Bhagyavidhaata serial on Colors
By Ashish On July 03, 2009 in Bhagyavidhata, Colors, Despair, Drama, Family, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Poor, Society, TV, Video
Serials nowadays are trying to be more socially conscious, a number of them saw how the previously popular saas-bahu serials started losing attention, and then saw how a serial such as Ballika Vadhu that takes a social issue can become very popular, and so a number of serials have jumped onto the same league of having socially active serials. So there are serials dealing with child marriage, dealing with the condition of poor in society, dealing with caste differences, and so on.
So, Colors has very recently launched another serial called, “Sabki Jodi Wohi Banaata… Bhagyavidhaata”, and the motif of the serial is about, how in Bihar’s lopsided society, the difficulty of getting a poor and average looking girl married off is so difficult that people came up with the idea of getting their girls married off by force, through kidnapping the groom, and under the pressure of force, getting him married to their girl. It is not so however for the girl after that, since her in-laws would not readily accept her (after all, if they were looking for nice dowry, then they would feel cheated, and since it is assumed that the boy’s side has an upper hand, getting the boy married by force would not appeal).
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai on Star Plus
By Ashish On July 02, 2009 in Drama, Family, Hindi Serial, Popular, Romance, Star Plus, TV, Video, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain is a relatively new serial that appears on Star Plus weeknights at 9:30 PM (Monday - Friday). The series started on January 12, 2009, and has been moving relatively slowly; it is full of family drama, being slightly different from the saas-bahu serials of earlier. The serial essentially revolves around 2 Marwari families (both being above middle class, in fact, with the sets and house that they show, the families are rich). The 2 families are the Maheshwari family (to which, the main female character, Akshara, belongs to), and the Singhania family, to which the main male lead, Naitik, belongs to. These 2 characters are a part of an arranged marriage, and the serial displays the goings on in the families, their relations with each other, and the way their emotions move.
Rakhi Ka Swayamwar on NDTV Imagine - finally the spectacle started
By Ashish On July 01, 2009 in Character, Competition, Contest, Drama, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Rakhi Ka Swayamwar, Reality Show, TV, Video
With a whole host of new reality programs having started on TV, the quest to make something different drives television programming. When you combine this quest with a weird personality such as Rakhi Sawant, who would like nothing better than to create a new sensation, you get the idea of having a Swayamwar for Rakhi. To tell the truth, my stomach turned over when I first saw the TV ads, since I do not particularly like Rakhi. However, I am trying to be objective when I write this, and purely from a reality show basis, the mission of trying to get a girl married off through a reality show is about as exciting as a reality show could be (although I am not convinced that Rakhi will eventually marry the person at the end of the show).
The show asked for people to send in their applications (the show announced that 12,000 people sent in their nominations), and after screening and further review, the list was shortened down to 16 people (view the 16 contestants on this link). The show is being hosted by Ram Kapoor (from Zee TV’s Saat Phere), and is being hosted at Fateh Garh Palace, Udaipur. The costumes are splendid. However, when I asked around as to how many people enjoyed the show, majority opinion out of 10 people was that they found the show boring (they found the first day boring), so maybe the excitement will improve as we move onto more episodes.
Jyoti - the marriage happens
By Ashish On June 26, 2009 in Drama, Family, Hindi Serial, Jyoti, NDTV Imagine, Romance, TV, Values, Video
Jyoti is a serial on NDTV Imagine that takes the life of a girl who is struggling to help all those who depend on her, but who has to face obstacles at many walks of life. After being almost evicted from her house, Jyoti was finally finding happiness, getting married to Pankaj, who is blind, but who is very loving. And she finds more happiness, but you know for sure that something bad will happen later, after all, the serial depends on showing her struggling and still keeping her good faith and nature intact.
Even though she is separated from her family, they find out about her marriage, and all of them decide to go for the marriage other than the mother Padma, and obviously her sister Susham (and Sushma’s husband Brij).
So, the family members land up at the marriage, and after some initial struggle with the guards at the gate, they meet Jyoti and also have a good meeting with Pankaj’s family members. Of course, there are the usual set of guests at the marriage who can do nothing but gossip, and they are speculating on how Pankaj managed to land such a beautiful girl; and then start speculating on why the family members of the girl were not there at the wedding.
The new Ramayana on NDTV Imagine - Last episode on June 26th, 2009
By Ashish On June 26, 2009 in Character, Devotional, Hindi Serial, Mythology, NDTV Imagine, Popular, Ramayana, Religious, TV, Values, Video
A long time back (1987-1988), Ramanand Sagar (from Sagar Entertainment) had made a serial based on the Ramayana, and it was extremely popular. In 2008, on NDTV Imagine, Sagar Entertainment again created a new Ramayana, using new effects, with a new sophistication, and with new actors. It has also proved very popular. The series went through the entire timeline from the initial years of Ram’s life, his marriage to Sita, exile based on his father’s promise, Sita’s abduction by Ravan, the search, the bitter battle, return to Ayodhya, Sita’s banishment from the court and settlement in the ashram, Luv and Kush’s story, and final return to the court.
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Information on Ladies Special - the comedy show on Zee TV
By Ashish On June 22, 2009 in Uncategorized
Comedy shows are many on TV right now, and they happen on every channel. Another such comedy show happens on Zee TV, called “Hasne Hasaane ka Tonic - Ladies Special”. This is a new standup comedy show on Zee TV that provides women a platform to project their point of view through the medium of humor. Based on the numerous saas-bahu shows, audiences have only seen women cry / plot / scheme on screen; this time they will see them make everyone laugh. Ladies Special is the search for ‘India’s Funniest Female Stand-Up Comedian’ and has eight contestants and three challengers. The contestants find try to find humor in mundane stories from daily life and present a unique perspective on domestic issues, saas-bahu relationships, cricket and politics.
Hosted by: Swapnil Joshi
The Judges:
Tabassum
Baba Sehgal
Bhaskar-Bharti on Sony TV
By Ashish On June 21, 2009 in Bhaskar Bharti, Comedy, Drama, Hindi Serial, Sony, TV, Video
I don’t think that this is an original idea (about a man turning into a woman due to divine intervention), but this is still a new concept for Indian TV, and so far is working out (although at some time, the serial creators will want to stretch the serial, and that is when the story will start becoming painful). Bhaskar Bharti started on Sony TV on May 25, 2009, and is created by the long running creative group of Deeya Singh and Tony Singh.
Bhaskar is with a media company, and is a hotshot and well acclaimed professional. He is a serial womanizer, who ditches girl-friends all over the place. It is one of these women who cry out that Bhaskar should become a girl so that he realizes what a woman has to face, and it is through divine intervention that Bhaskar converts into a girl, called Bharti.
Dus ka Dum 2 - second part of the game show on Sony
By Ashish On June 21, 2009 in Bollywood, Competition, Contest, Hindi Serial, Reality Show, Sony, TV, Video
Dus ka Dum was a game show started in 2008 (to compete with the Star Plus Shahrukh Khan and Akshay Kumar on Colors), and starred Salman Khan as a show which allowed its contestants to quickly scale upto an amount of Rs. 10 crore very quickly, once by eliminating the contender, and then answering 5 questions within a required percentage scale to get upto the top prize. The show also had a large number of celebrities taking part, thus making the show more attractive.
Dus Ka Dum 2 is the second season for the show, and it started on May 30, with Salman Khan as the hosts and a range of celebrities gracing the show and contesting. So far, we have had:
Kareena Kapoor (defeated her sister Karishma) and won Rs. 10,00,000
Daler Mehndi (defeated his brother Mika) and won Rs. 1,00,000
Darsheel Safary won over other child stars (Tanay Chheda & Azhar) and won Rs. 1,00,000
Katrina Kaif (well awaited, the girl friend of Salman came with co-star of New York Neil Nitin Mukesh for promotion of their film).
Jyoti about to get married to Pankaj - NDTV Imagine
By Ashish On June 18, 2009 in Jyoti, NDTV Imagine, TV, Video
Jyoti is about to get married to Pankaj, and the serial has showcasing this for quite some time. After Jyoti left her house after feeling that no one in the house wanted her there (and her own step-mother, whom she loved as a mother also seemed to hate her as opposed to her other sister Susham), she went to the Kendra and stayed there for support. This was also the time when she tried to commit suicide after being in depression for some time. She was still very cut off from her family and not in contact.
At the same time, Sushma and Brij were trying to make the most of the situation, with Susham assuring her mother that things will be fine, and at the same time, trying to take Jyoti’s position in the dance show. However, things are not totally well between Sushma and Brij, with Sushma seeing the harsher side of Brij, and starting to get scared of his temper, as was seen recently when the club manager was criticizing Sushma for not smiling while giving her performance, and Brij looking on with anger.
Dhairya Sorecha & Afsha Musani To Host ‘Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs’
By Ashish On June 18, 2009 in Uncategorized
ln an exciting development, Zee TV has announced Dhairya Sorecha and Afsha Musani as the hosts of ‘Hero Honda Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L’il Champs’. The show that launched on June 5th 2009, has certainly brought in great innovations in its format with the most important being the show’s theme - ‘Boys v/s Girls’. To support this format, for the very first time on Indian television, the show would have a kids’ couple as sutradhars. Dhairya and Afsha make their debut as anchors in coming episodes on June 19th at 9.30 p.m.
10 years old Dhairya has been in the industry for the last seven years and has acted in about 65 commercials with really big brands and celebrities. He is a very popular child actor and was last seen in movies like Babul, Partner and Tahaan. Currently studying in the 6th grade, Dhairya, has now become a household face.
