{"id":5305,"date":"2016-07-06T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T05:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=5305"},"modified":"2016-07-06T10:40:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T05:10:41","slug":"kanchan-chaudhary-bhattacharya-ips-officer-udaan-doordarshan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=5305","title":{"rendered":"Farewell Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, the IPS Officer Who Inspired Udaan\u2026 And a Generation of Women"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"container page-content\"><p><span class=\"dropcap\">D<\/span><\/p><\/div><p> \n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">oordarshan\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Udaan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> arrived at a very special time in our lives. It was the late \u201980s and at the time we were just taking in our fill of Indian television\u2019s most phenomenal shows ever \u2013 Ramanand Sagar\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ramayan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and BR Chopra\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/mahabharata-ramayana-cool\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mahabharat<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The powerful women we knew back in the day were mostly mythological figures, goddesses and demons, who triggered dynastic wars and annihilation of species.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s when <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Udaan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the story of a little girl who fights the odds to realise her dreams of becoming an IPS officer, came to our TV screens. Kalyani Singh arrived in this world of jewelled bustiers, flowing capes, ludicrous crowns, and Sanskritised Hindi, and she shook us out of our reverie.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was barely in my teens when I was enamoured by this woman saluting, marching, riding horses, and beating up the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/bollywoods-statues-of-unity\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bad guys<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Girls who until then fantasised about being princesses with a hundred dasis overnight had a new dream: They wanted to be a lot like the gun-wielding officer on screen, donning aviators and riding the jeep. Suddenly, television was not just entertainment; it wasn\u2019t plain preachy. It was inspiring. Gritty.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Udaan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which aired on Doordarshan between 1989 and 1991, was inspired by Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, India\u2019s first woman Director General of Police, who passed away earlier this week. Bhattacharya was the second woman IPS officer after Kiran Bedi. The officer, who hails from Amritsar, handled some high-profile cases like the murder of badminton player Syed Modi and is credited for her initiative that gave women home guards the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/how-indians-shirk-responsibility\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">responsibility<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of manning traffic points in cities. In 1997, she was awarded the President\u2019s police medal for distinguished service and after retirement forayed into politics, unsuccessfully contesting from Haridwar in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls on an AAP ticket.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until the time <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Udaan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> landed on our TV screens, Bhattacharya, a 1973 batch officer, was known only to those interested in quizzing. Not many had heard of the officer or her sister, Kavita Choudhry, who wrote, produced, directed and played the protagonist in the series. But thanks to the powerful story of struggle, success, and middle-class values, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Udaan\u2019s<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kalyani Singh became one of the most loved television characters of the time. Our first true female superhero in khaki.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here was a woman who was real. She wore braids and ribbons, simple salwar kameezes when not in her uniform, and carried her important documents in a plastic bag. She was unpolished and often struggled to articulate her feelings. She was every young girl in \u201990s India who lacked <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/series\/ho-ja-regender\/jackies-confidence-couch-confession\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confidence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and felt inadequate because of her social and financial stature. Yet she was charming in her artlessness \u2013 and was determined. Which is why so many of us latched on to her immediately. From the moment the title track played out showing a caged bird being set free, you wanted to root for Kalyani Singh. You wanted to be her.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\"><p>Udaan then was probably the first story of women\u2019s empowerment on television.<\/p><\/blockquote> \n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a scene in<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Udaan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which has stayed with me. A young Kalyani is running around for help, seeking justice for her father. Almost everyone, especially the men, dismiss and humiliate her. Almost as if she was invisible, inconsequential. She then spots a charismatic woman, an IAS officer who walks into the premises and every person stands up in respect. Kalyani, who is in awe of the officer, tells her parents that she is done being the \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/politics\/shah-faesal-kashmir-aam-aadmi\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aam aadmi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d She decides to fight the system, by being a part of the system.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I remember sitting in front of a black-and-white TV set and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clapping for Kalyani.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And like <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">me every woman<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across the country became her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/social-commentary\/modern-jobs-fancy-designations\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cheerleaders<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Because Kalyani Singh represented every Indian woman who did not get her due. And though many did not break the shackles, they were happy to only imagine a life in Kalyani Singh\u2019s boots.<\/span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Udaan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> then was probably the first story of women\u2019s empowerment on television.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In that era, we had a woman prime minister, but everyday women were yet to find their voice in our system. Even in affluent urban homes, prejudices often shackled our ambitions. I recall how some of my schoolmates who excelled at sports or mathematics, were already being paraded before potential in-laws. By the time they appeared for their board exams, they were engaged to be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/shaadi-mein-zaroor-aana-arranged-marriage-rajkumar-rao-kriti-harbanda\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">married<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And Kalyani Singh was the hero they needed. A friend was so inspired by <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Udaan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that she decided to turn things around. She rebelled and fought and went on to become the first daughter in her family to get into an engineering college and carve out a stellar career in the US.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this context, the love and encouragement that Kalyani Singh received from her parents was heart warming and also a message to many parents out there to treat their daughters well. Her love interest, played by Shekhar Kapur, treated her as an equal, a reminder to all the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/people\/homosexuality-in-india-gay-forced-marriage-sec-377\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">husbands<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who believed a wife\u2019s place was in the kitchen.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We discussed Kalyani Singh and her adventures during lunch break or the bus ride home, we did so with deference. Few of us had been through the kind of struggle that she had. Even after she takes charge, she faces and overcomes <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/upper-class-feminist-benefits-patriarchy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">patriarchy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and exploitation, corruption, and power games at every step, like a boss.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We didn\u2019t realise it then but for many of us <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Udaan <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was our first lesson in feminism. It gave flight to many of our fantasies. And though most of us today remember Kalyani Singh, it is Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya we need to doff our hats to. Farewell, officer and thank you for all the inspiration. <\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doordarshan\u2019s Udaan was inspired by Kanchan Chaudhary Bhattacharya, India\u2019s first woman DGP, who passed away earlier this week. 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