Thursday, January 16, 2014

South Korean Drama to be telecast on DD Bharati

GANGTOK, 08 Jan: Korean Cultural Centre, India and DD Bharati will bring to India the most famous South Korean Drama based on the life of legendary doctor, Hur Jun, titled ‘Dr. Hur Jun ki Sachi Daastan’. The show dubbed in Hindi will be telecasted from 13 January, 2014 on DD Bharati from Monday to Friday, 7 pm - 8pm. A press release informs that this is an effort to continue and enhance the cultural exchange between the two countries.
Hur Jun, based on the real life story of Dr. Hur Jun of South Korea, saw tremendous success across the globe. The serial took the Koreans back to their history and re-instilled the faith in traditional Korean medicines. It will mark an important step in India to familiarize the Indian audiences with the Korean culture, history and medicinal procedures.
“This Korean Drama will highlight contemporary Korean culture and provide basic information on its history. Although the diplomatic relation is 40 years old but the cultural relationship goes back to 2000 years” said Director of the Korean Cultural Centre, India, Kim Kum Pyoung.
“It has been our endeavor to bring the cultures of different countries to the viewers of DD Bharati, and DD Bharati has made very good and intensive efforts to connect with different missions, embassies, cultural centers, countries to be able to take this forward. We are happy that India-Korea diplomatic relations has successfully completed 40 years of friendship last year. We hope to enhance the awareness of Indian viewers and enrich their knowledge of East Asia in general and South Korea in particular.” said Channel Head, DD Bharati, India, Usha Bhasin, as per the release.
The influence of Korean culture can easily be seen amongst the Indians especially the youngsters who have adopted the Korean ways, culture and language in their everyday lives. Apart from K-Pop music and dance, Korean dramas have also found great popularity amongst them.
The telecast of ‘Dr. Hur Jun ki Sachi Daastan’ is a new initiative of DD Bharati which will focus on enriching the Korean culture & tradition among the Indian audience, it is added.

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