Oliyum Oliyum (English: Light and Sound) [1] is a Tamil movie song compilation program on television popular during the late 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. [2] [3] [4] It aired at 7:30pm until 8:00pm on Fridays on Doordarshan, a Tamil regional network and features songs from Tamil movies. [4] [5] This was most popular entertainment program in Tamil Nadu after Tamil movies which aired on Sunday evenings. [6] [7] [8]
Songs shown on the channel include: [5]
The popularity of the sole government owned- Doordarshan channel declined with the advent of cable, and similar channels such as Sun Music were introduced. [4]