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PERFORMANCES NEED RECOGNITION

If one?s watching a serial minutely, what one can?t overlook are those finely nuanced gestures from an actor. Sure credit does go to the director, and the actor merits it too....

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MILESTONES, MAHA EPISODES AND TWISTS

Code Red?s 100 episode milestone is worth taking note of. Pitched against the 10 pm to 11 pm saas-bahu sagas, the channel stuck its ground and kept it going. While any other c...

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TELEVISION?S NEW POSTER GIRL

Priyanka Chopra?s career in Bollywood is anything but over. Always looking for something new, her TV debut in the US series Quantico comes as no surprise.? Miss World 2000 has...

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Courtroom Drama Double Bill

Weekend nights couch potatoes have a choice of crime thrillers and courtroom dramas. Savdhaan India on Life Ok and Crime Patrol on Sony are dramatized real life police cases; ...

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THANK GOD, FOR FRESH CONTENT

Sony Entertainment Television has given viewers a show which could challenge and alter viewing habits away from the standard family melodramas. Its newest show -- Dil Ki Baate...

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FIVE ACTORS, FIVE ROLES

Watching Seema Biswas in Maha Kumbh: Ek Rahasaya, Ek Kahani?...? as Mai Mui, Rudra?s surrogate mother, a thought occurred that it was too trivial a role for an actor who is a ...

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REPORTERS: WHERE’S THE STORY?

I don?t feel at home with Reporters. The look is too glossy, too unreal. The channel head sports a muffler. The editor Kabir is usually in a jacket (wonder why the tie is miss...

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WHEN MOVIES CAME HOME

It was in April 1995, that Indian television viewers experienced the thrill of their first 24 hour Hindi movie channel ? Zee Cinema. The channel indulged the viewers, who till...

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SAAS BAHU AND TRADITION

??India lives in her villages,? is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. ?This isn't the exact quote, though. Gandhiji actually wrote, ?India is not Calcutta and Bombay. India...

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BOLD, BUT NOT BEAUTIFUL

Three months into 2015, two television channels are show casing varied fare. They have taken it on themselves to give viewers a mix of shows ? from the melodramatic soaps to c...

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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE HUMAN FACTOR

Writer Ranjan Das Gupta reflects on emotional intelligence as a human, ethical and socia...

March 6 2026

A LAST CALL FOR THE PLANET

In this in-depth conversation with Vinta Nanda, Fr. Kureethadam Joshtrom reflects on eco...

March 5 2026

FORGOTTEN DANCING QUEEN OF HINDI CINEMA

The Last Dance: Tragedy of a Dancing Queen - Khalid Mohamed narrates the rise and fall o...

March 3 2026