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  • Bihar magistrate decrees temporary stay on ‘Ramkhilavaan n family’

    Bihar magistrate decrees temporary stay on ‘Ramkhilavaan n family’

    MUMBAI: If not punitive action, Bihar chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav’s supporters have at least managed a temporary stay on the telecast of Ramkhilavaan CM n family the Sab TV spoof that the channel vociferously maintains is not intended to be a spoof on the former Bihar chief minister.

     

    Patna’s chief judicial magistrate on Monday temporarily stayed the telecast of the controversial serial till 27 August. The order was reportedly faxed to the producers to ensure that Monday’s episode too was not telecast. The order was faxed to SAB Network chairman cum MD Gautam Adhikari, who is among the eight accused for bringing ‘bad repute’ to Rashtriya Janata Dal president Laloo Yadav, his chief minister wife Rabri Devi and his family.

     

    The magistrate has directed SAB to reply within a week, stating reasons why the telecast should not be permanently stopped, media reports from the Bihar capital say. The magistrate also turned down the company’s petition seeking three weeks’ time to approach the Supreme Court for hearing all petitions filed in this respect, reports say.

    The magistrate however felt that the producers be given another chance to submit their side of the case so that the case, filed by one Radha Raman Pradhan, could be adjudged on its merits, the reports added. The Adhikari Brothers had failed to respond to the court’s show cause notice returnable by 17 August and have filed their own petition seeking a hearing outside Bihar. While maintaining that the serial was indeed derogatory prima facie, the court said that it would decide on ordering a permanent stay after hearing the replies from the defendants.

     

     

  • ‘Ramkhilavaan’ is not Laloo, says show producer

    ‘Ramkhilavaan’ is not Laloo, says show producer

    MUMBAI: Contrary to popular perception that Raamkhilavaan C.M. n Family is inspired by Laloo Prasad Yadav and his family, Vineet Kumar, who plays Raamkhilavaan, Sushmita Mukherjee, who plays Imarti Devi and the writer- producer Aswani Dheer, all strongly refute suggestions that the shown is inspired by the maverick former chief minister of Bihar.

    “Basically we wanted to make a political satire. It’s sheer coincidence that the characters are similar to his family members,” says Aswani. Probed further, he says rather exasperatedly: “Just because the hairstyle of Raamkhilavaan and Lalooji is similar, one shouldn’t jump to conclusions that the character is inspired by Laloo. Tomorrow, if I show a politician with a French beard, you will say the character is inspired by IK Gujral.”

    One understands that this kind of a sharp rebuttal is a conscious attempt by the producer to steer clear of possible controversies his satire might generate. After all, the similarities are far too striking to escape people’s attention.

    Both Vineet Kumar and Sushmita Mukherjee also denied they had in mind Laloo’s or Rabri’s character while enacting the role. Sushmita says the brief that was given to her was to play a loud mouth ignorant “chammak challo” kind of Bihari housewife and that that was the only instruction she had in mind in preparing for her role.

    Whether Ramkhilavaan is inspired by Laloo or not, one welcomes this bold political satire as a refreshing change from the same “formula” sitcoms that other channels have churning out. One just hopes it meets the success of Office Office.