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Category: Thriller

  • Star Plus to air ‘Ishq Kills’ Sunday primetime

    Star Plus to air ‘Ishq Kills’ Sunday primetime

    MUMBAI: Given the importance of primetime, most Hindi general entertainment channels would steer clear of risqué content in this slot. However, as the leader in the Hindi GEC category, Star Plus continues to be an exception to the rule.

     

    Back in 2010, the channel introduced adult-themed shows such as Maryada – Aakhir Kab Tak and Kaali – Ek Agnipariksha during late primetime. Once again, it is all set to air a new show, Ishq Kills every Sunday at 10:00 pm, starting 16 February.

     

    The one hour show will enact crimes of passion that have taken place in the country. Statistics reveal that most crimes in India are committed either for love or for money, and Ishq Kills will be the first show to highlight those where love is involved.

     

    While the Star spokesperson was unavailable for comment, sources close to the development said the show is based on true events and will wrap up in 26 episodes. Produced by Rowdy Rascals of Savdhaan India fame, Star Plus has roped in film producer-director Vikram Bhatt to host the show.

     

    The show promo doing the rounds of all the Star Network channels has already generated a lot of curiosity. It shows a married man sleeping with his housekeeper and when he professes his love for her, she asks him to “prove it” by “killing memsaab”  

     

    While there is no dearth of crime-based shows on Hindi GECs, going by the promo, the show definitely carries the promise of standing out from the rest. Then again, it is in for some serious competition from Colors’ Comedy Nights with Kapil (CNWK), which has almost become a brand unto itself.  

     

    Will the show work its magic on Star Plus?

     

    Says a media professional who doesn’t wish to be named: “This is the time when the whole family sits and watches either movies or shows which refresh their mind. However, thriller-based shows have never worked for Star after some point of time. Moreover, the series is competing with CNWK which is already a brand now and people block 10:00 pm for it. I think CNWK will eat up all its ratings as the loyal audiences have already been built in this slot.”

     

    According to another media professional, primetime in GECs has grown nearly 20-25 per cent in the past few months which proves there are viewers available as also the potential for growth.

     

    With competitors like Fear Files on Zee TV and Savdhaan India on Life OK, only time will tell who is going to have the last laugh!

  • Paramount, Gaumont to produce interactive thriller ‘Section 8’

    Paramount, Gaumont to produce interactive thriller ‘Section 8’

    MUMBAI: Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE), part of US media conglomerate Viacom, and European film production and distribution company Gaumont have announced the development of Section 8.

    This is an interactive web series and will be distributed in the US by MySpace.
     

    Endemol will handle worldwide distribution, product integration and brand partnerships.

    The new show followes the successful digital release ofJackass 2.5. This was the first studio-backed feature film to be offered online. Section 8 is an interactive short-form serial thriller set to introduce online audiences to an online entertainment experience that engages them in character and plot development never-before-seen on the Web.

    Featuring an ill-fated cast of characters, the supernatural thriller will take audiences through a spine-tingling journey as personal dramas are revealed. Throughout the short-form series, each character will face a moment of jeopardy, leaving only one survivor.

    In a media twist, audiences are invited to guess the solution to the cryptic back-story using customised interactive experiences situated in and around the series. When collected together, the series will be redistributed as a full-length
    feature.
     

    MySpace will be the exclusive hub for Section 8 allowing its audience in the US the opportunity to view, share and uniquely interact with this thriller. In addition to finding character descriptions, episode discussions and behind-the-scenes content, users will be able to embed each episode on their MySpace profile pages.

    PDE president Thomas Lesinski says, “PDE is continuing its commitment to developing high quality original content for web audiences. For Section 8, Paramount has partnered with top producers and distributors to develop a compelling interactive story on a unique platform that will engage audiences like never before.”

    Gaumont CEO Christophe Riandee adds, “Our partnership with PDE is an important next step in Gaumont’s production strategies. We are constantly looking for new platforms to deliver quality content to a global audience.”

    Endemol global head of digital Adam Valkin says, “Section 8sets a new standard of theatrical quality for an online production. The innovation and creativity that has been invested in the project will make this a unique opportunity for our digital and brand partners”.
  • Sony to air thriller Anaamika from 26 Nov

    Sony to air thriller Anaamika from 26 Nov

    MUMBAI: Sony Entertainment Television is all set to introduce to its viewers a show that highlights a belief that too much happiness in one’s life is bound to attract the wrath of evil or jealousy.

    Titled ‘Anaamika’, the show is a love story with a mystical twist. It is replacing Set’s another fiction show ‘Byaah Humari Bahu Ka’ that failed to do well and has gone off-air.

    Starting 26 November, Anaamika will air every Monday to Thursday at 8 pm. 

     

    The new show of Set will compete with slot leader Colors’ ‘Balika Vadhu’, Star Plus’ Iss pyaar ko kya naam doon’ and Zee TV’s ‘Rab se sohna isshq’.

    Produced by Trishulla Productions, ‘Anaamika’ traces the journey of a young couple Jeet (Mudit Nayar) and Rano (Annie Gill). The story explores this intriguing world where a life filled with happiness, togetherness and love is subject to uncanny circumstances.

    Sony Entertainment Television chief creative director Vivek Bahl said, “Anaamika is actually based on a true incident I’d heard about. We’ve taken that, and built an entire series around it, rich in characters, and driven by a young girl who stands up and fights for her husband against the scariest enemy.”

    “In keeping with Sony’s innovative approach to content, Anaamika is a first, in the fact that it’s a full-fledged soap-horror, which is also why it debuts at a prime-time weekday slot of 8 pm,” Bahl added.

  • Colors to experiment with social thriller genre, Chhal – Sheh Aur Maat to air from 19 March

    Colors to experiment with social thriller genre, Chhal – Sheh Aur Maat to air from 19 March

    MUMBAI: Colors is experimenting with the social thriller genre with the launch of a fiction show, Chhal – Sheh Aur Maat.

    Depicting betrayal and mystery, the daily show will go on air on 19 March at 9 pm. It will add to Colors’ programming lineup representing dramas, romantic comedies, sports entertainment and scripted reality.

    Produced by 24, it will air from Monday- Friday.

     

    Colors fiction head Prashaant Bhatt said, “This is the first time we’re exploring the social thriller genre and we are happy to have Abbas Mustan supporting our first step. Chhal in our way is a tribute to their kind of film making which forces audiences to think and keeps them on the edge of their seats.”

    Chhal – Sheh Aur Maat is the story of a newlywed bride who is entwined in a situation where her life changes dramatically. While on honeymoon, a strange man stakes claim on her as his wife leaving behind a mystery on her marriage and life ahead. The story takes the viewers through the trials in the girl’s life as she tries to demystify the truth.

    “It may sound like a simple story of a newly-wed bride, but on the contrary, it will take you through twists and turns that have been carefully woven to create the web of mystery and thrill,” said Bhatt.

    24 Frames producers Bhairavi Raichura and Nandita Mehra added, “Chhal’s story involves a lot of action, where audiences can expect to see an interesting combination of suspense, thrills and daredevil stunts. It is a story that will force you to think and make you question whether what you see is really the truth. While discussing the script, we constantly tried to think like the audience to ensure that the story was not getting predictable at any point.”

  • Liquid Comics releases free comedy-thriller on Facebook

    Liquid Comics releases free comedy-thriller on Facebook

    BANGALORE: Graphic India, a digital platform from Liquid Comics to promote comic books in India and showcase young artists and writers in the country, announced it is releasing a new comedy-thriller, “UnHoli,” for free on Facebook starting yesterday to tie-in to India’s annual Holi festival of colours.

    The author for unHoli is Samit Basu (Turbulence, The GameWorld Trilogy) and the artist is Jeevan J. Kang (7 Brothers, Ramayan 3392A.D., The Sadhu).
     

    Readers will be able to read the series for free daily over the next month and share the pages with friends. Readers of the web series can also participate in the “UnHoli covered in color contest,” where fans can post a photograph of themselves on Graphic India’s Facebook wall page, covered in colors and looking the most inhuman and zombie-like as they can. The photo with the most “likes” will win a stack of 50 assorted comic books and be featured on Graphic India’s website as India’s reigning Zombie King or Zombie Queen.
     

    unHoli centres on Rohan, who hates the festival of Holi, but when a Holi reveler breaks down his door and tries to eat his brains, Rohan realises that this is no ordinary Holi. The zombie apocalypse has begun and the festival of colors is overrun by a deep, dark crimson red. Now it is up to Rohan to travel through the zombie infested streets of Delhi to rescue his girlfriend, Mia, trapped in Gurgaon.
  • Thriller series Sach on DD

    Thriller series Sach on DD

    Doordarshan has begun telecast of a new suspense thriller Sach from 28 April.

     

    The serial is telecast on Saturdays at 9 PM on the National Network. The serial has been produced and directed by Manoj Nautya and music is by Bhaskar Sekiya with screenplay is by Devpriya Dutta. Wakar and Kavita Sukhvinder are the lead players in the suspense thriller which depicts true-life stories dramatised in its original form.

  • Sony readying new shows in thriller band

    Sony readying new shows in thriller band

    Sony Entertainment Television is adding muscle to its 10 to 11 pm thriller band with some new offerings that are set to roll out in the coming months. 
     

     

    The band is currently occupied by one-hour reruns of the Aahat supernatural thriller series Mondays through to Thursdays, with CID and Achanak 37 Saal Baad on Fridays. The band is likely to see some new shows coming up post-August.

    Fireworks Productions, which is behind Aahat, is currently updating the popular series that will be launched as a one-hour show, probably a weekly.

    Siddharth Kak’s Cinema Vision India is adding to Sony’s proposed late night thriller band with a one-hour weekly fiction series. The show is a thriller but not run of the mill stuff, says Kak. “It will be a show that uncovers the mysteries of mystic India,” he says. Kak is the producer of the series that goes on the floors in the next couple of weeks, while Shriram Raghavan will write and direct the serial. The cast are all fresh faces to television, says Kak.

    Manish Goswami’s Siddhant Cinevision, meanwhile, is producing Force One, the plot which revolves around a crack team of investigators who belong to a fictionalised organisation loosely modeled on Indian government’s espionage outfit – Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). 

    Whatever may be the programming that is being put together by Sony for the 10 to 11 pm band, the channel has a veritable mountain to climb because it is pitted directly against Hindi entertainment television’s top two shows – Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki andKyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, both on Star Plus.

  • AXN to launch serial killer thriller ‘Hannibal’ in April

    AXN to launch serial killer thriller ‘Hannibal’ in April

    MUMBAI: AXN will kick off the show ‘Hannibal’ about iconic serial killer Hannibal Lecter from 5 April.

     

    The serial killer was previously played by actor Anthony Hopkins in the movies ‘Silence of the Lambs’ for which he won an Oscar ‘Hannibal’ and ‘Red Dragon’. The younger version of the character on the television series will now be portrayed by Casino Royale’s Mads Mikkelsen.

     

    What is exciting is that Dr. Lecter is not depicted as a villain. He is seen as a talented being and if not aware, it is not possible for the viewers to know that he is the serial killer.