.īengali Crime show Police File Cross 5,000 episodes. Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi ( Hindi) (2000–2008) was the first Indian TV drama to cross 1,000 episodes and concluded with 1,833 episodes. India's first television drama was Hum Log ( Hindi), which aired in 1984–85, and concluded with 154 episodes.

Indian television drama (in Indian English Indian serials) are television programs written, produced and filmed in India, with characters played by Indians and episodes broadcast on Indian television. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) ( May 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance. This article contains wording that promotes the subject in a subjective manner without imparting real information.

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