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  • SAB TV diversifies into films with ‘Wajahh’

    MUMBAI: Seems like SAB TV just needed a wajahh to produce films. After more than a decade of exclusively producing television programmes, SAB TV launched their film Wajahh… A Reason to Kill, at Kamalistan studios on Saturday, 6 December.


    The film, produced by Markand Adhikari in a joint venture with Anand Pandit of Lotus Films and directed by Gautam Adhikari, was launched by Samajwadi Party’s Amar Singh and Jackie Shroff in the presence of Shilpa Shetty. The cast of this medium-budget mystery and suspense thriller includes Arbaaz Khan, Gracy Singh, Shamita Shetty and Zulfi Sayed.
    Amar Singh giving the muhurat clap of Wajahh… A Reason To Kill at Kamalistan Studio. Also seen are Gracy Singh and Gautam Adhikari
    The film is not their debut film venture – they had produced the forgettable Bhookamph starring Jeetendra, Rahul Roy and Mamta Kulkarni almost a decade ago. However, Markand Adhikari attributed his company’s reasons for venturing into film production now to factors like the recent mushrooming of multiplexes all over the country that have made audiences more receptive to well-made smaller films.
    At the occasion, he also expressed SAB TV’s intentions to produce four – five similar medium-budget films over the next year for which the joint venture hopes to invest around Rs 15 crore. They expect to launch the second untitled film by February next year.
    True to their television forte of serials like Commander, CID Officer, Suraag, Wajahh … A reason To Kill also remains a crime thriller and is expected to be finished in start-to-finish schedule and released by the end of next year.

  • Samir Ahluwalia re-designated as Zee Business editor; Mihir Bhatt continues as deputy editor

    Samir Ahluwalia re-designated as Zee Business editor; Mihir Bhatt continues as deputy editor

    MUMBAI:Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Network Limited (SABTNL) will start work on its second feature film in January next year. The movie which is yet to be named, is slated to be a musical suspense thriller . It will star Sunil Shetty in the lead role with the female lead being played by a newcomer.

    “The script of the feature film is ready. We plan to start shooting in January 2003. We are presently searching for someone to play the female lead,” says SABTNL chairman Gautam Adhikari. The first movie venture by SABTNL was Bhookamp in1993. Directed by Gautam Adhikari and produced by Markhand Adhikari it starred Jeetendra, Rahul Roy and Mamta Kulkarni. It however failed to make an impression on the box office Richter scale.

    Another feat for Gautam Adhikari is that apart from having his name listed in the Limca Books of World Records in 1998 as the only director in the world to have directed more than 1500 episodes, he is now all set to step into the Guiness Book of World Record as the onIy director for directing 1718 television series episodes.

    He is also the brain behind programmes like Suraag the longest running one hour thriller on Indian television with 175 episodes. He has also directed Commander with 156 episodes, action thriller Indian Search with 50 episodes and Waqt Ki Raftar with 535 episodes.

    SABTNL is an integrated television content production house and a broadcaster. The company commenced operations over 13 years ago as a television software production house producing programming for India’s Doordarshan.