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Hindi TV Reality Serials – Truth Love Cash – earn money as a couple, but tasks are tough and there are temptations
On June 25, 2010 in Channel V, Competition, Contest, Reality Show, TV, Truth Love Cash, Video
I was switching channels one day, and came across this very interesting reality contests. In most of the boring reality contests, there is things such as dance contests, singing contests, swayamwar and family contests, and so on. And then there are the more controversial (read as more appealing to a younger generation) reality shows on youth oriented channels such as Channel V. Here comes another one: Called Truth Love Cash.
In the show, 7 couples were taken, and they are given a series of tasks, on the successful completion of which money is added to their accounts. At the same time, their commitments to each other is tested by the way of temptations, that would cause either of them to betray each other, thus testing the concept of cash vs. love.
The initial 7 couples were:
Vinit and Arsila
Navneet and Ajay
Chandrani and Hafeez
Sumit and Karishma
Vishakha and Satya
Praveen and Jogita
Hamida and Jamil (eliminated on the first task)
Yudi is the host of the show.
The recent episode of the show that I watched was interesting, and very painful to the participants. The girls were expected to go towards some bikini clad ladies who had coins on their bodies mixed with peanut butter, and then get these plastic coins using their mouths. All of them had a timer that was decided by their male partners. Every 10 seconds, their male partners would get whacked on their buttocks by a evil looking rod wielded by a tough guy, and as long as they could bear it, their partners had time. It was traumatic watching these guys getting whacked, unable to bear it, but wanting their partners to be able to spend more time.
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Hindi TV Serial – Bandini – Santo in serious trouble, believed to have got into another relationship
On April 28, 2010 in Bandini, Drama, Family, Hindi Serial, Marriage, Romance, TV, Values, Video
Like any other serial, Bandini also believes in subjecting its chief character to multiple problems, to various character assassinations, and other problems; this ensures that people loving drama remain interested, and also that getting characters out of this drama can ensure long series of episodes of multiple weeks each. And so is the case with Bandini, where Santu seems to be getting into problems all the time.
In this case, Rudra was trying to get close to Santu, even when he came to know that Santu was the wife of DM (and this was something suspicious, when somebody comes to know that the person you are trying to flirt with is a powerful man, and also the head of the house in which you are currently staying, then most people will step back. This is even more true when the lady herself has slapped you, and another member of the household has also threatened you). And he showed a burst of anger when Santu slapped him again, and cornered her in a room.
When they were found, Rudra knew that he was in trouble. However, he turned the tables on everyone by claiming that both Santu and he were in love, that DM was wrong for having married a lady half his age, and also that Santu and he had done nothing wrong. And of course, he was slapped and cursed, but the anger also started getting reflected on Santu. From all appearances, it seemed that everybody in the house believed that she could be the wrong one in this, with Ba being the only who seemed some non-believing; Santu seemed shocked that everyone could so easily believe this, with even DM and her own sister also believing it. Now what will happen in this household ?
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Hindi TV Serials – Long running music talent program – new season of Indian Idol on Sony TV
On April 28, 2010 in Drama, Hindi Serial, Indian Idol, Music, Reality Show, Singing, Song, Sony, TV, Talent, Video
Indian Idol is a long running serial on Sony TV, now running on the 5th edition (the show itself being modeled on a popular American serial of the same type and format). The concept of the show is fairly simple; people from all over the country can apply to showcase their talent (and by now, the auditions of Indian Idol are huge, with a large number of people from all over the country wanting to apply), and then take part in several rounds, being judged by eminent musicians and singers (a jury of 3, out of which Anu Malik seems to be the ever-present member).
Over a period of time, the winner of the contest gets a lot of fame, the opportunity to get a break into the singing industry, and also huge awards from the sponsors (in this case, a 1 year contract with Sony BMG, and also 1 crore as prize money). The winner of the First Indian Idol was Abhijeet Sawant, who is also one of the presenters for the show, the other being Prajakta Shukre (who placed 4th in the first season of Indian Idol). The judges for this season have been changed, with Anu Malik remaining (he remains the judge with the sharpest tongue, claiming that he is a straight talking person), with the others being the singer, Sunidhi Chauhan, as well as the musician and singer Salim Merchant. Both of them are a bit softer on the contestants, but otherwise have their own opinions, and it is also pretty clear that they will take their own decisions (not swayed by Anu Maik). In addition, it is also rumored that the channel would prefer that there be always some amount of conflict so that the show also remains interesting.
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Hindi TV Serial – Dance India Dance – Won by Shakti Mohan from Terrence Ki Toli on 23 April 2010
On April 25, 2010 in Competition, Contest, Dance, Dance India Dance, Hindi Serial, Popular, Reality Show, TV, Video, Zee
Dance India Dance is a dance contest that appears on Zee TV, now for 2 seasons. It is one of the few shows (like Indian Idol on Sony) that gives a chance to normal people to show off their skills, in this case, their Dance skills (and in fact, there is no other show that allows ordinary people to show off their dancing skills). It has become fairly popular, attracting a huge amount of attention and ensuring that contestants spend a lot of time preparing for the show, showing dancing skills that are incredible. Now, when you look at some of the finalists, they seem as good as people you see in the movies, and prepare some incredible acts.
Dance India Dance has had a number of celebrity guests such as: Salman Khan, Dia Mirza, Amitabh Bachchan, Vivek Oberoi, Govinda Ahuja, Helen, Arshad Warsi, Jeetendra, Boman Irani, Ritesh Deshmukh, with the judges being Terence Lewis, Remo D’Souza and Geeta Kapur. In addition, Mithun Chakraborty is the Grandmaster of the show, and even has veto powers to use once in the show to change a decision.
After a lot of steps, the last 4 finalists were:
Shakti Mohan, 24 (Mumbai)
Dharmesh Yelande, 27 (Vadodara)
Punit Pathak, 23 (Mumbai)
Binny Sharma, 22 (Ahmedabad)
The final was a long affair (and maybe the show organizers should ensure that the finals should never be so long that they lose the attention of viewers. We started watching the program, but lost interest midway and switched on again only at the end).
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