Gul Gulshan Gulfaam was a 1987

1987 in television

The year 1987 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1987.For American TV schedule, see: 1987–88 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:...

 Doordarshan

DoorDarshan

Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati. It is one of the largest broadcasting organizations in India in terms of the infrastructure of studios and transmitters. Recently, it has also started Digital Terrestrial Transmitters. On September 15, 2009,...

 television serial directed by Ved Rahi

Ved Rahi

Ved Rahi is an Indian film director who made the film Veer Savarkar , a bio-epic on the life of Indian revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. He also directed Doordarshan show Gul Gulshan Gulfaam. Recently, his novel Lal Ded, based on the life of Kashmiri saint poetess of the same name, was...

 and produced by Prem Krishen

Prem Krishen

Prem Krishen is an Indian film actor, turned TV and film producer and the owner of Cinevista banner, known for TV series such as Kathasagar, Gul Gulshan Gulfaam and Junoon and more recently Dill Mill Gayye....

 (Cinevistaas), was one-of-the first serial to be based in Kashmir

Kashmir

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...

 and portrayed a Kashmiri family and became an instant hit, and ran for 45 episodes. It was re-telecasted on Sahara TV in the year 2002.

Overview

It portrayed a Kashmiri family making a living from their three houseboats, 'Gul', 'Gulshan' and 'Gulfam', but their livelihood is threatened as running houseboats for tourists, which hit a low, due to terrorism. The outdoor of the serial was mostly shot in Srinagar

Srinagar

Srinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...

Parikshit Sahni, Radha Seth and N. K. Phull played the lead, along with Neena Gupta

Neena Gupta

Neena Gupta is an Indian film and television actress and director-producer. She won the 1994 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Woh Chokri. She is a popular actress in Indian commercial cinema, but it is her work with art filmmakers of India, like Shyam Benegal that got her...

, Pankaj Berry, Kanwaljit Singh

Kanwaljit Singh

Kanwaljit Singh is an Indian actor who has performed in films as well as television serials. He has acted in Hindi as well as Punjabi films.-Early life and education:Kanwaljit hails from a Sikh family of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh...

. An extremely young Kunal Khemu, then living in Srinagar, also part of this show, making his debut as an actor.

The Music was given by noted Kashmiri Composer Shri Krishan Langoo. The music of the serial received many awards including the Uptron award for Best music that year.He had composed music for the tele-serials like Gul Gulshan Gulfam, Mashaal, Parteet etc. which also fetched him several awards including Uptron award for the best music director of the tele-serial, Gul Gulshan Gulfam for the year 1990-1991 and Rapa award for best title song.