TV

True Review TV – It’s All About Power

Coincidentally, both historical dramas ? Bharat Ka Veer Putra ? Maharana Pratap and Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat are poised for a power struggle. Before his death, Udai Singh ha...

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True Review TV – Weekend Special & Moments

The newest show to premier on the weekend is SAB TV?s Police Factory. New recruits, being inducted into the training school, are a mixed bag of a prisoner who has been given t...

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True Review TV - A Classic Revisited

Monday evening saw the start of Life OK?s newest serial -- Ek Tha Chander Ek Thi Sudha, a page out of the best of Hindi literature -- Dharamvir Bharati?s iconic novel, Gunahon...

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True Review TV - Jackson Heights: Diaspora Tales

I am most impressed that Pakistan?s Television industry is tackling Diaspora stories; in that, Jackson Heights on Zindagi is a must see. The stories of the Pakistani immigrant...

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True Review TV - Ghosts Can Be Fun

July and August have seen Life OK bring in two new shows -- Ek Nayi Umeed, a medical drama first telecast in mid -July. With its coherent script, fine star cast and ticking ac...

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True Review TV - New Hope, Old Hand

July has been somewhat satisfying for televiewing, barring a few glitches and peeves. Admittedly, I would doff my cap to Asit Modi, his team of writers and cast of Taarak Meht...

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True Review TV - Intrigues And Valour At Prime Time

I, a history buff, have been drawn to two current shows on weekdays at Prime Time -- Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat on Colors and Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana Pratap on Sony. Coi...

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True Review TV – Life Ok’s Captivating New Hope

Amol Palekar recently shared with an associate his amazement at the meticulousness of the makers of Ek Nayi Umeed: Roshni, wherein the veteran director has made a comeback as ...

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True Review TV - A CREATIVE CHALLENGE

With the Sony Network and Hathway face off, avid viewers of Sony?s Reporters, Dil Ki Baatein Dil Hi Jaane and Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar and SAB TV?s Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chash...

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True Review TV – TV’S BAWA GANG

Mahatma Gandhi is purported to have once said, "In numbers Parsis are beneath contempt, but in contribution, beyond compare." I am quoting Gandhiji on the Parsis only because ...

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KALEIDOSCOPE: THE MUSICAL MAVERICK BY ASHIS GHATAK

Vinta Nanda talks to Ashis Ranjan Ghatak, biographer of ‘The Musical Maverick: The...

March 19 2024

ALTERNATIVE CINEMA: THE CINEMA OF SOUND & CUT

"The Zone of Interest" and the cinema of sound and the cut is what Sharad Raj explores a...

March 17 2024

POLITICS: ALL IN THE NAME OF GOD

Humra Quraishi comments about empty promises being made in political speeches, the polar...

March 16 2024