comedy shows like Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi (1984). The first ever daily soap Hum Log and later on Buniyaad and Nukkad and mythological dramas like Ramayan (1987-88) and Mahabharat (1989-90) glued millions to Doordarshan and later on Bharat Ek Khoj , The Sword of Tipu Sultan and The Great Maratha .