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  • ‘Raamkhilavaan’ team makes one more satire for SABe

    ‘Raamkhilavaan’ team makes one more satire for SABe

    MUMBAI: After Raamkhilavaan CM n family , a spoof on Bihari chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav which ran into rough weather, SABe TV is poised to air another satire called Public Hai Sab Janti Hai .

    A lampoon on the prevailing deplorable social, political and economic conditions in the country, PHSJH has been written and produced by Ashwini Dhir who also wrote Raamkhilavaan ….

    “We have highlighted current issues like Manisha Koirala and the Ek Choti si Love story controversy, the Salman Khan accident, Bal Thackeray’s fiery speeches and their impact, Veerappan and the unending games he plays with not one but two states, to name a few. The serial aims at presenting the third man’s perspective and focus on what the general public has to say, ” says scriptwriter Dheer.

    “The serial is a tongue -in -cheek view of what the common man thinks of the media savvy politicians, Bollywood celebrities, the fourth estate and their quest for fame and money. We want to specify the fact that the common man can no longer be taken for granted, ” elaborates Dheer.

    The similarity with Raamklhilavaan does not end here. The serial has the same cast as the one that had to be pulled off air in early October following a court ruling against Sabe TV – Vineet Kumar, Sushmita Mukherjee and Sanjay Mishra, who played the lead protagonists in Raam… play the principle characters in PHSJH. The serial will be aired Mondays and Tuesdays at 8:30 pm starting from 18 November 2002.

    “Public Hai Sab Janti Hai’ is an answer to Raamkhilvaan which is still dawdling in the courts of Patna .We are sure that Raamkhilavaan will see the light of day. It may take time; but in a democracy no one can suppress the freedom of expression,” says a channel official when asked if the channel was walking a tightrope by opting for another satire after the Raamkhilavaan debacle.

  • ‘Raamkhilavaan’s’ suspended animation to continue

    ‘Raamkhilavaan’s’ suspended animation to continue

    MUMBAI: Raamkhilavaan CM n Family, the Sabe TV spoof that was not intended as a spoof, does not seem destined for an early comeback.

    After Bihar chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal supporters dragged the satellite channel, and the serial’s cast and crew to court, claiming defamation, the twice weekly show had to be taken off air after just a month of being on air. The series, that launched on 5 August, was taken off after the first week of September.

    According to a Sabe TV spokesperson, the case pending in the Patna high court, is expected to reach a verdict by the end of September. The channel hopes to get a positive reprieve from the Supreme Court if the Patna court order goes against it.

    The serial revolves around a self-serving chief minister who has mastered the art of manipulating democracy for personal gain. In his nefarious projects, he is abetted by his scheming wife Imarti and daughters Rajneeti, Party, Ghotali and Sarkar, named after important political junctures of their father.

    The writer-producer of the serial, Ashwini Dheer, claims that only the wig is the common factor between his protagonist and Laloo Prasad Yadav. Apart from Raamkhilavaan, the channel had introduced three other new shows around the same time, but the spoof was the only show which managed to attract the most publicity due to its colourful albeit controversial content.

  • SABe TV adds 4 new shows to its roster

    SABe TV adds 4 new shows to its roster

    MUMBAI: Four new shows and not one soap among them. This could happen only on SABe TV, the relief channel as it calls itself. After taking DD metro by storm, it’s now SABe TV’s turn to get a facelift with four shows launching in August.

    The channel has appropriately hyped them with the catchline – “SABe Ka August Zabardast”. But comedy, of course, will remain the channel’s driving force.

    Of these shows, Raamkhilavaan (C.M.) ‘n’ Family is the most hyped of all. Produced by veteran comedy writer, Aswani Dheer, whose Office Office is still creating ripples on the channel, Raamkhilavaan is a political satire inspired loosely by Laloo Yadav’s family (though those behind the show will tell you otherwise).

    The protagonist Raamkhilavaan, played by Vineet Kumar, sports a ruffled hairstyle very similar to Laloo’s. He speaks in a chaste Bhojpuri accent and has with him a huge group of daughters, his wife Imarti Devi and a streetsmart brother-in-law Puttan Yadav, whose exploits keep landing the CM in trouble. The show, a bi-weekly premieres on 5th August at 8:30 pm.

    The other shows include a supernatural thriller, Search, another old comedy that is being revived Yes Boss and a game show Lootmall.

    Search, which stands for “Scientific experiments and research of cosmic happenings” is a quest to unravel the explanation behind an unnatural happenings that are not logical. Search is a daily that starts telecast on 12 August at 9:00 pm.

    Yes Boss, which was once a channel driver with its hilarious situations involving a enamoured boss, a helpless husband and a wife caught in a Catch 22 situation is also being revived, albeit with a new character playing the boss. The show starts 21 August and will be telecast every Wednesday and Thursday at 8:30 pm.

    Last but not the least in the offing is what SABe TV describes as the “Mother of all game shows” Lootmall. The show marks the TV debut of actor Chunky Pandey. Chunky, who made a brief appearance at the launch informed that it would be an interactive show where teams would comprise family members of two persons each (they could be father-son, brother-sister or even relatives). More information on what the show would be like is awaited as its footage was not available. The show premieres 23 August and will be telecast every Friday at 8:00 pm.

    While on the face of it, Sabe TV has indeed lined up some very impressive shows, the coming weeks will show how far they go in upping the channel’s viewership.