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  • Sony LIV gets 4 sponsors for original online series ‘Tanlines’

    Sony LIV gets 4 sponsors for original online series ‘Tanlines’

    MUMBAI: Multi Screen Media’s (MSM) over the top (OTT) platform Sony Liv has roped in four sponsors for its third original digital series – Tanlines.

     

    Brands, which have come board the web series are Unlimited (presented by sponsor), Maruti Suzuki – Swift (powered by sponsor), Truly Madly (associate sponsor) and Fogg Deos (party partner).

     

    As was previously reported by Indiantelevision.com, after launching its first original series LoveBytes, Sony Liv lined up two more original shows namely LIV Shutter, which went online on 21 October and Tanlines, which is slated to launch on 27 October.

     

    Split into 13 episodes of 10-15 minutes each, Tanlines captures the time the six protagonists spend in Goa before they part ways. 

     

    Produced by Fluence, Tanlines has been written and directed by Prosit Roy, who has previously worked on films likeJaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na, Delhi-6 and All Is Well.

     

    MSM executive vice president and head – digital business Uday Sodhi said, “With LoveBytes, we established our pioneering status in the industry as the first digital video-on-demand (VOD) platform to introduce a show exclusively for online viewers. With Tanlines, we’ve taken the commitment of creating and establishing original premium web content for our digital viewers to the next level.”

     

    Tanlines is a youth focused original web show targeted at the digital millennials. Its theme, flavor and medium of consumption are all tailored exclusively for Sony LIV’s younger demographic. The show centres on the lives of six teenagers making that pivotal transition from college to professional life.

     

    “It is a show that will appeal to all our young viewers who can access the entertainment anytime, anywhere on devices they most love!,” Sodhi added.

  • Petition against Hindi film ‘Delhi 6’ quashed by Delhi High Court

    Petition against Hindi film ‘Delhi 6’ quashed by Delhi High Court

    NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has quashed a first information report against the Hindi film’Delhi 6’ which had alleged that a character in the film enacting the role of a lady sweeper (played by Divya Dutta) had been insulted and thereby the entire Balmiki Samaj had been insulted.

     

    The Court observed that the film seen in its entirety generates empathy for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes,

     

    The FIR had been filed by Delhi MLA Jai Kishan against film director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and others. It had been lodged under The Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and The Protection of Civil Rights Act at the Mandir Marg police station in New Delhi in 2009.

     

    In its judgment on a petition by Mehra and others, Justice Manmohan said: “The present film seen in its entirety generates empathy for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. No intention to insult the members of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes community can be attributed to the petitioners in the present case.”

     

    “The present film in no manner supports the practice of untouchability in any manner. The acts attributed to the petitioners do not amount to preaching and practicing untouchability….” Justice Manmohan stated.

     

    Allowing the plea, Justice Manmohan observed in his 37-page judgment that “in fact, a film is an expression of an idea which is protected by Article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution of India. Freedom of expression is of inestimable value in a democratic society based on the rule of law. Our written Constitution guarantees not only freedom of speech but also freedom after speech”.

     

    Justice Manmohan also dismissed the plea by the complainant that an FIR could not be quashed when the investigation was on, saying that “this Court has the power to quash an FIR under investigation at the initial stage itself”.

     

    Seeking quashing of the FIR, counsel for the petitioners submitted that the film conveyed a strong message to the public at large against the caste system and was not intended to hurt the sentiments of any section or society.

     

    Petitioners’ counsel further submitted that the impugned FIR had been lodged by the MLA only to gain cheap popularity and with an ulterior motive for wreaking vengeance on the petitioners who were attempting to create awareness about the condition of the Scheduled Castes community.

     

    The film starring Abhishek Bachchan with Sonam Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman among others, had been inspired by a real-life incident that had occurred some years earlier in the walled city