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  • Prasar Bharati Board capable of appointing full-time DGs: I&B sources

    Prasar Bharati Board capable of appointing full-time DGs: I&B sources

    NEW DELHI: The Prasar Bharati Board has the requisite quorum for appointing a full-time directors-general in Doordarshan and All India Radio and need not resort to interim appointments.

     

    Stating this, an Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) official told Indiantelevision.com that the process of filling the four vacancies of part-time members will commence soon.

     

    Nonetheless the Ministry clearly feels that the present strength of the Board is enough for full-time appointments and is surprised at this interim arrangement.

     

    However, according to a Prasar Bharati official, Board chairman A. Surya Prakash is of the view that the present strength of the Board is mostly of government-appointees, and therefore any full-time selection would not be fair. He therefore wants the process of constituting the entire Board to be completed before proceeding with any full-time appointment.

     

    Veteran broadcaster C. Lalrosanga has been appointed interim director general of Doordarshan following the retirement of Vijayalakshmi Chhabra.

     

    Until now, Lalrosanga was holding charge as an additional director general in All India Radio.

     

    Chhabra was named interim DG of Doordarshan in July 2014. She had earlier been ADG Programmes in AIR.

     

    According to information available with this website, contenders for the post of DG include current interim AIR DG F Shehryar, Aparna Vaish, Deepa Chandra, Dr Rajshekhar Vyas, Mukesh Sharma and Mahesh Joshi.

  • DD Urdu: Over 160 series commissioned; several new series launched this month

    DD Urdu: Over 160 series commissioned; several new series launched this month

    NEW DELHI: A total of around 400-odd serials have been selected for Doordarshan’s Urdu service out of a total of 580 that were pending before the Prasar Bharati Board.

     

    According to DD additional director general Anita Sinha, 165 series out of these have been commissioned.

     

    Thus, after DD National, DD Bharati and DD News, a major revamp of DD Urdu has been undertaken with several new shows being introduced from the beginning of this month. These are new niche shows that cater to their selective audience.

     

    The shows are meant to target all age groups thus igniting the flame of the Urdu language. They include four in-house and four commissioned programmes.

     

    The in-house programmes are:

     

    Yaadein (Memoirs): 8:30 pm.(Saturday), repeat at 2 am and consequent day at 1:05 pm – Famous personalities from all walks of life are invited in the studios to share their memories, experiences and interested anecdotes in this series based on ‘Down the memory lane’ of the personality.

     

    Yaadon Ke Darichay Se: 8 pm (Saturday), repeat at 1:30 am and consequent day at 12:30 pm – Film based programme knitting old and new film songs with an anchor. Each programme is theme based, like rain, love and film personalities.

     

    Mubahisa: 9:30 pm (Monday), repeat at 12:05 am and consequent day at 1:30 pm – Mubahisa is a studio based programme on current affairs and covers social, cultural and political aspects of the nation.

     

    Taleem aur Rozgaar: 9:30 pm (Thursday), repeat at 12:05 am and consequent day at 1:30 pm – The programme is based on education and employment of the youth of our country. Programme highlights the current educational and employment opportunities for the young talents.

     

    The commissioned programmes of 13 episodes are:

     

    Ru-Baru: 9:30 pm (Friday), repeat at 12:05 am and consequent day at 1:30 am – This is an interview based talk show inviting personalities from the field of education, films, music and dance and also personalities of social and cultural eminence. The series is particularly designed for the young generation to understand that devotion and dedication is essential to become successful.

     

    Karwan-e-Aazadi: 8:30 pm (Sunday), repeat at 2 am and consequent day at 1:05 pm – Series on freedom fighters Indian got freedom after sacrificing million of lives of freedom fighters and the contribution of these freedom fighters cannot be forgotten. Indian history and people of India will remember them forever. Some of the renowned freedom fighters covered in the programme are Ram Prasad, Bismil, Ashfaq Ullah Khan, Bhagat Singh, Raja Mahender Pratap Maulana Barkatullah Bhopali and Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi.

     

    Urdu Adab Ke Legends: 5:30 pm (Tuesday), repeat at 5 am and consequent day at 10:30 am – As the title indicates, the series covers the lives of the Legends of Urdu literature without whose contributions, the history of Urdu literature is incomplete. The legends included in the series are Qurratul Ain Haider, Shaharyar, Ali Sardar Jafri, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Akhtarul Iman, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Kaifi Azmi and Sahir Ludhianvi amongst others.

     

    Dastan-e-Urdu: 6:30 pm (Monday), repeat consequent day at 08:05 am and 11:05 am – The series depicts the evolution of the Urdu language from its initial stage ‘Raikhta’ to a language of a common man. Evolution of Urdu took place, step by step and it reached to its zenith when it was spoken in the courts of empires. The series, produced by Kamna Prasad, traces the history of Urdu language with in-depth research and interesting facts.