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  • Salman walks the red carpet of Filmfare Awards after 15 Years

    Salman walks the red carpet of Filmfare Awards after 15 Years

    MUMBAI: The most awaited awards function of the season, the 59th Idea Filmfare awards will see the entertainment quotient rise to new levels as bollywood’s top superstars will decorate the evening with their heart stopping performances. History will be made when industry’s dabangg star Salman Khan will walk the red carpet after 15 years. This is not all! Salman will also be seen setting the stage on fire with his adrenaline filled performance on his hit songs.

    The entertainment doesn’t stop here! The very cool Ranbir Kapoor and the very sexy Priyanka Chopra will have everyone in splits with their wacky chemistry and outstanding hosting skills. Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Shahid Kapoor will sizzle the stage when they perform to their hit songs from their latest films. The audience will be left asking for more when dhak dhak girl Madhuri Dixit will perform mujra on her famous numbers like Maar daala and her latest hit Atariya from Dedh Ishqiya.

    The evening’s big winners will see Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra walk away with the best film title for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. Deepika Padukone and Farhan Akhtar will be seen teary eyed walking away with the black lady for the best actor male and female in a leading role award in their film Ram Leela and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag respectively.

    So get ready for a star studded evening filled with some unforgettable performances this Sunday, January 26 2013 at 8pm only on Sony Entertainment Television.

  • Thums Up, Being Human & AIF launch “VEER”

    Thums Up, Being Human & AIF launch “VEER”

    MUMBAI: Living up to its toofani message of unleashing the potential within, India’s most iconic brand Thums Up has come together with brand ambassador Salman Khan’s Being Human Foundation and CNN-IBN to launch Campaign VEER – Unleashing the Inner Potential of Persons with Disabilities. With the American India Foundation (AIF) coming on board as Implementation Partners, VEER is set to be a two-month long media campaign showcasing case examples of Persons with Disabilities (PwD) who have succeeded in their endeavors on the strength of their self belief, despite environmental and attitudinal barriers.

    The initiative aims to reach out to more than 1000 PwDs with skill training and employment opportunities and will also raise advocacy on issues revolving around inclusiveness, employability of PwDs and workplace accessibility. In its first phase, this special campaign aims to collect funds to train and economically empower at least 1,000 PwDs.

    Speaking about the campaign, Salman Khan, Founder of Being Human and Face of Campaign VEER said, “Together with Thums Up, Being Human has launched Veer, a campaign that recognizes the potential of differently abled individuals and provides them with a level playing field. We are thankful to CNN-IBN and AIF for their support”.

     

    Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 and IBN-Lokmat, said, “We at IBN Network firmly believe that journalism has to be truly inclusive. As part of this commitment, we are very proud to announce VEER in association with Thums up, American India Foundation and Being Human.”

    VEER will address challenges such as inclusive education and employment, skill training and development, and advocating for disabled-friendly technology. Towards this, several panel discussions are set to be held with participation from the who’s who from  government, corporate, NGOs, policy makers/ think tanks and donors of the campaign to discuss on the way forward to empower the ‘specially-abled’ of the country. Key takeaways from these discussions would be compiled into a ‘Vision Document’ and presented to the government.

    AIF will impart vocational training to these individuals and ascertain their requirements so that they can be made job-ready. As outlined by AIF, INR 7,500 is all it takes to train an individual with disability to make him/her employable.

    Speaking about the initiative, Debabrata Mukherjee, VP-Marketing & Commercial, Coca-Cola India said, “Thums Up as a brand believes that everybody has the potential within, it’s just that one needs to nudge himself and take the leap of faith that can change his reality. In continuation with the same belief, through the campaign VEER, we would like to offer specially abled persons a platform to unleash their own potential. We are very glad that partners like CNN-IBN,  Being Human and American India Foundation have joined hands and we hope that together we will be able to make a positive difference”

    Hemanth Paul, Country Director, AIF, said, “Irrespective of whether you are a person with disability or not, economic independence is a critical thing for everyone. We need to mould persons with disability from being a liability to an asset. At the American India Foundation, we have been working on the whole livelihood space for the last eight years to make such people financially independent.”

    The launch episode of VEER will introduce the viewers to the idea behind starting this campaign and reveal how every Indian can get involved. On the show, eminent voices such as disability rights activist Javed Habibi; actor-activist Rahul Bose; Deepak Jolly, VP Communication & Public Affairs at Coca-Cola; Hemanth Paul, Country Director, AIF; para table-tennis champion Suvarna Raj; and Pankaj Dubey, MD, Polaris India, will discuss the need for a campaign like VEER.

    The series with four episodes will run in conjunction with digital platforms. A dedicated call centre- 0120-4019191, a website – www.theveer.in, and a mobile app – VEER has been set up to enable people to make contributions. One can also send an SMS, ‘VEER’ to 51818 to know more about the initiative and make individual donations.
     

    Don’t forget to watch the special series on

    Saturday, 25th January at 2:00pm and 10:30pm (R), Sunday, 26th January at 12:00noon and 6:00pm (R) on CNN-IBN and Saturday 25th January at 1:00pm and Sunday, 26th January at 6:00pm (R) on IBN7

  • Jai Ho ….Not Quite Salman

    Jai Ho ….Not Quite Salman

    MUMBAI: With an array of blockbusters behind him, the burden of delivering a bigger grosser grows every time a new Salman Khan film hits the screens. Keeping up with these expectations is not an easy task.

     

    Too add more to it, with his latest, Salman, also attempts to promote his personal image that of a charitable pure heart which he is building through Being Human Foundation. That makes Salman’s character too goody-goody; he is all sugar.

     

    Jai Ho has is a remake of Telugu film Stalin which borrowed the idea from  Hollywood film Pay It Forward (2000) about creating a chain wherein every person who receives a favour from someone does favours for three other people when given a chance. The idea is to multiply the do-gooders in the society. That is one side of Salman; the other is that of fighting the evil forces which is represented by Danny and his son, daughter and son in law. This is a dampener since people have stopped caring about politicians’ character.

     

    Salman is an ex-army man, discharged for disobeying the orders of his high command. His intentions were noble, though. He ventured into enemy territory and freed some children held captive there. He always seems to be in the right place at the right time for wherever he goes someone or the other is in need of help. For instance, he helps an armless student, Genelia D’Souza, write her exam paper as her writer has not turned up and Salman happens to be around, dropping his nephew to school. Next, Salman spots a car driver rudely pushing and hitting a young beggar girl. He beats up the driver and here onwards starts his enmity with Danny clan. The driver happened to be his man and soon Danny’s goons are looking for him. The fights are the usual South Indian films kind very much in vogue with Hindi films lately: hundreds of swords and sickles wielding goons vs. Salman and how he annihilates them.

     

    But, this pure heart hero’s heart also throbs for other reasons, the romantic kind. He finds his lady love in his sister’s (Tabu) neighbour, Daisy Shah. There is no coochi-cooing. The romance is pure Rajshri film brand with heroine around mainly to sing songs with Salman.

     

    In between song and dance, Salman has to fight off Danny’s dirty tricks. Salman’s mother (Nadira Babbar) is run over by Danny’s men to warn him to back off while on another occasion his nephew is kidnapped and while saving him Salman ebds up killing Danny’s son in law (Mukul Dev). This adds more fuel to the fire. Even as Danny is desperate to kill Salman, his idea of doing three favours to others catches on; and everybody including the chief minister (Mohnish Behl) are curious to know whose noble idea it was.

     

    The CM, unhappy with the war between Salman and Danny, decides to intervene. Having learnt Salman’s background as a decorated army man he does not think it fair to punish Salman nor does he want his party to suffer because of Danny’s antics. The meeting between the three, Salman, Danny and Mohnish ends with a compromise and Salman has been asked to wait till Mohnish gives Danny a piece of his mind behind closed doors. Danny puts his plan in to effect; kill Mohnish, take his place as the CM and frame Salman for the murder.

     

    The original, Stalin was released in 2006 and the concept has become outdated. What is more, like many South films, Jai Ho also tends to get preachy and that is not what fans of Salman’s one-liners want. There is not much to the story and the first half becomes boring. The villain and his goons provide some mass entertainment. Yes, and there are also some mushy moments. Music is weak with just one song worth a mention. The film lacks finesse. As for performances, the film hinges totally on Salman and he is at his usual physical and acrobatic best. Daisy is fair, this being her debut film. Nadira Babbar is stagy. Tabu and the rest are okay. The film has a few known faces doing cameo roles in Suniel Shetty, Aditya Panscholi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Genelia, Mohnish, providing variety.

     

    Jai Ho, despite Salman, has had a tepid opening response even from single screens; having been made to pay high MGs, the single screens stand to lose their earnings from couple of recent money spinners. 

     

    Producers: Sunil Lulla, Sohail Khan.

    Director: Sohail Khan.

    Cast: Salman Khan, Daisy Shah, Tabu, Danny Danzongpa, Nadira Babbar, Mukul Dev, Mahesh Thakur, Resham Tipnis, Ashmit Patel, Yash Tonk, Haroon Qazi, Genelia D’Souza, Suniel Shetty, Aditya Panscholi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sharad Kapoor.

  • Sajid Nadiadwala’s production unit is like his “extended family”

    Sajid Nadiadwala’s production unit is like his “extended family”

    MUMBAI: Sajid Nadiadwala is busy juggling between outdoor schedules of multiple films, which are being shot all around the world. With such a choc-a-bloc schedule, one cannot help but wonder, how his crew members effortlessly manage to be away from their families for days, sometimes months, at a stretch.

     

    The producer says that the outdoor shooting schedules stretch for more than two to three months on an average. “We end up spending more time with each other than we do with our own families. This would be impossible without their dedication. They are, undoubtedly, my extended family,” says Sajid, who is also getting into direction with Salman Khan starrer Kick.

     

    The films in his bags include: Phantom, an action thriller starring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif. The film recently finished its schedule in Beirut, Lebanon and has now commenced shooting in the snow-bound valley of Gulmarg in north Kashmir. Coincidentally, Heropanti, the film marking Tiger Shroff’s debut, is also being shot in Kashmir. It’s a ten-day shoot schedule for both, Phantom and Heropanti and they will be shot in different parts of Kashmir.

     

    Alia Bhatt and Arjun Kapoor starrer 2 States was being shot in Delhi, Chennai and Pondicherry. The Salman Khan starrer Kick is being shot in Karjat and the production unit stays there, despite being only a few hours away from Mumbai. Imtiaz Ali’s directorial venture Highway is in the post-production stage. This film has been shot across maximum number of locations, planned for 60 days but finished in 52. 

     
    With extreme hard work and dedication of everyone involved, Nadiadwala Grandsons Entertainment is all set to present five movies spanning genres, this year.

  • Colors and Life OK witness a rise in Wk 3

    Colors and Life OK witness a rise in Wk 3

    MUMBAI: In week three of TAM TV ratings, Zee TV retained the number two position. It seems that magic of Jai Ho superstar Salman Khan has worked wonders for the channel as its popular dance reality show – Dance India Dance 4 notched up to garner 6,838 TVTs (4,618) taking the channel’s tally to 470,680 GVTs (488,194).

     

    Star Plus continues to lead the chart even after registering a slight drop. The channel registered 625,772 GVTs (629,447). Colors maintained its last week’s third position and fetched 466,690 GVTs (456,890). Life OK dislodged Sab from the fourth position pushing it to fifth slot. While Life OK garnered 347,326 GVTs (337,771), Sab recorded 318,311 GVTs (338,233). Sony’s viewership declined yet again as it fetched just 257,635 GVTs (263,081). Sahara One continues to be at the bottom of the chart with 35,959 GVTs (37,863).

     

    Coming back to the chart topper Star Plus, its dance reality show Nach Baliye 6 saw a dip and recorded at 4,449 TVTs (5,350). The epic series Mahabharat also saw a drop in its viewership and garnered 7,538 TVTs (7,794).

     

    While Zee TV continued to be at the second position, most of its properties witnessed a decline in viewership. Aur Pyar Ho Haya scored 3,637 TVTs (4,044), the sitcom Bh Se Bhade scored 1,931 TVTs (2,160), while the dance reality series Dance India Dance 4 scored 3,878 TVTs (4,249) on Sunday. However, the channel aired the Hindi feature film Ramaiya Vastavaiya on 12 January, Saturday that grabbed good eyeballs and garnered 4,011 TVTs.

     

    Colors’ newly launched talent reality show – the fifth edition of India’s Got Talent hasn’t really clicked well. In the second week of its telecast, the show lost viewers and scored 7,857 TVTs (9,380) on Saturday and Sunday. The other two fictional shows that replaced Bigg Boss witnessed a rise in the numbers, while Rangrasiya garnered 2,686 TVTs (2,564), Beintehaa reported 2,767 TVTs (2,633). However, comedy worked for the channel. Comedy Nights With Kapil that had Salman Khan as the special guest promoting his upcoming film Jai Ho scored 11,016 TVTs (10,420).

     

    Sony, which occupies the sixth position, has seen a slight rise in all its fiction properties. Main Na Bhoolungi and Ekk Nayi Pehchaan scored 1,095 TVTs (1,054) and 2,094 TVTs (2,087) respectively. However, the dance reality show Boogie Woogie Kids Championship saw a drop in its sixth week and garnered 2,381 TVTs (2,733).

     

    In the movie channel genre, Zee Cinema reported 198,135 GVTs (196,560); Star Gold registered 216,328 GVTs (182,903) and Movies OK scored 138,124 (137,410). While &pictures scored 93,317 GVTs (84,280), Zee Anmol earned 74,522 GVTs (86,317) and Max scored 203,203 GVTs (202,083).

  • Colors ushers hope with ‘Mission Sapne’

    Colors ushers hope with ‘Mission Sapne’

    MUMBAI: Acclaimed basketball player, Michael Jordan, once said that ‘The good part about being famous is being able to help people’; and COLORS’ upcoming show Mission Sapne strives to do just that. The first-of-its-kind property allows celebrities from different walks of life to leverage their fame for the benefit of the common man. The show is a dramatic entertainment offering, from the channel, which conveys a strong social message to audiences. Mission Sapne will showcase India’s most loved Bollywood Entertainers as they step into the shoes of the aam aadmi for a day, and face hardships to raise funds for those who struggle to make ends meet. The show is set to hit airwaves in Summer 2014.

     

    Top celebrities from across Bollywood, television, sports and music will be volunteering in this Mission including actors Salman Khan and Varun Dhawan,cricketer Harbhajan Singh, and singer Mika Singh among others. True to the person he is helping, the celebrity will move away from their comfort zone to drive a taxi, sell fish or become a door-to-door salesman for the very first time. These celebrities will be required to use their talent, wit and star persona to ensure that business continues to boom for the people they are supporting and change their ordinary and tough life to an extraordinary one. Audiences will get a chance to see the various difficulties faced by those who bring comfort to our lives. Produced by Sobo Films the show will bring the celebrity and common man together, while facilitating this Mission.

     

    Speaking about the show, Raj Nayak, CEO – COLORS, said, “Mission Sapne is our humble effort to showcase the hardships faced by the ‘aam aadmi’ and join hands with celebrities from different walks of life to make a difference. With everything that our audiences have given us in making COLORS a household name, Mission Sapne is our endeavour to give back to the society by bringing the life of a common man to the limelight and sharing their story for the world to behold. We would like to thank the celebrities associated with Mission Sapne for extending their support and helping us lighten the burden of a tough life from some less fortunate shoulders by raising funds for their welfare.”

     

    Commenting on the show’s concept, Smruti Shinde, Director of Sobo Films, said, “We are pleased to partner with India’s leading channel, COLORS to present Mission Sapne. The show has an exciting approach towards showcasing the burdens in the life of a common man through the eyes of a celebrity as they work hard to generate funds. Through Mission Sapne, we aim to convey to Indian audiences that no person should be looked down upon and that the smallest achievements deserve to be cherished in the grandest manner.”

     

    Watch Out as your favourite celebrities step into the shoes of the common man and help them fulfill their dreams on Mission Sapne…Coming Soon on COLORS!

     
  • Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn and Rajnikanth’s heroic hits on Star Gold this Republic Day

    Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn and Rajnikanth’s heroic hits on Star Gold this Republic Day

    MUMBAI: Star Gold – ‘The Home of Bollywood Blockbusters’ commemorates Republic Day this year with a two week movie programming special called ‘Asli Heroes’, showcasing the best of Bollywood heroism. Star Gold is gearing up to celebrate this patriotic festival with blockbuster films of leading superstars Salman Khan, Ajay Devgn, Rajnikanth and many more. The festival shall play from 12th January 2014 to 26th January 2014 every night 8 pm.

    As our country cherishes this significant day with great enthusiasm in colorful and exciting ways, Star Gold lends a Bollywood ambience to this historic occasion with its ‘Asli Heroes’ programming festival. Star Gold will showcase a brigade of films depicting Bollywood Heroes as bold police officers or fearless vigilante combating personal and social injustice. The channel has slated thrilling Bollywood Blockbusters such as Dabanng, Makkhi, Son of Sardaar, Wanted, Singham, Sivaji- The Boss, and many more for the ardent audience.

    Commenting on this occasion, Hemal Jhaveri, Executive Vice President, Star Gold said, “Being one of the leading Hindi movie channels in India, our aim has always been to provide a quality entertainment experience to our viewers. We have always believed in crafting differentiated and entertaining programming specials for our audience, underlining our commitment to bring them the latest and best of Bollywood. The Republic Day programming special ‘Asli Hero’ is our initiative to present our nation with the best mix of heroism and entertainment, and inspire our audiences once again to Karo Dil Ki!”

    So catch all the fun, action and excitement this Republic Day with your favorite Bollywood flicks only on Star Gold!

     

  • ‘Jai Ho’, Hungama launches music app

    ‘Jai Ho’, Hungama launches music app

    MUMBAI: Salman Khan and Jai Ho join hands with Hungama to launch the ‘Hungama-Jai Ho Friends-of-Friends’ campaign’. The campaign draws from the concept of the movie which touches upon unifying people for a cause.

     

    Using the love for music as a trigger, this unique promotion aims to bring people who share this common passion together. The music lovers need to give a missed call on 0922 313 8888 or SMS Hungama to 54646 to get personalised links to the ‘Hungama-Jai Ho Friends-of-friends’ campaign’.

     

    They need to take the chain forward by sharing it with three more of their friends to build the ‘Friends-of-friends’ chain. The movie-buff who builds the largest ‘Friends-of-friends’ chain wins a chance to meet Salman Khan himself.

     

    Beyond providing the consumers with the ‘Hungama-Jai Ho Friends-of-friends’ campaign’, Hungama ‘Music Application’ is a repository of over 2 million songs across genres and is the only Indian music app with video streaming and sharing facility. The application also has a patent pending integrated programme wherein a user can earn and redeem points every time they watch videos, play/share music, invite friends or even create playlists. Successfully launched last year, the next-gen app breaks the competitive digital music market by not only bringing unique ‘never-before’ features, but also elevating music listening experience by allowing to watch videos and socialise while streaming.

  • AAP a big draw for media professionals

    AAP a big draw for media professionals

    MUMBAI: As a fledgling party which emerged from the larger ‘India against Corruption’ movement, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had already captured a nation’s imagination.

     

    But when it made a splash at the Delhi Assembly Elections, going on to form the government in the national capital, it made seasoned politicians sit up and take notice as well.

     

    And just in case you thought there was no public relations mechanism behind the phenomenal success of AAP, you couldn’t be more wrong. The party has been a magnet for media professionals ever since its inception with many known names coming forward to support it and in some cases, even going on to join politics.

     

    For instance, the media campaign for the Jan Lokpal Bill was the brain child of former media professional Shaizia Ilmi. Manish Sisodia, who played a key role in the foundation of the anti corruption bill and went to jail with activist Anna Hazare is a former journalist who worked with Zee News and All India Radio. Ditto for Rajan Prakash, who worked as a journalist in TV, print and radio for more than a decade apart from helping write the scripts of over 12 documentaries as well as radio programmes before finding his political calling. At 26, former journalist Rakhi Birla, who won Delhi’s Mangol Puri constituency, is the only woman in Arvind Kejriwal’s cabinet and the youngest one at that. The much talked about addition to AAP has been that of Ashutosh, former IBN7 managing editor who left a high-profile job to join the party.

     

    So what is it about AAP that is encouraging the media fraternity to enter the political circus?

     

    “It’s their honesty which I support,” says Leo Burnett NCD K V Sridhar (Pops) who tweeted and facebooked his support to AAP and joined it through its massive ‘Mai bhi Aam Admi’ campaign that lets anyone be a part of the ‘change’. “Until and unless they make mistakes or become like the others, they have my support,” he adds.

     

    Former COO of Star Network now turned media entrepreneur Sameer Nair, who joined AAP last year, believes any professional with the right principles would support the party. “We all want corporate governance, financial stability, anti corruption amongst all the correct ingredients to run the country in a better way,” he says, pointing out that the Right to Recall is a basic right as one shouldn’t take his/her seat lightly once elected for five years by the junta. “Every day, media professionals walk into the AAP office to support it or help in whatever way they can. We need such enthusiasm from people,” Nair says, stressing that the party needs the expertise of professionals from all walks of life to work together and create a better nation.

     

    Political analyst Dr Suhas Palshikar feels AAP is a refreshing change from the rest. “There are many who want to see a change in the country and the new party brings with it new ideas. It has provided people, especially the middle class, a platform to be part of a change and voice their opinion,” he says.    

     

    Writer-entrepreneur-youth expert Rashmi Bansal, who met Kejriwal in 2009 and featured him in her 2011 book ‘I have a Dream’ feels that media professionals have a close-up view of such issues which is why they get more drawn to it. “Media professionals know what goes on behind the scenes and they see AAP as a different entity which will not only hear them but also give them a voice and a platform to make the change they want to see,” she says.

     

    And the list of supporters keeps growing… Late Jaspal Bhatti’s wife Savita Bhatti, Mallika Sarabhai, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan all believe the party can bring about a change…

  • ‘Bigg Boss 7’ was unique in many ways!

    ‘Bigg Boss 7’ was unique in many ways!

    MUMBAI: The end of the year 2013 seemed to be really good for the general entertainment channel Colors. One of its biggest properties of the year, Bigg Boss7, reportedly made on a big budget of 115 crore, not just got it audiences’ attention but also took its tally a notch higher in the ratings chart. The show was high on viewership throughout the season, however it was its finale episode on 28 December that added the cherry on the cake.

     

    Interestingly, the finale of the reality show became “phenomenon” according to Colors’ weekend programming head Manisha Sharma. “It had all the makings of a ‘masaledaar’ blockbuster including power-packed performances by the contestants and the host Salman Khan himself. This season has been the most watched, most buzzed and most trended season of all times. We are ecstatic with the response that the Grand Finale has garnered, not only in terms of TVTs but also with the kind of conversations that were generated across social media platforms,” says Sharma about the show that garnered 9,577 TVTs in the week 52 of TAM TV ratings.

     

    Many things have worked for the reality show that went on for 104 days unlike 96 days in the earlier editions. From a unique contestant mix, a fresh look and feel of the house, two different living conditions with the hell and heaven concept, to unique tasks and inclusion of an adorable pet – Heaven as a friend and confidant, just added to the show. “We have pushed the boundaries to raise the entertainment quotient of the show. The combination of all these elements have made the seventh season of Bigg Boss as one of the most popular season with the audiences,” says Sharma.

     

    It wasn’t easy for the team working behind the show to put everything together in place. Endemol’s (the show’s production house) MD Deepak Dhar says the process of planning and casting for the show begins much before it goes underway. “The moment one season is over, our casting team starts short listing contestants for the next season,” says Dhar, who remarks that a total of almost 500 people were involved in the production of the show out of which 420-430 persons were stationed in Lonavala where the 10,500 sq ft Bigg Boss house designed by Omag Kumar was located.

     

    “While managing the production crew has been a big HR exercise, what has worked in our favour in all the seasons is that the crew is really enthusiastic and are on its toes 24/7 to come across that one moment that could make the episode fun and entertaining,” says Dhar.

     

    For the recently concluded season, the crew could see the action unfolding in the house from the 147 windows in the house from where the 80 cameras were also placed in the camera galli(a dark alley that surrounds the periphery of the house and supply the editors with constant feed about what is going on inside). “There was a projection control room where the story editor sat with his team of 15 editors as they ran through the 24 hours of footage on a daily basis and edited it to a short episode of 44 minutes. With so many different elements, the USP of the show remains the editors who work on 12 hour shifts to ensure that all key moments and happenings are captured within the 44 minute time frame of the episode,” says Sharma.

     

    Dhar seconds and adds, “It is like a newsroom. There’s never a moment in the house that we can afford to miss.”

     

    There used to be a lot of hustle bustle for the weekend episodes for which host Salman Khan visited the house. In fact, there was an additional crew of around 100 people to take care of things during the shooting of the weekend episodes.

     

    This season, according to both Dhar and Sharma was very unique. Sharma says each day in this season was unique in its own way. “Emotions like friendship, hostility, jealousy, love that manifested within the contestants set the stage for an engaging viewing experience. There were some tasks that pushed the contestants to achieve targets that they had not even considered. The biggest example of this is the fact that two of the contestants – Sangram Singh and Kamya Punjabi broke the international Big Brother record by staying under a box for more than 50 hours.”

     

    Dhar, who has been personally involved in the production process over the years, says that this season they knew how to handle the difficult situations that cropped during the show. “Our 24/7 security team assures that there’s no complication on-location,” he says when quizzed about handling the situations when contestants got in to a brawl with each other, or threatened to jump off the fence etc.

     

    “Our teams are extremely alert and over the seasons have learnt how to handle on-ground situations. Our primary prerogative is to ensure that the contestants follow the rules of the game as well as remain safe throughout their stay inside the Bigg Boss house. For this, we have Bigg Boss who steps in as the ultimate authority inside the house. He guides the contestants and ensures that harmony is maintained,” adds Sharma.

     

    While it’s too early to say anything for the next edition, Dhar remarks that they are going to make the show bigger and better. “It’s going to be a new challenge,” he concludes