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Faced with lack of original content, television networks across India have resorted to deploying mythology shows and are continuing to increase the share of such content even as viewership for it is receding. The Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) on Friday said the overall viewership continued its southward journey despite the lockdown continuing in large parts of the country, but it is still up compared to the pre-COVID levels. National broadcaster Doordarshan had adopted a strategy to telecast Hindu-mythology based shows like Ramayana and Mahabharata in the early days of the lockdown which paid handsomely by catapulting the channel to the top of the rating chart. The lockdown has stopped all the production activities, hitting new content generation. In data for the week ended May 22, the BARC said the total mythology-based programming stood at 1,671 hrs for the week, which is more than double that of the 777 hrs before the lockdown began. The fastest growth was in the … [Read more...] about TV networks turn to mythology shows as lockdown hampers new content production

The source also reveals that the channel even explored the option of bringing TKSS back on air. “The channel wanted the original cast to go back to Kapil’s show, and they could have continued with TKSS, only if the entire team agreed upon that. But that’s not happening because the team that is working with Kapil right now is the same team that made Mad In India [Sunil’s previous show], so nobody really agreed,” informs the source. … [Read more...] about Sunil Grover’s show to replace Krushna Abhishek’s Drama Company?

Several theories and reports about popular comedian and TV show host Kapil Sharma’s “illness” have been doing the rounds for months now. What started soon after the infamous Kapil Sharma-Sunil Grover on-flight spat back in March 2017 evolved into mud-slinging and blame-shifting, with reports suggesting that Kapil misbehaved with his fellow colleagues, how he would not turn up on the sets of his TV show, The Kapil Sharma Show (which has now temporarily gone off-air), and that he made Bollywood stars such as Vidya Balan, Arjun Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur, among others, wait for hours, as his show’s shooting was delayed, or sometimes even cancelled, like in the case of Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma (during Jab Harry Met Sejal promotions). Even as several of these accusations on Kapil were denied by the celebs, his co-stars and fellow film and TV industry friends and well-wishers, fans have been wondering what has gone wrong with the … [Read more...] about Kapil Sharma breaks silence: I’m not done yet. Please bear with me. Please pray for me

Sen uses the real first names of his actors and gives them his own surname. The message couldn’t be clearer — these people are us. The Sens could have easily given the boy a separate room in their large house, like they offer his father when he comes to collect his son’s belongings. Towards the end, when the boy’s father comes up to take the husband Anjan’s leave and raises his hand, Anjan flinches, expecting to be slapped. But the man is only folding his hands in a namaste. Yet, by then, we know that Anjan deserves the slap. … [Read more...] about COVID-19, domestic labour and the problem of the ‘noble servant’ in cinema

“The title track of this show has meant so much to countless young music aspirants. It holds a special place in the heart of every fan of this epic franchise, me included — so when it came to reinventing the track, I knew I had a tough task on my hands,” said Amaal. … [Read more...] about ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ turns 25, will get new title track by Amaal and Armaan Malik