Posts Tagged ‘Television’

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    Oye Ma$#… it’s a Reality Show baby!
    KRK (right) about to climb on Raju Srivastava (left) with Ismail Darbar in center I guess you, dear readers of PFC, may have seen or heard of this by now. Or Maybe not. I guess I’m the lone ranger following Reality shows (read: trash and loving it) these days. So we have Bigg Boss Season Three. Amitabh Bachchan’s hosting it. It perked my interest (ya ya ya,...
    by oz at October 21st, 2009 at 01:10 pm
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    Doordarshan Ki Aatmakatha
    Kal Jahaan Basti Thi Khushiyaan, Aaj Hai Maatam Wahaan, Waqt Laaya Tha Bahaarein, Waqt Laaya Hai Khizaan… Namashkaar, Aadab, Sat Shri Akaal, Hello… My name is Doordarshan. Naam Toh Sunaa Hoga… After a prolonged stoic silence, I have finally decided to vent my frustration in front of all of you, the discerning public, who have grown up with me, and have subsequently...
    by Satyendra Jha at October 5th, 2009 at 07:10 am
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    Censorship : Do we need watch guards to dictate what we see?
    A reality show in India, based on asking its participants, very pointed questions, as they are hooked to a lie detector machine – has come under fire. From politicians in particular. Since then every media channel, politician or anyone who could get some mileage or not off this, is slapping the front lines with their opinions. TimesNow, like everyone else has not...
    by oz at July 26th, 2009 at 03:07 pm
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    THE GOLDEN ERA of Television
    iView Author: dilnawaz (patna/new delhi, India) Email: syed.tauheed(@)gmail(dot)com THE GOLDEN ERA of Television The era of TV serial making in country began with Harish khanna.the head of doordarshan(dd) khanna,categorically was in favour of entertainment, educational and patriotic content.doordarshan ably carried ahead the responsibility of infotainment media. patriotic...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 28th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
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    The Slap of Reality… (ahem)… TV
    Boy O Boy!!! Reality TV seems to be going somewhere in outer space… Dadagiri, the show on Bindass Channel… Host slaps contestant, Contestant slaps Host, the entire crew of the show joins in the party to pound the contestant… Here’s the episode that may shock some of you. Please keep kids away while watching this, video contains strong language,...
    by oz at September 7th, 2008 at 09:09 am
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    Precedent – the curse of Indian Entertainment
    India is set up to be the most creative place on earth. The diversity of its people is now being accentuated by the variety of mindsets jostling with each other for some kind of supremacy. One of the key ingredients of evolution and creativity is cross-pollination, and India is better endowed for that to happen more than any other country in the world. Our entertainment...
    by Jaideep Varma at March 20th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
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    Just for Fun !
    There is a saying that goes as “ Jab jana to ye jana ki na jana kuch bhi “ [When I got to know something then I realised that I knew nothing]. Nobody can ever know everything but can we start fearing that we can’t know much? We have to enjoy this journey of knowing. How much we know, it does not matter but we are able to continue our journey on knowledge, this brings...
    by Rk at February 11th, 2008 at 02:02 am
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    World Cinema coming home to us
    Seems times are changing at last – for the better, and fast. After all these years of scouring the film festivals and pirated DVD shops (unless we have deep pockets to splurge on the highly-priced original DVDs of foreign films), it seems 2008 is bringing some happy tidings for us, the lovers of world cinema (that is, anything that comes from outside the country...
    by Runumi G at January 25th, 2008 at 01:01 am
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    Simpson Withdrawals
    Life officially stinks. I really mean it. The day job I do is hardly an enriching experience and the only thing other than my passions for making movies that kept me getting up every working day was the fact that there used to be a sitcom line-up in the morning in Star World(English Channel in India and part of Murdoch’s empire). The thing I loved about this line-up...
    by Thermoman formerly known as Deepak at January 22nd, 2008 at 11:01 pm
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    SOMETHING GOOD ON TV
    SOMETHING GOOD ON TV 1. If you want to show your expensive glazed bathroom tiles without inviting anybody at your home; just get a dead cockroach in your bathroom & contact INDIA TV or any Indian news channel – I am sure that Mr. Sharma will cover your dead cockroach as “BREAKING NEWS”. 2. If you have capability to get tears without glycerin; just...
    by Shailesh Limbachiya at January 10th, 2008 at 03:01 am
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    Discoveries of 2007
    Since Its that time of the year when everyone looks back & gives their list of things. I’m gonna do a do a series on them. I’ll start with the best things I discovered this year but which may not necessarily belong to this year. These are books i loved, movies I discovered, music I loved, youtube videos that entertained me. Books - 1) Imperial Life in...
    by Mainak at December 27th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
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    Aaron Sorkin: The Master Screen-Writer.
    “A film is a one night stand but television is a love affair”. That’s Aaron Sorkin when quizzed why he chose to make a television series after having written brilliant movies like A Few Good Men and The American president. This coming from a man who wrote the scene of poetic outburst of Michael J. Fox in the oval office when debating how it is important for a man...
    by ravptor at December 15th, 2007 at 06:12 pm
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    The last cult and the last rites of television !
    iView Author: K.J (New Delhi, India) Email : jainkunal [at]mailcity.com The last cult and the last rites of television Before I begin, I suppose we will all agree on PFC that television programming as it is at present in India is dead. There is absolutely zero creative work done with the medium now. It’s all about money, marketing and regression now. But the world...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at December 5th, 2007 at 03:12 am
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    Panel Discussion of Casting Agents & Producers in LA!!
    Hi Folks, Details of the panel discussion that I am putting together in LA, next Thursday. Panel Discussion on Casting Agents/Producers in LA (aka the folks who can really, really) make all the difference in your creative life: WHERE and WHEN: Thursday, Nov 1, 2007, in Los Angeles.                 Tanzore Restaurant / www.tanzore.com                ...
    by Vivek Kumar at October 28th, 2007 at 12:10 am
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    Television- The Land of Opportunity
    Hi Folks, Here is the irony of the situation. The medium which gave us SRK, the medium which recreated SRK (I would like to believe that being a host of KBC, was the precursor for his “new” avatar in Chak De), the medium which has thrown to us fine directors, the medium which gave a lease of life to AB, the medium which got more fame for Karan than his movies...
    by Vivek Kumar at October 16th, 2007 at 08:10 am
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    Ad Yatra – Voyage into 80s
    The memorable lines of Indian TV Ads of 80s have been grossly underutilized in movie lore. This article pays homage to some of the greatest TV lines of our times. Among the many pleasures of watching Manorama – SFU and Johnny Gaddaar were spotting the tributes to popular culture and influences of the respective film-makers. While it is open to debate, I have always felt...
    by Subrat at October 5th, 2007 at 09:10 am
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    That’s Passion!!!
    One look at it, and you will realize that it is a typical South Indian village. The vista evokes nostalgia in every Anna, Chetta, Thambi and Thamma — the rusty red (Mangalore) terracotta tiled roofs on the cute little row of houses that are huddled together like one single cozy family; the dusty roads, all of them ending in unison near one chowk – the center...
    by wb at August 21st, 2007 at 01:08 am
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    Benegal gets Dada Saheb Phalke
    Hi friends. One great news – Shyam Benegal has been chosen for the Dada Saheb Phalke Award. He truly deserves it for all the great films he has made, though personally I feel he has slowed down a lot bit in recent years. Here’s the official announcement: Shri Shyam Benegal one of the pioneers of new Indian Cinema has been selected for the prestigious Dadasaheb...
    by Runumi G at August 8th, 2007 at 01:08 am
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    PROJEKT iVIEW : The awesomeness of BR Chopra’s Mahabharatha
    iVIEW AUTHOR: Dabba (New York, USA) email: withheld I loved B.R.Chopra’s Mahabharatha growing up (still do and own it) and want to stake a claim that I have seen the entire series more times than anyone else. Other than my mother. But really, 17 times when I was growing up. The entire series. 12 times in hindi, and 5 times in 3 other languages. But now that I...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 13th, 2007 at 11:07 pm
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    PROJEKT iVIEW : Ghosts of Ravan are still alive!!!
    iVIEW AUTHOR: Kumar Gautam (Bombay, India) email: writerdirectorgautam [at] gmail.com The day TV serial Ravan was commissioned by ZEE TV; there was a huge buzz and murmur in industry. People with different mindset had different opinion; How can a leading channel commission a mythological serial in today’s era? Is there any story of Ravan? Isn’t Ravan’s story,...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at July 10th, 2007 at 09:07 am
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    Bat For TAJ MAHAL–Bollywood Ishtyle.
    On 07/07/2007 in Lisbon a new list of seven wonders of the world is going to be announced and our Taj Mahal is in the reckoning.The race is hotting up what with presence of Bipasha Basu amongst the hosts to announce the results! Suddenly everyone is having a rendevous with Taj–a bond, a relationship perhaps. ...
    by krysh at July 1st, 2007 at 04:07 am
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    Of Kings And Cabbages, Of Movie-Moguls And Mangoes.
    This is an exclusive transcript of a short film that has already been selected for the award in one of just-for-the-heck-0f-it festivals even before the competition section films have been finalised.I know it sounds really paradoxical and contradictory as any Bollywood messed up masalas . But what to do. Thats how the world is. And thats how the script is: ...
    by krysh at June 22nd, 2007 at 10:06 am
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    Film Investing Overseas and From There To Here!
    Hi Folks, This post is strictly business. But with more cross border film deals happening both in Bollywood and here in the US, some financial and fiscal guidelines to keep in mind. Firstly if there are any legal (actually this entire write up is on the premise that you are transacting the business legally) exchange of remmuneration i.e. monies paid to artist/crew/filmmaker...
    by Vivek Kumar at April 27th, 2007 at 11:04 am
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    Montage to Planet Earth
    This is probably the best video I’ve played with. Amazing stuff and extraordinary content. I’m talking about “Planet Earth” series. It’s among the best I’ve seen from BBC. “Space” is the other series that I liked. I’m currently watching “Long way round”, “Cosmos”, Adam Curtis’ collection...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at April 24th, 2007 at 11:04 am
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    Pray for me, Brother: reflecting Rahman’s brilliance
    A R Rahman does not stop surprising me. ‘Pray for Me, Brother’ is an exceptional composition. The modulations, especially towards the middle of the song when Rahman reaches a vocal crescendo are out of this world. Gave me goose bumps. Brilliant vocals, mind blowing music, and the presence of the genius make it one in a million. Amazing! One goes deeper and discovers...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 22nd, 2007 at 02:03 am
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    Down with K serials
    Just following up on the ‘domesticated’ comment Amitabh Bachchan made…well not so recently. Reminds me of the K serials! Those dreaded (rather dreadful), awful, disgusting, diatribes against the liberation of women and everything that comes with it. I sometimes wonder if Ekta Kapoor actually believes in whatever she makes. I hope not for if she does then hells nigh!...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 20th, 2007 at 04:03 am
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    Screenwriting Tips from a TV legend
    As fans of hindi cinema, it’s far too often that we find ourselves watching what could have been a good, even great film, but somehow its found a way to disapoint us. 99% of the time its due to poor scripting. And what a damn shame that is. I’ve always believed that you don’t necessarily need a brilliant or even unique story to make a good film. It’s...
    by Tony Mera Naam at March 15th, 2007 at 02:03 pm
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    Cinema going Digital
    21st Century and we are still stuck with the idea of shooting on celluloid film. Well this is true but things are definitly changing now. If I talk about the feature length motion pictures, they are still shot on film because of numerous reasons(we discuss later in the article), but for the documentary, indie film makers and for few others who are not afraid of experimenting,...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at March 6th, 2007 at 03:03 pm
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    SRK, Charm and KBC
    Ok now this is not a well thought out post but rather an instinctive one. Was just watching the second episode of the SRK-hosted KBC with a lot of curiosity as I had missed the first episode and had seen only in bits and pieces on news channels ( These guys can create breaking news out of a fly sitting on Thackeray’s head!). I hate SRK as an actor.I hate him! I...
    by PROJEKT iVIEW at January 23rd, 2007 at 08:01 am
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    You Are Not An Indian, “DAWG”
    P.S : This is not against anyone who follows and adores Big Brother…Its just my Rant….apologies if i cause any buried under the ground nationality that one might have and my this post brings that up and roaring Geeeeeeeeeeez……..WTF is going on…every news channel i browse, every news channel i watch…every blog i read…..damn has...
    by OM at January 18th, 2007 at 08:01 pm
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