With a longish nose and speaking style that is slightly high-pitched, Ian Diamond, senior vice president and general manager of Turner Entertainment Networks Asia Inc fits...
Mountain-biker, long-distance runner and traveller – AXN Asia managing director Todd Miller seems to extend the action aspect of the channel he runs to his out-of...
He came to Mumbai in 1980 to promote the family steel business and stayed on to become one of the most consistent and successful producers on...
The tag of a comedy serial director is hard to shrug off. Sameer Kulkarni should know. Successes like Family No. 1, Shakalaka Boom Boom, Hip Hip...
Scripting 50 hours of TV programmes in a month is no mean achievement. Anjana Sood does exactly that, with the help of her brother, Vicky Chandra....
If popularity is the index of a director’s success, Partho Mitra should surely rank as one of the best directors on TV today. Partho, who started...
Suddenly, there seems to be more to the Hindi entertainment television scenario than Star, Sony and Zee. There is a buzz around B4U Television Network, which...
Soni Razdan, actor, is not new to audiences. Her metamorphosis into a producer and now, a director, however, has not been as talked-about though. Her forays...
Ever since Javed Sayyed’s first directorial venture Heena went on air in 1998, the soap has been one of Sony’s key programmes. Heena’s success has brought...
Lekh Tandon is to television what Dev Anand is to the Indian film industry. A half century of films and TV serials later, the septuagenarian director...
Vinta Nanda started out as an assistant to Raman Kumar on the unforgettable Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi. As assistant director, she was actively involved on the...
Mukesh Sharma is not the kind of guy you would expect to find in a government job. Suave and with filmstar like good looks, Sharma has,...
Adib Contractor ventured into TV production in 1992. Almost a decade later, he has to his credit some 800 hours of software produced for different private...
The bearded CEO of Sony Entertainment Television Kunal Dasgupta has a burning desire to take Indian television programming and entertainment globally. As CEO of a company...
Last Monday Zee Telefilms unveiled its new face to the world. Not exactly the best of times to fix an interview with one of the key...
Actor Hemal Thakkar, along with good friends Paresh Raval and Anand Mundra has recently ventured into TV production under their banner Playtime Creation. Their first project...
Broadcast Worldwide Business Development director Pradipto Sircar refuses to be cowed down by rival regional satellite channels that are stealing viewers, while the four Tara channels...
Raman Kumar needs no introduction. He is one of the most successful personalities on the tube today. Indeed personality would be the right way to describe...
Rajan Shahi has directed just two serials independently. And already both of them have left a strong mark on the much cluttered idiot box. Dil Hai...
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...
Ashok Pandit shot into prominence with Filmi Chakkar – one of the more successful comedies on satellite TV. Soon after he made Tere Mere Sapne, a...
This is the second installment of Anil Wanvari‘s three-part interview with Sameer Nair, executive vice-president, content and communications, Star India where in a really free-flowing account,...
He had just stepped into his twenties when he was handed over the task of directing that cult like soap of the mid-nineties Tara by Tracinema’s...
Ram Mohan has been drawing cartoons ever since he was in school. But it was a chance encounter with Clair H Weeks, veteran Disney animator, who...
Ravina Raj Kohli is a tenacious professional. The lady has come a long way from being an advertising professional to running a radio company in Singapore...
Gajra Kottary started out as a journalist with The Statesman. She first shot into prominence in 1996, when her book – Fragile Victories – a collection...
As an ideal bahu (daughter-in-law) and caring member of a joint family that most “traditional” Indian women can easily relate to, actress Saakshi Tanwar, who plays...
Suhail Tatari’s Breast Cancer, a story depicting the trauma of a woman suffering from this debilitating disease, has just won the Screen Videocon award for the...
Vivek Agnihotri is venturing where no Indian director has gone till date. He is taking a plunge into reality television, producing Prisoner of War for Zee...
As BBC World‘s deputy airtime sales director (a position she was promoted to in March 2001), Sunita Rajan provides the strategic direction for the 24-hour news...
Farooq Shaikh made his debut as an actor some 32 years ago in the MS Sathyu-directed classic Garam Hawa. Soon to follow was an immensely successful...
She tries to keep a low profile but don’t be fooled into thinking she is some pushover. She is a strong person who knows what she...
Star Plus is today the numero uno cable and satellite television channel in India. A year or so ago, industry watchers and rivals would have laughed...
Manjul Sinha saw his first movie when he was all of two days old. Films have since been an obsession for him. Born into a “filmi...
Rediffusion DY&R president Sandeep Goyal has taken up a challenge not many people would have at this particular juncture. Come June, he will be heading the...
The next time you happen to see a star-studded soap on TV, with the story revolving around some high-society family drama, there is a strong possibility...
HFCL-Nine Broadcasting CEO Ravina Raj Kohli is in a pretty aggressive mood. Stung by rumours that her company is on the verge of closing down, that...
Crest Communications Ltd, one of the leaders in 3D animation in India, has big plans for the future with a number of major projects on the...
Sincerity, keen interest about work and dogged determination have earned Anil Vishwa Karma the opportunity to direct Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, one of the most watched...
Rakesh Chaudhary is the conventional old world TV producer who would rather produce quality content that he strongly believes in, than do something the rest of...
It was in 1985 that two Gujarati brothers set up Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Ltd (SABTNL), making low budget serials for National broadcaster Doordarshan. Twenty-one...
TV Today Network executive director G Krishnan is no stranger to television. A print media professional for nearly 14 years, he was in charge of a...
Friday the 26th! The first episode of Sony Entertainment Television‘s long awaited gameshow "Jeeto Chappar Phaad Ke" (JCPK) will go on air and the clock is...
To the television industry, Dr JK Jain comes across as a pretty oddball character. The trained medico and blatant RSS and BJP supporter (he was once...
When CAS went kaputt last year, ETC Networks CEO JS Kohli put his energies behind strengthening the broadcast wing of the company. etc music and etc...
It wasn’t even 6 a.m and Shrusti has woken up from her sleep by the Sweet Sing Song voice of the birds , She had never...