DD Metro also known as DD 2 was an Indian

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television channel. It was launched in 1984 as DD2 in Delhi as an alternative to

DD National DD National (formerly DD1) is an Indian state-owned entertainment television channel, founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. It is the flagshi ...

. Later, it increased its coverage area by expanding to Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. In 1993, the channel was rebranded as DD-2 Metro. On 3 November 2003, the

Prasar Bharati Prasar Bharati (abbreviated as PB) () is India's state-owned public broadcaster, headquartered in New Delhi, India. It is a statutory autonomous body set up by an Act of Parliament. It comprises Doordarshan, the television broadcaster, and Al ...

Corporation replaced DD Metro with their new news channel,

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. DD Metro programming consisted of many genres of television programmes, including family dramas boasting women as main characters, comedies,

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shows and others. The channel's prime-time shift

Metro Gold Metro Gold, also known as 9 Gold, was a Hindi-language terrestrial television channel in India. The channel was a joint venture of both DD Metro and Nine Gold of Kerry Packer and Vinay Maloo of HFCL – Nine Broadcasting India; hence known as Me ...

was a landmark in Indian television history, and it replaced

Star Plus StarPlus is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. Its programming consists of family dramas, romantic comedies, youth-oriented reali ...

as the top Hindi-language entertainment channel in 2000 and 2001. DD Metro also used to broadcast some TV series from its sister channel,

. In addition, DD Metro was also known for

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English and other language movies into Hindi.

Programmes

*''Aap Ki Taarif'' *''Aane Wala Pal'' *''Ahankaar'' *'' Ajnabi'' *''All The Best'' *''Bandhan'' *''Betaal Pachisi'' *''Bhabhi Maa'' *'' Captain House'' *'' Chandrakanta'' *''Champion'' *''Dard'' *''Dhun Dhamaka'' *''

Dekh Bhai Dekh ''Dekh Bhai Dekh'' () is an Indian Hindi sitcom which premiered on DD Metro on 6 May 1993. It was created, developed, edited, directed by Anand Mahendroo and produced by Jaya Bachchan under the banner of Saraswati Audio Visuals Pvt Ltd. It st ...

'' *''Deewar'' *''Duniya Ki Saire Kar Lo'' *''Ekka Begum Badshah'' *''

Ek Raja Ek Rani ''Ek Raja Ek Rani'' is an Indian television series that aired in 1996 on DD Metro and later on Zee TV. The series is directed by Kushan Nandy, and stars Shekhar Suman and Bhairavi Raichura. Plot Ajay Kapoor (Shekhar Suman) is a wealthy milliona ...

'' *''Hello Bombay'' *'' Hello Inspector'' *''Hindustani'' *''Idhar Kamaal Udhar Dhamaal'' *''

Imtihaan ''Imtihan'' (translation: ''Trial'') is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action romance film directed by Harry Baweja, starring Sunny Deol, Saif Ali Khan and Raveena Tandon. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Prema Prayanam'' (1996). Plot Vicky ...

'' *''Intezaar Aur Sahi'' *'' Jai Hanuman'' *''

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'' *''Jaane Bhi Do Paaro'' *''Jeevan Ke Pal Do Pal'' *''Juhi'' *''Kabhi Yeh Kabhi Woh'' *''Kaliren'' *''Khabrein Bollywood Ki'' *'' Kash-m-kash'' *''Khatta Meetha'' *''

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'' *'' Lajwaab Talent Show'' *''Laut Aao'' *'' Maan'' *'' Mahashakti'' *'' Meri Mrs. Chanchala'' *''Mr. Dhansukh'' *''Music Station'' *''Musibat Bolkey Aayee'' *''Nehle Pe Dehla'' *''

Nukkad ''Nukkad'' () is an Indian Hindi-language television series that aired on DD National in 1986–87. It was directed by Kundan Shah, Aziz Mirza and Saeed Akhtar Mirza; it was written by Prabodh Joshi and Anil Chaudhary. It starred Dilip Dh ...

'' *''

Nyaay ''Nyaay'' (also spelled Nyay, meaning Justice) was a daily TV series directed by Sudhir Mishra, written by Pawan K Sethhi, produced by Harish Thawani of Nimbus Corporation and broadcast and Executive Producer Sushil Datta on Doordarshan's Me ...

'' *''Peechha Karo'' *''

Padosan ''Padosan'' (, ) is a 1968 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy film directed by Jyoti Swaroop and produced by Mehmood, N. C. Sippy and written by Rajendra Krishan. It is a remake of the Bengali film '' Pasher Bari'' (1952) based on a shor ...

'' *''Papa'' *'' Raja Aur Rancho'' *''Rozana'' *''The Samwaad Show'' *''Saahil'' *''Sapnay'' *'' Sea Hawks'' *''Strivers & Achievers'' *''Sweekar Hai Mujhe'' *''

Superhit Muqabla ''Superhit Muqabla'' is a countdown show of songs that was broadcast on the Indian TV channel DD Metro. Kruttika Desai did most of the shows including covering Michael Jackson's History tour in Bangkok Simultaneously the program was also shot i ...

'' *''

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'' *''

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'' *''

Tu Tu Main Main ''Tu Tu Main Main'' (') is an Indian television sitcom which originally aired on DD Metro and later StarPlus directed by Sachin Pilgaonkar. The series first premiered on DD Metro in 1994 till 1996 before it moved to StarPlus and the series wen ...

'' *''Wanderlust India'' *''

Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (literal meaning: 'Such is Life') is a sitcom that aired on DD National in 1984. It was written by comedy writer Sharad Joshi and directed by Kundan Shah, S. S. Oberoi and ''Raman Kumar''. Plot The episodes revolved arou ...

'' *''

Zabaan Sambhalke ''Zabaan Sambhalke'' () is an Indian Hindi-language sitcom, directed by Rajiv Mehra. It is an Indian adaptation of the original 1977 British sitcom, Mind Your Language, directed by Stuart Allen, that was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. T ...

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External links

Doordarshan Network Official Site
Defunct television channels in India Television stations in Mumbai Doordarshan Television channels and stations established in 1984 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2003 * 1984 establishments in Delhi Television stations in Delhi

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