Harini Calamur's Writings
this via @shalombook on twitter. essentially, the soaps are rating an average of 5.4 TVR, and IPL is rating 5 in the top 4 cities amongst the GE audience. Soaps that cost an average of 6-12 lakhs beating up the country’s largest…
Madh Island, Mumbai, is dotted with bungalows that are often used for shoots. They are called shoot bungalows – as compared to the private or company bungalows that dot the landscape. We were shooting for a show called Golden Age, hosted by…
The person i feel sorriest for in 24 hour news channels is the Sound Recordist. Having to hear our esteemed ‘news anchors’ screech their way through various issues – must deafen the strongest of ear drums. Of all the news channels, there…
Sach Ka Samna on Star Plus has created a storm in a tea cup. It’s a show that is a format adaptation – based on the ‘Moment of Truth’. I saw it last week. I liked the way that it has been…
HyperActiveX – came up with that title on a conversatin thread on FB. And, this was in context of Mr.Advani – the leader of the BJP – who has decided to use the net to reach out to audiences that extensively use…
Two very different stories caught my attention today. Both are related to media coverage. One was in the Indian Express by Rajat Sharma, of India TV, quoting a former Army Chief – who had come into the channel to advice producers &…
Like most others in blogosphere, I too read Barkha Dutt’s passionate defense of reportage on News Channels. My first response was to Fisk it. Wikipedia quotes Eric S. Raymond from the the Jargon File: A point-by-point refutation of a blog entry or…
A friend called me up after this post. “not fair” he said. “Pimps are honest – they tell you what they do and how much they charge”. So i apologise to all the pimps who may be offended by that post. I…
The last post gathered a flurry of comments on both this blog and on FB where i reposted it. There hasn’t been a single comment supporting the media. Kishore Ajwani wrote in : This is Kishore Ajwani. I apologise to all of…
The glee and irresponsibility with which the media handled [tag]26/11[/tag] was watched by all. but, at what cost? On the first night – there was [tag]CNN IBN[/tag] giving a blow by blow account of the movement of the Rapid Action Force commando’s….