Lights – at Film City
July 10, 2007I love the shoot floor. The activity. The entropy. The sense of something being created. The feeling of building something. And there is nothing like the day before the shoot.
Category: TV
Speed Jamming
July 9, 2007Control Room put up for the Show at film city The show – "[tag]Coca Cola Speed Jamming[/tag]" The venue – Studio number 15, Film City The Date – 7th July (yeah! we actually shot on 7.7.7 and that was by default, not…
Weekend Viewing
May 21, 2007Most TV people I know consume very little of the medium. And, I am no exception. Partly it is the hours that I keep, and partly is the fact that [tag]saas bahu[/tag] has no appeal to me. And the thought of watching…
KBC 3 week 1 – A review
January 29, 2007It rocked. And it rolled. And, as my mother pointed out, the highest density of dimples that any show in the world can ever claim. Man, the smiles and the dimples were out full force – and if nothing else, I will…
KBC 3 – Back to a Small Screen Near You
January 21, 2007India’s biggest show, with India’s biggest star. Not the grandfather of the nation – as AB was, but everyone’s ‘favourite son’ The key question is will SRK’s persona and charisma overcome audience fatigue on the format and recapture the 9 to 10…
Much Ado about Nothing
January 18, 2007Anyone who participates in a show like [tag]Big Brother[/tag] or [tag]Survivor[/tag] knows that it is not a civilized tea party. It is visceral, viscious and violent (emotionally). The show is about being ‘ugly’ and letting it all hang out. Can you imagine…
Shilpa has Arrived
January 17, 2007[tag]Gordon Brown[/tag], who is currently visiting India, should seriously contemplate hiring [tag]Shilpa Shetty[/tag]’s publicist. An actress actor, who really hasn’t been doing too much work of late – is suddenly catapulted into international limelight! Attracting overwhelming public sympathy; blogs by luminaries no…
Flavoured C*ndoms & Good Taste
November 4, 2006There are things that you can live down, and there are things that you can’t. Our esteemed censor board chairperson, Sharmila Tagore’s comment on the XXX Flavoured Condoms ad: "The campaign is not in good taste" gives a whole new twist to…
Take Home Wife
September 19, 2006Tellychakkar profiling Parakh Madan – the lead of [tag]Star One[/tag]’s new show [tag]Saathi Re[/tag] , “I play a girl next door- simple, calm, mature and docile who belongs to a Gujarati family. She’s an ideal take-home bahu who respects her family. She…
Worth Watching – Brief History of Disbelief
September 14, 2006This series is about the disappearance of something – religious faith. Its the story of what is often referred to as athiesm – the history of the growing convinction that God does not exist…. Thus begins the 3 part BBC series –…