Achanak 37 Saal Baad 2002 S01e01 — Official

The episode spends the first 15 minutes in stark black-and-white cinematography (a rarity for 2002 Indian TV). We see Rohan's mundane life—his loving wife (Neena Gupta), his infant son, his worthless brother-in-law. Then, on the night of a historic blackout (never explicitly named, but implied to be the 1965 India-Pakistan war blackout), Rohan follows a mysterious caller to that same bungalow.

He opens the red door.

A doctor in a futuristic (for 2002) white coat leans over him: "Mr. Rohan, you have been in a coma for thirty-seven years. It is the year 2002." achanak 37 saal baad 2002 s01e01