BOLD, BUT NOT BEAUTIFUL

Three months into 2015, two television channels are show casing varied fare. They have taken it on themselves to give viewers a mix of shows ? from the melodramatic soaps t...

Digging Deep: Our Affinity For Rituals

We build off the shoulders of our ancestors. As the shadow of our pastdances against the wall of time, every nuanced movement, every refraction, every proportion contains t...

A JUDICIAL MILESTONE

Last Sunday night, after the Roop Kanwar case, Bhanwar went back to another landmark in judicial history. The last jury trial in India. In the...

SONY, THIS WEEKEND

The weekend on Sony Entertainment Television was marked by thrills courtesy Adaalat and CID; and reflection thanks to Bhanwar.

Team Adaalat went to the Andaman Isla...

Disruption: Making Opportunities In The New Era: Sudhanshu Vats

Sudhanshu Vats, Group CEO, Viacom18 Media, delivered the keynote speech at CASBAA India Forum 2015. He spoke on how disruption drives opportunity, on the sunrise sector M&a...

TELEVISION’S CULTURE POTS

When German friends first visited Bombay, they were blown away by the multiple ethnic groups on the streets. They had just visited the Rajabai Clock Tower and seen statues ...

India’s soft power has grown, but no thanks to the government

We are all aware that India is fast emerging as a major economic power. Although there is talk of India also being an important “soft power” the fact is we are ...

Aamir Khan, You Offend Me

‘”Aayi hai college mein padhne ke liye. Jab dekho taiyaar hai, ladne ke liye. Humne khaayi hai kasam, todenge iska guroor hum'” – Dil, 1990 (Aamir K...

WATCH OUT FOR MAHA ACTION

What?s interesting on television is the presence of authentic firang actors playing firang roles. Earlier, Tom Alter was invariably cast as the foreign hand in Hindi films;...