Let’s not debate whether she would have made a charming pilot or not. But hadn’t it been for the rebellion, television would have missed out on...
Simple, uncluttered and raw emotions are his forte. Never in his decade-long career as a director has he resorted to unwanted twists and turns in his...
Nikhil and Niret Alva are a long way from just being known as celebrity offspring. Nikhil started off in the early 1990s composing music for ad...
The latest addition to Indiantelevision.com’s Young Turk gallery is Zain Verjee. In seven years Zain has gone from reading the traffic news updates for an African...
All of six feet and three inches, quite attractive, and with great sense of humour The last of the Cyrus troika to join the MTV clan...
MUMBAI: The Hinduja group owned multi system operator (MSO) INCableNet has based its entire conditional access system business model on the last mile operator (LMO). INCableNet...
“Measuring the pulse of Indian TV audiences” – one sees these words almost everywhere in the Mumbai headquarters of TAM India. With services in more than...
“TAM India has used the power of the net to empower the industry” For nearly two years, TAM India S-Group director Atul Phadnis has been...
Himani Shivpuri has always been an enigma. She has done some forgettable performances and some really unforgettable ones. She has always shuttled between films and television....
Amarr Upadhyay aka Mihir Virani’s ‘death’ in ‘Kyunki…’ brought Mumbaiites on the streets. Morchas were held outside Balaji Telefilms’ office, while inside, the telephones never stopped...
Kunal Dasgupta has just completed eight years as chief executive of Sony Entertainment Television India, which makes him the longest serving professional CEO in the television...
He is a man who is passionate about movies, music and cricket and is lucky enough to be handling all three. Sony Max senior VP and...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government, while giving a two-week extension to Star News for uplinking, indicated today that it may take slightly over a month before...
Her gentle demeanour masks her grit, determination and risk taking abilities. Meet Prasar Bharati director marketing Vijaya Laxmi Chhabra. Originally from Orissa, Chhabra spent the formative...
Son of one of Bollywood's earliest superstars Prem Nath, Cinevistaas chairman Prem Kishen began his career as an assistant director to showman Raj Kapoor and Vijay...
Smart, young and handsome. One look at Ravindra Gautam and you wonder why he didn't want to have a tryst with acting. But then, you can't...
Any time you meet her, Vandana Malik exudes infectious enthusiasm, a trait that marks most of the software her company, Television 18, creates for entertainment television...
It may just all be finally coming together for UTV group CEO Ronnie Screwvala. His organisation has regrouped in the last year and there is clarity...
He is taking a short nap, as I enter his make-up room on the sets of Kasautii Zindagii Kay. Frankly, I don’t recognize him at first...
Sitars, tanpuras and dhols mashed up with dance floor beats, rocky guitar riffs and catchy vocal. International music with eastern influences, is what music fans can...
FCB Ulka executive vice president MG Parameswaran has donned the hat of the president of The Advertising Club, Bombay after the annual general body meeting on...
Hallmark channel is going the sitcom route in a bid to add diversity to its programme line up. One of the shows lined up is My...
It's a pleasant surprise when one sees her for the first time, shorn of the burden of age that dogs her on screen. If Kamalika Guha...
With one foot planted firmly on the mythological and another on the social, production house Creative Eye has slowly and steadily climbed its way up the...
LONDON: In line with it’s commitment to its long-term regional expansion strategy, MTV Europe is set to launch its 11th channel, MTV Portugal on 3 July....
As the battle among the media agencies gets more intense and media fragmentation gets more pronounced, it is surely challenging for any media professional to come...
ETC Networks director and Broadband Pacenet India chairman Jagjit Singh Kohli is a man doing a tight-rope balancing act as far as the conditional access system...
Fresh off the success of last years desi adaptation of Who Dares Wins AXN is all set to unveil its first local adaptation of the year AXN Hot N...
Negative Publicity. Whether Tarun Khanna agrees or not, this is how he was born, I mean, this is how he came into the limelight. Well, nothing...
When Harish Thawani announced he was handing over day-to-day management of Nimbus Communications Ltd (the company he incorporated in 1987) to Akash Khurana, it was met...
It is unlikely that any Indian is unfamiliar with the name Asha Parekh. One of the top heroines of the 60s, she started her career as...
On the dot of 2 pm, I am ringing the doorbell to his apartment. It has been a hot afternoon and seems to be getting worse....
“Hey! Am I happening on television?” she asks, when I call her up to seek an appointment for an interview. I keep mum. Obviously, she is....
From actor to scriptwriter and teacher to CEO of a multifaceted production house, Akash Khurana stands out as a rare example of talent and passion married...
Ronit Roy is riding the crest of the wave right now. An assortment of jobs later, this Ahmedabadi boy had just settled into Bollywood when his...
These days information and broadcasting minister Ravi Shankar Prasad does not look uncertain as he did some months back when he was allocated the I&B ministry...
At 65, she is blazing guns in arguably the most popular serial in the history of Indian television. There is hardly a day when she does...
His affable manner complements his shrewd business sense. UTV group CEO Ronnie Screwvala is literally one of the survivors who has seen many crests and troughs...
In his late twenties, ASC Enterprises Ltd’s group president and CEO Punit Goenka is not one of those high-profile, page three-type executives. Surprising, because he heads...
HTMT group director and CTO (chief technology officer) KV Seshasayee is the man in the centre of action. He is the man who will spearhead the...
Lowe India president and COO Pranesh Misra has this aura of an understated and minimalist elegance about him. His scholarly persona exudes the impression of an...
Hallmark ,the channel with emotions, airs the 1950’s period drama Power And Beauty tonight at midnight. It stars model turned actress Natasha Henstridge who plays Judith...
Late into her teens, she was only known as Jeetendra’s daughter. Today, she has her own identity – as Ekta Kapoor, the creative head of Balaji...
After a eight month hiatus from television, Rupali Ganguly (daughter of veteran filmmaker Anil Ganguly) stormed into our drawing-rooms by replacing Shilpa Kadam in Star Plus’...
In this concluding part of a two-part interview with indiantelevision.com’s Thomas Abraham, Star India COO Sameer Nair does some straight talking on programming issues. Excerpts: When...
It is unlikely that any Indian is unfamiliar with the name Asha Parekh. One of the top heroines of the 60s, she started her career as...
Goes the age-old saying 'Marry in haste and repent at leisure'. Not many of us have proved age-old sayings wrong, but Kunika Sadanand Lall is one...
Star India COO Sameer Nair may not look like it, but his colleagues say he is an extremely shrewd strategist. As part of the Star India...
This summer, leading Hindi general entertainment channel Star Plus is hedging its bets on Josh. The show premieres on 16 May at 9:30 pm and promises...
She has been shying away from the media ever since she agreed to star in a televison serial. Via a press release, Karisma says, “I am...