''Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan'' is an Indian television

talk show A talk show is a television programming, radio programming or podcast genre structured around the act of spontaneous conversation.Bernard M. Timberg, Robert J. Erler'' (2010Television Talk: A History of the TV Talk Show', pp.3-4Erler, Robert (201 ...

that was aired by national broadcaster

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from 1972 to 1993.Conjugations: Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema
Sangita Gopal, pp. 3, University of Chicago Press, 2012, , ''... Further, Hindi film became far more integrated with other forms of media — as exemplified by the proliferation of film magazines like Filmfare, Stardust, and Cine Blaze, as well as the phenomenal popularity of television shows like Chitrahaar and Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan ...'' It was the first talkshow of

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, and featured

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-turned-host

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interviewing famous

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movie and television personalities.Gandhi Meets Primetime: Globalization and Nationalism in Indian Television
Shanti Kumar, pp. 64, University of Illinois Press, 2006, , ''... Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan, which provided interviews and insights into the private lives of Bollywood heroes and heroines ...'' The format consisted of conversation interspersed with film scenes. In the 1980s, this was one of the main avenues for television advertisers to reach a broad Indian audience.Student Britannica India
Indu Ramchandani (editor), pp. 357, Popular Prakashan, 2000, , ''... In the 1980s, advertisers had a three-way choice: either the Sunday feature film, Chitrahaar (programme of popular film songs), or Phool Khile Hain Gulthan Gulshan (interviews with leading film stars) ...''

started its operations in

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on 2 October 1972. ''Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan'' had its first episode aired a week later on 8 October 1972.

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