KBC 2
August 6, 2005…. ouch a yawn. I loved the KBC promotions. The rap featuring Bachchan – don’t lose hope is the moral of the story was entertainment at its best. If the purpose was to get audiences to tune it – it worked. It’s…
Category: TV
Dial One aur Jeeto
July 10, 2005Finally went on in its new avtaar from the 4th of July at Film City. Studio number 10 is our home for the next 3 months atleast. It is from this studio that we daily make (executive produce) and transmit India’s first…
Children’s Viewing
July 9, 2005I was skipping through channels today and chanced across Hungama – the childrens’ channel. Govinda was gyrating with some semi nude babe – the movie called Joru ka Ghulam What kind of Children’s viewing is this?
The Death of Star Trek
May 16, 2005Star Trek is finally dead. Author Orson Scott Card says it is about time. In a irritated write up in the LA Times he lists all things that were wrong about it. Especially the fans’ obsession. They started making costumes and wearing…
Disruptive Programming – Dial One aur Jeeto
March 20, 2005This post first appeared on Media Musings on the 17th of Feb. sheer laziness (or is it inertia) that prevented me from posting it here! For the last few months we have been working closely with Sahara One to develop a show…
Disruptive Programming
February 10, 2005This has been the focus of my life over the last two months. how does one create a half an hour on television that disrupts every other channels’ viewing pattern? We have something in place which should go on Sahara One very…
Cry Telethon
January 24, 2005the age of fund raising has arrived in India and the Indian people have proved more than willing to put their money where their mouth is and donate for those who have less than them. The Gujarat earth quake a few years…
Reality Bites
October 13, 2004read about this bizzare gameshow in China – of all places – where contestants on an entertaiment show were asked to guess how many children died in Beslan. Pravda– yes it has survived the fall of the Soviet Union – reports: The…
The height of Irony
October 12, 2004Star’s new teaser campaign: given that Star has single handedly managed to turn many of us into non TV watchers – spearheading the dreadful Saas Bahu Sagas – i find their campaign highly ironical
Jassi gets a stamp of her own
September 3, 2004assi the ugly duckling – soon to turn into a swan – has now a new feather in her cap – the Indian postsal department is launching a stamp in her honour. I kid you not. A stamp for a star of…