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True Review TV - Need Actors, Not Performers.

What scope do our regular prime time soaps offer in terms of performance oriented roles for a serious actor?? If one looks at the roster of actors, barring Surekha Sikri as Ba...

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True Review TV - A New Hope, Old Guard

Ek Nayi Ummeed Roshni, Life OK?s 8 pm newbie is already impressing audiences, much the same way as Mahakumbh. It?s a fresh looking show in terms of visuals, new faces share sc...

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True Review TV - Medical Drama, A Genre On The Rise

As Life OK?s game changer Mahakumbh- Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani has wound up to a logical end, the channel has lined up a new show to take on the 8 pm slot -- Roshni, ??a medical ...

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True Review TV - Sacrificed On The Altar Of Trps

Once when I was reading a canine breeder?s handbook, I was appalled at the author?s suggestion that if a new born Dalmatian pup doesn?t show a spot within three days, it must ...

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POWER TO THE LITTLE DIVAS

Surfing channels during commercial breaks is when I discover new shows to follow. What it throws up is just not just new shows, but new talent, varied subjects, etc. A few pro...

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NEW SHOWS, FRESH LOOK

June-July is traditionally the time for new shows. In fact, SAB TV jumped the gun in early June with an unusual RomCom, a very silent Rumm Pumm Po, with music only ? every Sat...

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BREAKING NEWS, VARIETY AT PRIME TIME

I recently caught a glimpse of stories which could well be part of Code Red, Savdhaan India and many such shows which highlight violence against children. The Culture Beat ini...

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Note These Shows, Please

When scriptwriters and producers think out of the box and rope in actors to support their fresh thinking, one can see the emergence of shows which could make viewers sit up an...

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Tapu Sena’s All Grown Up

Sometimes, script writers would do well to look around and take in what?s really going on in their world, or in the outside world and take a leaf from that. It?s okay to celeb...

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PERFORMANCES NEED RECOGNITION

If one?s watching a serial minutely, what one can?t overlook are those finely nuanced gestures from an actor. Sure credit does go to the director, and the actor merits it too....

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: OF THAT HUMAN FACTOR

Currently, the boom in Artificial Intelligence has been viewed with mounting dread or em...

December 9 2025

POWERFUL PEOPLE: IDEAS BECOME MOVEMENTS HERE

A conversation between Vinta Nanda and Shenali Rajaratnam, a young global leader shaping...

December 8 2025

RETROSCOPE: FLASHBACKING WITH....CHAUDVIN KA CHAND!!

Monojit Lahiri met up with the still-gorgeous Waheeda Rehman at her sea-front flat in Ba...

December 7 2025