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Another Game Changer, Mr Bachchan
In 2000, Amitabh Bachchan took a giant stride on to the small screen with Kaun Banega Crorepati. His TV debut was signaled as a first for Bollywood on TV. Now, 14 years later,...
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Women Of Grit
Scripts are created by writers, but the written word is brought to life by the director and the actors. Often actors treat the script as a source of dialogues to learn, and cu...
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Prime Time Thrills
Prime time on Star Plus is bookended (8 pm and 11.30pm) by one of Indian television’s most unusual daily soaps. Primarily, a time slot for family dramas costumed in gari...
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True Review: Primetime Fantasy RomCom
SAB TV’s fantasy RomCom Jeanie Aur Juju goes off air in June, to be replaced by an alien comedy — Badi Dooooor Se Aaye Hain. Jeanie Aur Juju, a prime time show hel...
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Channel V: Changed Priority
In the mid-1990s, India’s youth saw the launch of an indigenous music channel – Channel [V]. The slew of programming was urban-centric, with irreverent humour, a n...
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Khera, Stand Up To Be Counted
Television serial makers resort to ploys to sustain viewer ship – a new track, a new character or someone getting lost, etc. This writer hadn’t been watching Uttar...
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A New Order
There are a few new shows on daily prime time and the weekend too. Star Plus’ Ek Thi Haseena boasts of a cast of three actors of substance – Simone Singh, Ayub Kha...
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Curtains For Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (BALH)
“We have an expression that when a show is running out of original stories, the producers will make a “jump the shark” episode, when something completely stu...
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Amitabh's Blockbuster Presence
Undoubtedly, Comedy Nights with Kapil is Colors’ channel driver. The demand to get on the show as audience, also paves the way for that brief time to be on camera and as...
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Weekend Prime Time's New Face
Television screens dripped with a new face over the weekend -- Jackky Bhagnani, with or without his Youngistan costar Neha Sharma, which released last week. From Friday night,...
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