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  • Sahara One to air movies before theatrical release

    Sahara One to air movies before theatrical release

    MUMBAI: For the first time ever, Sahara One will be airing movies prior to their theatrical release. This will start from 10 June with Hum Jo Keh Na Paaye at 8:30 pm.

    Sahara One Television COO Purnendu Bose said, “Indian entertainment space will witness a new era, a new beginning where television viewers, especially viewers on Sahara One would be able to watch mega movies in the comfort of their homes, even before it is released in theatres. The idea is to increase the size of screen. The small screen is getting bigger and bigger and it deserves to be.”

    “Today C&S television reaches 44 million homes, if mega movies are all about entertaining masses, television today offers much greater reach with depth and width across the country. That is the reason why we thought Sahara One Television as an alternative platform to theatrical releases,” he added.

    Agrees trade pundit Taran Adarsh, “In the West, when a film is made, the studio analyses whether the film is for a theatrical, a DVD or a television release. It is a common practice there. But in India, it has always been theatrically released first and then shown on television. it has never happened that a mainstream producer releases his film on television.”

    The other two movies that will be aired this month, apart from Hum JO Keh Naa Paaye are Tum Ho NAand Pehchaan.

    Hum JO Keh NA Paaye stars Abhijit Sanyal, Gauri Karnik and Anupam Kher. Tum Ho NA, stars Jackie Shroff, Ria Sen and Nethra Raghuraman and will be aired on 17 June at 8.30 pm.

    Pehchaan, starring Raveena Tandon, Vinod Khanna and Rati Agnihotri will air on 24 June.

    Hum JO Keh NA Paaye producer Smita Thackeray said, “Television viewership is definitely more than theatres and has amazing penetration. In fact, I think that some soaps are more popular than movies today attracting its own set of loyal viewers. With the kind of promotion from Sahara One, we are definitely bound to reach more viewers through the television release.”

    Bose adds that this move of pioneering Friday releases on television is a definite indicator of the changing trends of film business in India.

  • DD must forge own identity, exhorts Sarma at DD Awards night

    DD must forge own identity, exhorts Sarma at DD Awards night

    MUMBAI: National broadcaster Doordarshan was out in full strength on Saturday at the Goregeon Sports Club in Mumbai to honour and award its own.

    Information and Broadcast minister RS Prasad, the chief guest for the evening, addressed the audience and spoke about the advantages and the reach of DD. Also present were Maharashtra chief minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chagan Bhujbal and Prasar Bharati chairman MV Kamath. Attended by the whos who of the television industry, the DD Awards were hosted by actors Sachin Pilgaonkar and Gauri Karnik (of Sur fame).

    There were some glittering and foot stamping performances by bhangra King Gurudas Mann, singers Shaan, Sunidhi Chauhan and KK. Prasar Bharati chief executive KS Sarma gave away the special award for leading financial saving to HP Pritampura. The administrative awards for the NE zone went to DK Sharma and from the east zone it went to Ratan Kanti Dey from DDK Kolkata.

    Sarma later addressed the audience and said, “No one is weak or powerful in the Prasar Bharti team. We have to keep going and reach greater heights.” He also congratulated the winners and thanked Bhujbal for giving the slogan Doordarshan Desh Ki Dhadkan for the pubcaster. He said, ‘DD aims to communicate with the people. At present we are lagging far behind. We hope to improve and the organization is looking forward to it. All television channels are facing stiff competition. DD has to keep up the national name and not ape others. We have to keep our own identity in the rat race,” he stressed.

    Noted film maker Pahlaj Nihalani gave away the awards for the best promo award to Suchandra Chowdhary (Kolkata). The award for the best sound was bagged by Sanjay Rane (Mumbai). The best editing awards went to Pawan Mahinya and Virendra (Jalandhar).

    Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association (IMPAA) president Smita Thackeray awarded the best graphics award to Bharat Bhusan. The best screenplay award went to Sharan Birajdar. Veteran actor Parikshit Sahani gave the award for the best Art direction to Goraknath Kadu. The best cinematography award was jointly shared by Raj Shekhar and Uday Nayak.

    Dainik Bhaskar Group chairman Girish Agarwal handed the best wildlife and environment programme award to Anand Sujal (Jaipur). The best science and technology programme award was bagged by Ajay Sharma (Jaipur). TAM India CEO L V Krishnan gave away the award for the best agricultural programme to Rajshekharan.

    Renowned gazal singer Talat Aziz awarded the best sports programme award to BS Bickey (Jalandhar). The live event OB award was jointly bagged by Bickey and Amarjeet. The best award for the animation programme was yet again jointly shared by the Kamal Gulati – Bhagwan Rao duo and Ram Awtaar Sharma. Singer Ila Arun awarded Kalpana Parida with the best childrens programme. The best youth programme of the year was jointly shared by KK Bohra (Jaipur) and MS Gunsheelan (Bangalore).

    Veteran actor Tabassum who started her career with Doordarshan way back in 1972 when the pubcaster opened its Mumbai office gave away the next set of awards. She said, “I am proud of my association with Doordarshan. My talk show Phool Khile Hai Gulshan Gulshan was on air for almost 21 years. Its probably the longest any show has run on any channel ever.” Tabassum gave the best womens programme award to Champa Panjikar (Goa) and the best documentary award to E Sethumadhavan (Thiruvanthapuram) and Tapas Mitra (Port Blair). Yesteryears comedian Jagdeep handed the best music programme to Surendra Sharma (Delhi). The best innovative programme went to Prabhitangru Das (Agartala). TB Singh (Imphal) and Padmavathi bagged the best dance programme award.

    SAB TVs vice chairman and managing director Markand Adhikari gave the best docudrama award to TM Sarangi and the best soap opera to Pankaj Chauchna (Ahmedabad) for her soap Ek Dal Na Pankhi. The award for the best film based programme was bagged by Sharad Dutt (Delhi) for the programme Living Legend Dev Anand. Adhikari said, “DD reaches over eight crore (80 million) homes in the country. According to TAM data the recently launched DD News channel has grabbed higher TRPs than any other satellite news channel. One of our serial which is being aired on DD is going to finish 1,500 episodes soon. With this it will enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest running serial. It could have been only possible on DD.”

  • Star World fashions a move to lifestyle

    MUMBAI: Star World is in for some image sprucing.
    Moving away from its predominant Western content, the English entertainment channel split its beam with an India specific beam catering exclusively to Indian viewers, in May this year. With urban Indians being the target audience, the channel has now moving towards lifestyle segment. First in the line is a five-week weekly series, Milan Fashion Week, scheduled to air on Sundays from 2 November to 30 November at 9:00 pm.
    Tarun Tahiliani hobnobbing at Milan


    Although Indian designers invited for the international shows isn’t news, it is the first time that an Indian designer, Tarun Tahiliani, will showcase his collection in Milan on request.
    After the recent Lakme Fashion Week telecast on Sony Entertainment Television, many entertainment and news channels are now clamouring to climb aboard the fashion bandwagon. Star World has also thrown its hat into the ring by planning to expand local programming in a big way. After five weeks’ coverage, the channel will bring in a new lifestyle show Style . With Style, the channel will offer a peek at all that is considered vibrant and stylish on the Indian fashion horizon. Each episode will have a different anchor, either a celebrity or a family talking about their personal style, offering glimpses of stylish couture, cuisine, architectures.
    The man and his designs


    The channel has roped in actor Gauri Karnik, to anchor the Milan Fashion Week. “Though the current trend may be towards lifestyle, we have always included elements in our programming. Our show Amul India Show, on Star World, was a successful lifestyle format. To suit the Indian audience taste, we decided to further the coverage, started by theMilan Fashion Week,” says Star India’s senior vice president content and communication Deepak Segal.
    Speaking on the decision to get Karnik as the anchor-presenter, Segal offers, “The show is all about trends and style and we wanted somebody ‘happening’. Gauri fits the bill. Besides, even Rahul Bose has been roped in to do a special on mens’ fashion.”
    Canned in a heritage show format, the show trails the anchor who presents the show in a first person format. Karnik will not only be focusing on Tahiliani’s line, she will be getting sound bites from his famous clientele including Kabir Bedi, Nikki Bedi, Jemima Khan, Parmeshwar Godrej, Simi Garewal and Mehr Jessia. That apart, each episode will bring to the viewers a different facet of Milan, its fashion, its essence and the sights and sounds of the international fashion shows.
    Star’s English entertainment channel is planning to revamp its car and automobile show Top drive. The new avatar Top Driveway will showcase the interesting cultural heritage of the country. According to Segal, “it will be a good mix of travelogue and automobile show. We also will be showcasing lifestyle segment alongside.”