Category: TELLY TIME
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Shahid sashays into Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa!
Ace dancer and Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor debuts as a Judge on India’s premier Dance Reality Show in Colors TV Colors’ premier dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, has raised the bar for the upcoming season of the show by roping in critically acclaimed actor and dancer par excellence, Shahid Kapoor as a judge on…
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Indian TV shows now look fresh
By Sandeep Sharma Old characters become ‘older’, new characters add a fresh charm and a twist in the storyline refreshes viewers’ interest – the small screen’s time-tested ‘leap’ formula has returned with shows like “Comedy Nights With Kapil”, “Bharat Ka Veer Mahaputra – Maharana Pratap” and “Diya Aur Baati Hum”. Once popular with TV tsarina…
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Indian talent sweeps global TV
By Sugandha Rawal The overseas small screen is calling for Bollywood talent. From Priyanka Chopra, Nimrat Kaur and Tina Desai to veterans like Anupam Kher and Shabana Azmi – Indian actors are landing plum roles in international TV shows. And they’re truly loving it. After creating waves globally with her singing talent, former Miss World…
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When SRK got ‘auctioned’ on TV
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He’s used to seeing cricketers being auctioned in the Indian Premier League (IPL), but during an episode of TV show “India Poochega Sabse Shaana Kaun?”, superstar Shah Rukh Khan put himself up for ‘auction’ at the hands of cricketers Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa and Manish Pandey. According to a source from the…
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Colors unveils new family drama – Swaragini
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The new emotional drama to showcase conflicts between Swara and Ragini’s feuding families. Swaragini to go on-air starting 2nd March, 2015 every Monday to Friday at 9:30 PM Some relationships bring joy; some bring sadness and some bring anger just by the virtue of being broken beyond repair. This March, COLORS joins hands with Rashmi Sharma Telefilms to present…
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Citizen Khan is a big torture….!
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Y.Z Patel reviews the latest edition of Adil Ray’s Citizen Khan Having watched the Christmas episode of Citizen Khan I don’t know what’s more excruciating. Having both legs and arms amputated with a blunt hacksaw whilst having your teeth pulled out with a pair of pliers and simultaneously having needles gouged into your eyeballs by…
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Story of a girl with SEVEN mothers-in-law
Zee TV has unveiled Satrangi Sasural, a show centers around Aarushi who marries Vihaan Narmada Vatsal, a man raised by not one, but seven very strong and independent mothers! Starting December 4, every Monday to Friday at 10 PM on Zee TV, join Aarushi on her journey of deftly managing the expectations of her seven mothers-in-law, who only have Vihaan’s best interests at…
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BBC to expose Fake Sheikh on Monday
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BBC will telecast The Fake Sheikh – Exposed on Monday at 8.30 in its Panorama slot as the undercover investigative journalist failed its legal bid to block the programme. Fake Sheikh’s lawyers sought a High Court injunction preventing the documentary from revealing his appearance. Mazhar earned the name Fake Sheikh after he exposed the hypocrisy of British elites…
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Cowell to launch regional talent show?
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TV celebrity Simon Cowell is contemplating several new projects, including a regional talent show. During an interaction at TV entertainment market Mipcom here, Cowell, the man behind shows like “The X Factor” and “Britain’s Got Talent”, spoke of his future plans, reports variety.com. Asked whether he sees some potential in a pan-regional entertainment format, he…
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Sonali goes for ‘real’ look on TV
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Film actress Sonali Bendre, who is entering fiction space on television with “Ajeeb Daastaan Hain Ye”, has donned kurtis with jeans and scarf, instead of the quintessential over-the-top ethnic wear sported by most small screen stars. The actress says the choice of attire is to make her character look as real as possible. In the…
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Jaspal Bhatti continues to inspire in death
His tragic and untimely death in a car crash nearly two years ago made millions sad but even in his death, satirist-actor Jaspal Bhatti continues to inspire others. This is perhaps the only case in the world that a celebrity has became brand ambassador for a cause after his death. Bhatti, who tickled the funny…
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Wah Taj, says reviewer
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I’m mad for the BBC’s new fly-on-the-wall documentary series Hotel India(Wednesdays, 8pm), which is beautifully made and pulls off the great feat of leaving the viewer feeling deeply relaxed one moment and ragingly furious the next. In this sense, it reminds me of a trip I once made to India, during which I made like a…
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Big B’s Yudh fails to hit bulls eye
Amitabh Bachchan’s Yudh, Directed by Anurag Kashyap, was one of the most highly anticipated TV shows this year. The series also features the likes of Kay Kay Menon and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. With a powerful star cast and an intriguing plotline, one would expect the show to have become a smash hit. The news however is different.…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Pakistan TV Shows
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Pakistani TV shows are breaking down walls of mistrust, delusions says Vikas Datta “Mulk taksim huye, dil to abhi ek hai/Isi liye hamne khidkiyan kat rakhi hai deewaron mein (The nations were divided, but hearts are still one/That is why we’ve cut windows into the walls (between us))”, wrote an Urdu poet. Divided amid bloodshed, experiencing long spells…
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BIG INTERVIEW: Samina Peerzada
Samina Peerzada told Radhika Bhirani that Pakistan-India content exchange will push connect She grew up watching the films of Bollywood’s late ethereal beauty Madhubala, has enjoyed new wave Indian gems like “Parineeta” and “Barfi!”, and loves to catch up on “Comedy Nights With Kapil”. But Samina Peerzada, a veteran actor-filmmaker from Pakistan, says exchange of content from…
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BIG INTERVIEW: Anurag Kashyap
Radhika Bhirani talks to Anurag Kashyap who wants to bring freshness to Indian TV Innumerable melodramatic family dramas and romantic sagas are currently dominating the small screen and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap is hoping to break the clutter with his finite series “Yudh”. He says if the medium allows “good” tales, he’s ready to make more…
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Indian TV serials get ugly
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Arpana in her column Bollywood Country says wife-beating is new TRP mantra for TV soaps It seems TV content is getting regressive by the day. After saas-bahu sagas, now TV shows like second season of “Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?…Ek Baar Phir” and “Doli Armaano Ki ” are capitalising on domestic violence to get eyeballs. “Iss…
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VIDEO – Shameless Onlookers!
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An Actor Tried To Recreate The Infamous Nirbhaya Post-Rape Scenes. Look How People Reacted.This is so scary…it could be you or I. Go through it, please and share it with the world. It is not essentially Indian yet it is. We do not want to get involved, so corrupt is our system it has made…
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GALLERY – Big B unveils ‘Yudh’
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan launched the dramatic poster of his first fiction TV series titled “Yudh”, which is expected to go on air from July. Big B, who will be seen playing the role of construction company co-owner Yudhishthir Sikarwar in the TV series, unveiled the poster in the presence of his co-stars Sarika and Aahana…
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Love, breakups…it’s zindagi!
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Radhika Bhirani in her column Curious Case writes about Splitsville in times of ‘Splitsvilla’ The ball for the seventh season of “Splitsvilla” on the idiot box is ready to roll, but in the real world of celebrities – Hollywood or Bollywood – it’s been quite a season of splitsville already! Love, breakups…it’s zindagi, I guess. Almost every…
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Zee to unveil Zindagi on June 23
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TV network Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) on Monday announced that it will launch a new Hindi general entertainment channel Zindagi nationally June 23. The latest offering will focus on catering to viewers with stories with universal emotions.Zindagi will have fiction shows – mainly those that dwell on romance, love and family drama – produced…