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Journalism of Courage
Team captain?
Aaj Tak has acquired a new look. Or rather face. The news programme we always associated with S.P.Singh is now in the hands of Dibang. He8217;s not new. He8217;s been with TV Today for quite a while and you might have seen him anchoring Dilli Aaj Tak and Subah Aaj Tak on Doordarshan. Dibang used to work for the Illustrated Weekly of India and The Sunday Times of India before falling for the lure of the box. Asked to describe the difference between the two mediums, Dibang says,8220;Print is like playing tennis and television is like cricket 8211; it8217;s a team effort.8221; To which we can only reply, hope his team plays better than India8217;s!
Funny men
Shekhar Suman and Sajid Khan are best when they are standing up. And cracking jokes. Shekhar on Movers amp; Shakers Sony is doing what no one else does: making fun of our politicians at a time when everyone else is taking them oh so, very seriously! His imitation of Laloo Yadav is so convincing that they should effect a switch. He8217;s a Bihari babu himself. He is less convincing as Sitaram Kesri or Narasimha Rao but then imitating The Pouts is difficult unless you have the lips!
Picture perfect
The good news first. Doordarshan News the channel is so good-looking you want to eat it. Seriously. This is the first time a DD channel has been picture perfect. That8217;s because it is a digital channel. You8217;ve never had such clarity on DD we8217;re talking about the quality of the picture!. The bad news is that hardly anyone is receiving it. Cable operators should beware: Prasar Bharati CEO R.R.Shah has warned those who don8217;t relay DD channels with dire consequences.
Poor show
Star Movies should watch out too. Last week in the 3 pm afternoon movie slot it telecast a 15 film about three brothers and their trysts with love. Which was all very interesting and passionate but it was quite risque and should it have been shown during the afternoon when children watch television 8212; often unattended? With lines such as, 8220;Do you mean to tell me that you are going to stick your 8230;.. into another woman?8221;, we at Tele Express say a firm No.8217;
It8217;s a myth
There are three mythologicals being made on goddess Durga 8211; one by Cinevista, second by Ramanand Sagar and a third by Sanjay Khan. At one point of time there were five epics being made on Lord Ganesha. And two of them even went ahead and shot the pilot episode. One was Shyam Ramanna of Crest Communications and the other Ramnik Patel. Ramanna8217;s serial was called Shri Ganesh and Patel8217;s Jai Ganesh. The latter, we hear had shot around six episodes which has cost him obviously a fortune.
It8217;s now more than two years and there is no sign of Lord Ganesha coming, and surprisingly if sources are to be believed both were approved for Doordarshan. That8217;s why probably its called Door-Darshan!
