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  • Colors Tamil to premiere ‘Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal’ on 10 April

    Colors Tamil to premiere ‘Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal’ on 10 April

    Mumbai: Colors Tamil will telecast the world TV premiere of “Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal” on 10 April.

    Starring Ashok Selvan in the lead, with Nasser, K Manikandan, Abi Hassan, Anju Kurian, Reyya, KS Ravikumar, Riythvika and Sivaram in supporting roles. The film marks the directorial debut of Vishal Venkat.

    “’This film is one important milestone in my career as it is my directorial debut,” said Vishal Venkat. “As the title suggests, it features the lives of different characters who cross paths with each other at some point in life. The stellar cast and their dedication of the entire team is what holds the film together, making the audience hooked to the screen until the climax. I am extremely pleased to have the film premiere on television on Colors Tamil and I am certain that audiences will have an entertaining weekend.”

    “The film will always remain close to my heart, as the movie portrays a myriad of emotions, enhancing every role that each character has played,” said actor Ashok Selvan. “Pulling together four different plot lines and connecting them with a single incident was magical. ‘Sila Nerangalil Sila Manidhargal’ takes the viewers through an introspective journey and leaves them with a good watch. It is exciting that the film is going to telecast on Colors Tamil and I am certain that the film can create a strong impact in the minds of the audience.”

  • Disney+ Hotstar to stream 94th Academy Awards on 28 March

    Disney+ Hotstar to stream 94th Academy Awards on 28 March

    Mumbai: Disney+ Hotstar is set to stream the 94th Academy Awards on 28 March, starting at 5 a.m IST. The Oscars, one of cinema’s most prestigious awards, will take place at Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles.

    This year, the event will see the biggest names in world cinema in attendance who will honour the best movies, filmmakers and performances of 2021. Actors Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall will walk the live audience and viewers through the ceremony as hosts.

    The event will witness the presence of popular stars like Halle Bailey, Ruth E Carter, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Kevin Costner, Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Anthony Hopkins, Samuel L Jackson, Lily James, Daniel Kaluuya, Zoë Kravitz, Mila Kunis, Lady Gaga, John Leguizamo, Simu Liu, Rami Malek, Shawn Mendes, Lupita Nyong’o, Rosie Perez, Tyler Perry, Chris Rock, Tracee Ellis Ross, Naomi Scott, Wesley Snipes, Uma Thurman, John Travolta and Yuh-Jung Youn, Stephanie Beatriz, DJ Khaled, Jennifer Garner, HER, Tiffany Haddish, Tony Hawk, Bill Murray, Elliot Page, Kelly Slater and Shaun White and several others as they present the award to winners of different categories.

    There will also be musical performances by Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Reba McEntire and Sebastián Yatra. They will perform this year’s nominated songs at the event.

    This year audiences will be able to vote for their favourite movie in new category called ‘Favourite Movie of 2021’ The Academy Awards will declare a winner for this category based on votes submitted on Twitter and the Oscars ‘Fan Favourite’ website.

  • Sony Sports to telecast docuseries ‘Down Underdogs’ starting 14 January

    Sony Sports to telecast docuseries ‘Down Underdogs’ starting 14 January

    Mumbai: Sony Sports Network has produced a special docuseries titled “Down Underdogs – India’s Greatest Comeback” that will premiere on 14 January and telecast daily until 17 January.

    The docuseries will be telecast on Sony Six and Sony Ten 4 in English and Sony Ten 3 in Hindi. It will also be aired on Sony Max HD, Sony SAB HD and Sony Pix channels and streaming on the OTT platform SonyLIV. The broadcaster has partnered with Byju’s Classes, Skoda and Dafa News for the docuseries.

    The launch of the four-part docuseries will be in Hindi and English followed by a Tamil and Telugu broadcast on a later date. The series captures team India’s historic Test series win against Australia at The Gabba in 2020-21.

    “Down Underdogs – India’s Greatest Comeback” has been entirely produced in-house amidst some extremely challenging Covid-19 scenarios. Interviews with players and commentators located in England and Australia were conducted via local partnerships and remote production technology.

    The series will showcase current players like Mohammed Siraj and Hanuma Vihari along with prominent personalities like Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Clarke, Jason Gillespie, Sanjay Manjrekar, Lisa Sthalekar, Nick Knight, and Isa Guha.

    Apart from the world-class cricketing insights, a team of raconteurs like Rajdeep Sardesai, Harsha Bhogle, Ayaz Memon, Joy Bhattacharjya and Gaurav Kapur will help navigate through the incredible subplots and storylines in the series.

    “We take immense pride to bring back to life one of the most historic memories of Indian Test cricket through Down Underdogs – India’s Greatest Comeback,” said Sony Pictures Networks India chief revenue officer, distribution and head – sports business Rajesh Kaul. “The series is an aide-mémoire to all Indian cricket fans who had an unflinching belief in the team despite all odds and more so as an exemplary story to inspire generations to come.”

    “India’s win in Australia early last year will go down as one of the greatest wins in Indian cricket history,” said former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar. “To pick themselves up after the dismissal with their lowest ever test score of 36 and then to beat a rampant home team is a tribute to the determination shown by the players and the leadership roles played by the captain Rahane, coach Ravi Shastri and his support group.

    “India’s Greatest Comeback will invite viewers to revisit Team India’s amazing comeback leading to the series win,” said former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke. “India picked an attack that worked. Different bowlers – not everyone bowls the same, different tactics, different skills, different weapons, so the credit goes to India for their execution but also Australia might have taken for granted their success in the first test.”

  • Zee Cinema to telecast ‘Toofan’ on 31 October

    Zee Cinema to telecast ‘Toofan’ on 31 October

    Mumbai: Zee Cinema is set to telecast the world television premiere of “Toofaan” on 31 October at 12 p.m.

    Based on the story idea by Farhan Akhtar and Anjum Rajabali’s screenplay, “Toofaan” is a story that revolves around an orphaned extortionist based out of Dongri. Things take a different turn when he meets Ananya who pushes him to follow his real passion – boxing, to which he dedicates his life.

    “While working on Toofaan I realised how there are no shortcuts when you want to portray a character like Aziz and I feel that’s the beauty of it,” said Farhan Akhtar. And through this experience I also have come to believe that there are no shortcuts in life. Don’t forget to watch the World Television of Toofaan on Zee Cinema.”

    Directed by Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra, the film is led by Farhan Akhtar, along with star-studded performances by Paresh Rawal, Mrunal Thakur, Darshan Kumaar, and Supriya Pathak.

    “My inclination to work on Toofaan was piqued by my drive to work with a sought-after director like Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,” said Mrunal Thakur. “On our first meeting, he was in the process of gauging my strengths for Ananya’s character, of which I wasn’t aware at the time. Her character is really positive, daring and bold – someone who constantly pushes Aziz to keep going. I’ve grown immensely through her and I am honoured to have been given the chance to put myself in her shoes.”

    “While Toofaan is a work of fiction, it derives a great deal of inspiration from real life, real people and real struggles and conflicts that I have witnessed and heard about,” said Rakyesh Omprakash Mehra. “To make the viewing experience of the film authentic we have shot the film completely with real locations across Mumbai. You’ll see the actors in a real cramped up setting with no air-conditioning or make-up areas. It was a unique shooting experience.”

  • Zee Telugu Kutumbam Awards 2021 to be aired on 23 and 31 Oct

    Zee Telugu Kutumbam Awards 2021 to be aired on 23 and 31 Oct

    Mumbai: Zee Telugu and Zee Telugu HD channels will telecast the Zee Telugu Kutumbam Awards 2021 on 23 and 31 October starting at 6:00 p.m.

    The celebration is the recognition of the best actors, anchors, and experts that successfully narrated stories of ordinary people embarking upon extraordinary journeys. The awards ceremony was an evening high on glitz, glamour, and entertainment anchored by Shymala, Pradeep Machiraju, Sreemukhi, and Akhil Sarthak.

    Tamannaah, Mehreen, Shreya Saran, Krithi Shetty, Nikhil, Ali, Akash Puri, Niharika Konidela, Hebba Patel, Surabhi were among the celebrities who attended the event. Tollywood actress Shreya attended the event with her husband Andrei Koscheev for the first time, Tamannah, Pradeep, Akhil, Sreemukhi presented a heart-warming performance with the F3 theme skit and Akhil and Mehreen serenaded the viewers with the ‘Emaipothave’ song. Among other highlights of the event were Akul’s ‘Paada Pooja’ ritual in which he expressed his gratitude to his mother. Jai Dhanush and Keerthy introduced their baby to the world and Sudha Chandran reminisced her father.

  • Telecast of Patanjali’s two ads stopped by high court

    Telecast of Patanjali’s two ads stopped by high court

    MUMBAI: It was a bit of a marketing blasphemy. And, Patanjali Ayurved’s advertisements have hit a legal hurdle.

    Telecast of Patanjali’s two product ads which allegedly disparaged HUL and Dabur’s brands have been stopped by high courts in India.

    The Delhi court ordered Patanjali to stop telecasting TV ads for its soaps. The decision came after Reckitt Benckiser complained it had allegedly disparaged Dettol brand.

    After the Bombay High Court restrained the baba’s company from advertising its soap brand, which allegedly disparaged competitor Hindustan Unilever’s brands, the Delhi High Court passed an injunction against Patanjali’s chyawanprash commercial. Patanjali ad had made direct attacks on Lux and Pears: “Filmstars ke chemical bhare sabun na lagao.”

    This advertisement was allegedly disparaging Dabur India’s chyawanprash brand. The division bench of Delhi HC has restrained the telecast and circulation of Patanjali’s said advertisement.

    A Patanjali Ayurved spokesperson said that it would file its reply to the court after seeking the details of the order. Its communication strategy is simple — to convey to the consumers the benefits of using healthy and natural products as against other products which may be harmful.

    Patanjali Ayurved is not alien to rows. The West Bengal Public Health Laboratory found a batch of the Patanjali Amla Juice ‘unfit’ for consumption. Outlook had reported that Nepal’s Drug Administration had asked Patanjali to recall six ‘substandard products.’

    It remains to be seen if questionable advertising methods prove to be good publicity for the baba’s products in the long run.

  • Star India’s PKL 5 telecast via 12 channels in five languages starts today

    MUMBAI: Star India, with 12 sports channels in its bouquet, plans to reach out to a larger audience by telecasting Vivo Pro-Kabaddi Season 5 live in five languages.

    PKL season 5 will be aired on Star’s first FTA sports channel Star Sports First in Hindi, Star Sports 2 and 2HD in English, regional channels Star Sports 1 Tamil, Star Suvarna Plus in Karnataka, Star Maa Movies for Telugu.

    Starting 28 July (and going up to 28 October), PKL will also be aired on its digital platform Hotstar.

    The captains of all 12 VIVO Pro Kabaddi teams came together to launch the Season 5 of the league in Hyderabad. The first match, on July 28, 2017, will see new team Tamil Thalaivas, led by Ajay Thakur take on Rahul Chaudhari-led Telugu Titans in Hyderabad.

    The inaugural ceremony of Season 5 is likely to be a star-studded affair, with eminent sports icons and film personalities expected to attend. Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar will sing a glorious rendition of the National Anthem before the start of the first match of the season.

    Gearing up for the 138 exhilarating matches across 13 weeks, the teams have been training fastidiously to prepare for a competitive season. The battle for the league got even more intense with the announcement of a consolidated sum of Rs 80 million as the coveted prize money.

    Star India MD Sanjay Gupta said, “As we stand hours away from the 5th season of Vivo Pro Kabaddi, I am transported back to the day we decided to launch the league. I am filled with immense pride to see how the league has made tremendous impact and grown continuously. It’s now constituted as the biggest domestic sports league with twelve new teams and expanding to new geographies. I look forward to a thrilling season of three months and I am confident that it will make history all over again.’’

    Vivo Pro-Kabaddi league commissioner Anupam Goswami said, “I am excited and, at the same time, grateful to the fans, franchises, Star and the federations for supporting us at every step of this journey. I look forward to an engaging season of kabaddi.”

    International Kabaddi Federation president, Janardan Singh Gehlot, said, “At the federation, we are eagerly waiting to see how Season 5 of VIVO Pro Kabaddi unfolds. The players and their coaches have invested grueling hours of training to put up a competitive front and give fans an action-packed sport to cheer on for 3 months. We are confident that Kabaddi will continue its upward rise in the days and years to come.”

    The season will culminate with the finals slated for 28 October, 2017, in Chennai.

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  • Hotstar & Star Sports select2 SD, HD to telecast Ultimate Table Tennis live

    MUMBAI: Forty eight players have been shortlisted in the draft for selection for the franchises of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) containing an equal mix of Indian and foreign players. Each franchise had to pick four Indian and four foreign players from the draft. UTT, to be held in different Indian cities from 13 July, will be telecast live on Star Sports select2 SD HD and Hotstar.

    The UTT will be hosted in Chennai (13 to 20 July) and New Delhi (21 to 26 July, with the final leg being held in Mumbai (27 to 30 July). It will have 18 matches divided into 15 leagues, two semis and one final with the price money of US$ 450,000.

    The six franchises are: BaySide Spinners TTC (owned by owned by Sameer Koticha of ASK Group), Challengers (owned by Vivek Bhargava CEO DAN Performance Group), Dabang Smashers TTC (owned by Radha Kapoor Khanna of Dolt Sports), Maharashtra United (owned by Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan of Rajesh Wadhawan Group), Olimax Stag Yoddhas (owned by Kapil Garg and Vivek Kohli) and RP-SG Mavericks (owned by Sanjiv Goenka of RP-SG Group).

    Unlike other major sporting leagues being run in the country like IPL and ISL, UTT will have club-based franchises rather than city-based franchises.

    Starting with Round 1, BaySide Spinners TTC received the rights for the first pick and went all out to sign foreign player Wu Yang (Women, World No. 12) from China. Maharashtra United then took Wong Chun Ting (Men, World No.7) from Hong Kong. Challengers pulled a thriller and picked World no. 7 in the women’s category Han Ying from Germany before Dabang Smashers TTC had the next bid and picked Marcos Freitas (Men, 16) from Portugal. Dilmax Stag Yoddhas went for Doo Hoi Kem (Women, 13) from Hong Kong followed by RP-SG Maverics who picked Stefan Fegerl (Men, 21) form Austria.

    Teams with their eight players including domestic and International players (with their rankings) are:

    BaySide Spinners

    Domestic: Sanil Shetty, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Arjun Ghosh and Priyadarshini Das.
    International: Wu Yang (China, World no. 7), Ho Ching Lee (Hong Kong, 33), Par Gerell (Sweden, 44), Liam Pitchford (England, 51)

    Challengers

    Domestic: Soumyajit Ghosh, Mouma Das, Manav Thakkar, Moumita Datta.
    International: Li Ping (Qatar, 48), Han Ying (Germany, 9), Petrissa Solja (Germany, 20), Andrej Gacina (Croatia, 38).

    Dabang Smashers TTC

    Domestic: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, A Amalraj, Madhurika Patkar, Mousumi Paul
    International: Marcos Freitas (Portugal, 16), Melek Hu (Turkey, 15), Kou Lei (Ukraine, 24), Bilenko Tetyana (Ukraine, 56).

    Maharashtra United

    Domestic: Harmeet Desai, Krittwika Sinha Roy, Pooja Sahasrabudhe Koparkar, Ronit Bhanja.
    International: Chun Ting Wong (Hong Kong, 7), Liu Jia (Austria, 17), Fu Yu (Portugal, 35), Joao Moteira (Portugal, 49).

    Oilmax Stag Yoddhas

    Domestic: Manika Batra, Jubin Kumar, Abhishek Yadav, Selena D Selvakumar.
    International: Hoi Kem Doo (Hong Kong, 13), Panagiotis Gionis (Greece, 36), Aruna Quadri (Nigeria, 37), Polina Mikhailova (Russia, 54).

    RS-PG Mavericks

    Domestic: Sharath Kamal Achanta, Archana Girish Kamath, Birdie Boro, Amruthapushpak Shekhar.
    International: Fegerl Stefan (Austria, 21), Tiago Apolonia (Portugal, 19), Polcanova Sofia (Austria, 50) Sabina Winter (Germany, 39).

     

  • How DD will charge, telecast state sessions

    NEW DELHI: Doordarshan kendras have been told that they may cover on payment the sessions of state assemblies. This coverage may be on live or deferred live basis.

    Doordarshan has clarified that the address of the Governor to the state assembly may be telecast free and without any cost. Similarly, the budget presentation in state assemblies may also be telecast free and without any cost.

    The Doordarshan Directorate General said that this was in accordance with the present policy.

    Until the launch of Lok Sabha TV, Doordarshan had been covering without charge the President’s Address to the Joint Sitting of Parliament at the start of the budget session, and also the proceedings of the Lok Sabha.

    However, this coverage is now done by the Lok Sabha TV and the Rajya Sabha TV of their respective houses but the signals are available to Doordarshan without any payment.

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  • ‘Stree Shakti’ on DD National commences second season

    ‘Stree Shakti’ on DD National commences second season

    NEW DELHI: Following the success of its first season, Doordarshan National has launched the second season of its weekend programme Stree Shakti, which will highlight stories of excellence and achievements with the new anchor Shruti Ulfat.

    The first season had brought forth the challenges faced by women from across the country.

    The series, telecast every Saturday and Sunday at 9 pm, airs some never before told stories of courage by women who have carved a niche through wilderness of misery, struggle and extreme agony, and emerged as winners.

    Issues being tackled are gang rapes, domestic violence, gender violence, female infanticide, acid attacks, forced child marriages, and many such harrowing situations.

    The second season of the show has umpteen stories on exemplary courage of women who were raped and left to die on the railway tracks, disabled women who fought the pain and won many battles, issues related with sex workers, mental illness and refugees who received help from the government.

    Ulfat said, “Shaken, emotional, inspired, are the three words that instantly come to my find after shooting with these courageous women in Stree Shakti. I feel so much more evolved after knowing their stories. This season, I feel is certainly going to touch the hearts of the viewers, and bring them closer to us.”

    In its endeavor to have quality content balanced with important issues, Doordarshan National attempts to bring to the limelight, the unsung women achievers, who are common faces in the crowd, but have unmatched stories of excellence to tell.