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RANGE OF TOPICS: On ‘Let’s Talk.

Talking it through

Malayalam television channels have always had a loyal religious audience for talk shows of all kinds. A new entrant in the list is ‘Let's Talk', a talk show on WE channel, aired on Saturdays... »
A TEAR JERKER: Aamir Khan’s TV show, Satyamev Jayate, has hit the small screen with shocking stories of mothers who struggled to give birth to their girl child, of the killing of unborn girls. Photo: Mohammed Yousuf
May 13, 2012

Aamir jolts the nation's conscience

Aamir Khan is a genius! Only he could have chosen a name for his show so well calculated to touch the heartstrings of all Indians, one that aids to dredge out the latent [?] patriotism with their w... »
Irreverent comic: Jon Stewart’s squiggly eyebrows and stinging sarcasm are hard to miss.
May 9, 2012

The art of faking news

Squiggly comical eyebrows, frequent shouts of a victorious “boo-ya” and of course, the stinging sarcasm. It's hard to miss these even if you have watched just one episode of The Daily Show with... »
New Delhi, May 7, 2012

Aamir's TV debut gets thumbs up from celebrities

Superstar Aamir Khan's much anticipated TV debut ‘Satyamev Jayate' got a thumbs up from the Hindi film industry. On Sunday morning, the celebrities took to their Twitter account an... »
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May 5, 2012

Straddling screens

The promos announcing the arrival of ‘Aahaa,' Vijay TV's new mega opening tomorrow, makes me curious for at least two reasons. That Suresh Krissna, who directed the feel-good feature with the same... »
May 3, 2012

New serials on Vijay TV

Two new soaps will hit the small screen from Monday, May 7. 7C School life takes centre stage in this serial. The students of 7th Standard C section are quite notorious an... »
May 1, 2012

Reality check

The Indian version of the “X-Factor” began at the end of this month last year and came to a close in September. Each week, one contestant was eliminated. The show has been designed by Simon Cowell... »
Srinagar, April 24, 2012

New online radio station for Kashmiri music

Kashmiri diaspora spread across the world can now enjoy Kashmiri music anytime as a Canada- based organisation has launched the world’s first and only online radio station - RadioKash.com. »
Food and royalty Chandrachur Singh in action
April 21, 2012

Singh in the kitchen!

He ignited audience hope with “Maachis”, but shortly fizzled out. After a forgettable role in “Chaar Din Ki Chandni”, Chandrachur Singh will be seen in a cookery show on Food Food channel, where... »
HAPPY FOODIE Manish Mehrotra
April 18, 2012

A delicious victory

Chef Manish Mehrotra won NDTV Good Times' cooking reality show “Foodistan” recently. In the final Manish defeated Pakistan's chef Poppy Agha. Manish says, “I am very excited to win this competitio... »
Christopher Ward
April 13, 2012

Long after the music stopped

We know this part of the story: On April 15, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank, claiming the lives of 1500 passengers and crew. We've heard about the shortage of lifeboats and the heroic ba... »

Imagine TV winds up operations

Bytes of flavour

Sai on radio

Small Talk: Small screen's big event

The making of a superhero

Modern-day Homer's unapologetic epic

The prime time experience

May 13, 2012

Will the show be the game-changer?

The perfectionist Aamir Khan has done it again. While watching his new venture Satyamev Jayate on television, I felt a strong current of emotions wash over me, there was a lump in my throat... »
WITH HIS BEST FRIENDS Your pet is your companion, not your show-off trophy, Keith reminds us
May 8, 2012

Offbeat path to furry love

“I cannot invest in work that my heart is not into,” says VJ and model Keith Sequeira. “Heavy Petting” that is currently being aired on NDTV GoodTimes is right up his alley. An ardent dog lover, K... »
Aamir Khan interacts with media in Mumbai on Sunday.
Mumbai, May 7, 2012

‘I am no one to solve issues, I can only highlight them'

Elated by the response to his television debut on Sunday, actor Aamir Khan said he would bring up more issues on the show Satyamev Jayate, but he does not see himself as a change-maker. »
Another hit in the offing?
May 5, 2012

Showcase: Tales from Bharat

Bharat yatras haven't got themselves a good rep of late, thanks to Rahul Gandhi's many rural expeditions that didn't quite pay off at the Uttar Pradesh hustings. Aamir Khan enters the equal... »
Actor Aamir Khan
interacting with the
media in Kochi on
Wednesday. Photo: Vipin Chandran
Kochi, May 3, 2012

I am extremely emotional: Aamir

Actor Aamir Khan, who is on a countrywide promo tour in the run-up to his debut mini-screen game show ‘Satyamev Jayate' that will soon be simultaneously telecast on eight language channels of the S... »
NEW YORK, April 27, 2012

Coming soon: a documentary on Liverpool

Liverpool has granted behind-the-scenes access for a six-episode documentary series. U.S. channel Fox Soccer said on Thursday that Our Liverpool - Never Walk Alone will air thi... »
Man of many words: Roshan Abbas
April 23, 2012

Anchored in

Actor, television presenter, radio jockey, jokester, theatre artiste and now turned director, Roshan Abbas is busy working on his next film, NH8: a dark and gritty tale based in New Delhi. »
Manoj Manayil is the producer of the show 'Kanamarayathu' aired on Mazhavil Manorama.
April 19, 2012

Kindling hope

Amidst glitzy reality shows and fluffy film-based programmes on television, it is easy for a solemn programme that delves into a subject like ‘missing children' to vanish without a trace... »
UNFADED Ballard’s memories of the day when he first discovered the wreckage of the Titanic remain clear
April 13, 2012

Save the Titanic

Long before R.M.S Titanic was made popular with James Cameroon's Oscar award-winning film “Titanic”, Robert Duane (Bob) Ballard discovered its wreckage after almost three decades of intensive explo... »
Kamal hosting 'Samagamam.'
Thiruvananthapuram, April 12, 2012

Quick Five: Close encounters

Filmmaker Kamal is known as a creative person with sense and sensitivity. For the first time, the film director steps into the role of an anchor of a television programme with Amrita TV's ‘Sama... »

Small Talk: Soap sensibility

A style of his own

Travel to eat

The balancing act

Music unplugged

Keeping the audience hooked