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The lure of the small screen

“In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes”. Andy Warhol And what better way to achieve this 15 minutes of fame than via TV. It’s...

From anonymity to stardom

Pankaj Bhadouria who was working as a teacher for the past 16 years in Lucknow is a household name today. She quit her job to take part in the...

Move over ladies...the men are back!

Flip through your fave shows on air today and the chances are that in 6 out of the ten shows you will chance upon a male lead who is the focal point...

Har promo kuch kehta hain...

When a show is ready to launch the channel pulls out all the stops to promote it. In the current times when competition is so intense on TV it’s very...

Inspired TV titles. Quick recall value or lack of creativity?

Gone are the days when creative/original/thematic titles were used for shows. In fact many a times a specialist was hired to come up with a title for...

The baffling dichotomy between ratings and quality

Let me begin by asking a simple question that I fail to find any answer to…is there any connection between ratings and quality? The more I try to...

Wake up and smell the coffee...it's time to get real!

Akshay Kumar who was recently hosting KKK 4 asked contestant Smita Bansal (Sumitra of Balika Vadhu) why actors on TV shows woke up in the morning...

All brawn and no brains makes Jack a bad actor

Not only are we seeing more ‘intelligent’ shows on television but the actors on many of our shows are also changing. Initially all one needed was a...

It takes three to tango

Love sells and more the love the more it sells. Love stories – be it on the big or small screen – have always been a safe bet. The audience has...

The lure of the small screen

“In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes”. Andy Warhol And what better way to achieve this 15 minutes of fame than via TV. It’s...

From anonymity to stardom

Pankaj Bhadouria who was working as a teacher for the past 16 years in Lucknow is a household name today. She quit her job to take part in the...

Move over ladies...the men are back!

Flip through your fave shows on air today and the chances are that in 6 out of the ten shows you will chance upon a male lead who is the focal point...

Har promo kuch kehta hain...

When a show is ready to launch the channel pulls out all the stops to promote it. In the current times when competition is so intense on TV it’s very...

Inspired TV titles. Quick recall value or lack of creativity?

Gone are the days when creative/original/thematic titles were used for shows. In fact many a times a specialist was hired to come up with a title for...

The baffling dichotomy between ratings and quality

Let me begin by asking a simple question that I fail to find any answer to…is there any connection between ratings and quality? The more I try to...

Wake up and smell the coffee...it's time to get real!

Akshay Kumar who was recently hosting KKK 4 asked contestant Smita Bansal (Sumitra of Balika Vadhu) why actors on TV shows woke up in the morning...

All brawn and no brains makes Jack a bad actor

Not only are we seeing more ‘intelligent’ shows on television but the actors on many of our shows are also changing. Initially all one needed was a...

It takes three to tango

Love sells and more the love the more it sells. Love stories – be it on the big or small screen – have always been a safe bet. The audience has...