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Office
Office, that award winning rib tickler
is making a comeback to Indian television
after a hiatus of two years. But this time
round, the show will not air on Sab TV,
the channel it originally launched on, but
on one of the Star channels. There will
be no modifications to the original format
on the show, that will air in the next two
months on either Star Plus or Star One.
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Snapshot
of the first season!
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Eagle Video Films' Rajeev Mehra, the producer
of the show says, "Yes, we are coming
back with Office Office. And it is
going to be the same; there will be no major
changes in the show."
Star India's creative director Shailja
Kejriwal acknowledges that the show will
air on Star, but says it's too early to
say which channel will air the Pankaj Kapoor
starrer.
Ashwini Dhir, the writer who penned the
witticisms that have fetched the show innumerable
accolades, sounds excited as he exclaims,
"Yes, we are coming back! This time,
we will take up more of contemporary issues;
we will be talking about multiplexes and
mobile phones. The look of the show is going
to remain the same and there will be no
alterations as such." The show has
won 11 awards for Sab TV, prominent among
them the Indian Telly Award for best actor,
best sitcom and best promo for sitcom.
Pankaj Kapoor, the bumbling protagonist
of the show, Musaddilal, mostly at the receiving
end of harrowing bureaucracy, says, "It
feels nice to reappear! Office Office is
something very different from the routine
shows on Indian television. I relate to
it as the series revolve around the life
and problems of a common man. And above
all, it's humorous." And no, he isn't
doing any other show on TV.
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Pankaj
Kapur accepting the best actor award
at Indian Telly Awards 2003
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Deven Bhojani who played the crafty Patel
in the original Office Office, will now
be replaced by Vrajesh Hirjee. "It
is scary, man! No actually not scary, but
I am apprehensive. This is because I have
a lot to live up to. Deven is a great actor
and taking his place is enormous. The show
is fabulous, and more than that it is the
bunch of actors who are great fun to be
with. Working with Pankaj is again awesome,
as I have worked with him before."
The unit has already shot three episodes
of the show. They shot 212 episodes in the
first season and won more than 30 awards.
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By RIYA V ANANDWALA |
Posted
on 9 February 2005 5:10 pm
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