| Sanjivani: A Medical Boon | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Soap opera Medical drama |
| Directed by | Kaushik Ghatak |
| Starring | See below |
| Opening theme | "Sanjivani" |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 167 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 20-22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Cinevistaas Limited [1] |
| Release | |
| Picture format | 480i |
| Original release | 16 January 2002 – 2005 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Dill Mill Gaye |
| Related shows | Sanjivani (2019 TV series) |
Sanjivani: A Medical Boon is an Indian medical drama television series that aired on Star Plus from 2002 to 2005. [2] [3] A sequel series Dill Mill Gaye premiered on 2007 on Star One. Another sequel named Sanjivani (2019 TV series) premiered on Star Plus in 2019. [4]
A medical drama is a television program or film in which events center upon a hospital, an ambulance staff, or any medical environment. Most current medical dramatic programming go beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. A typical medical drama might have a storyline in which two doctors fall in love. Communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, in his 1964 work on the nature of media, predicted success for this particular genre on TV because the medium "creates an obsession with bodily welfare". Currently, the longest running medical drama in the world is the British series Casualty, airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is General Hospital running since 1963.
Dill Mill Gayye is an Indian medical drama television series that aired on Star One from 20 August 2007 to 29 October 2010. It was a sequel to the Star Plus series Sanjivani - A Medical Boon.
Star One was an Indian pay television network based in Mumbai. It was launched on 1 November 2004 and it was owned by Star TV and distributed worldwide by Fox International Channels. In November 2006, Star One was launched in the UK on Sky.
