From re-launching life OK as Star Bharat with inspiring new stories, to the comeback of popular actors and reality shows, to adapting a Turkish show and TEDx format for TV, the channels has lots to offer in terms of fresh content, says Sangeeta Yadav
After debuting with Dil Dariya, Fauji, Circus and hosting shows like India Poochega Sabse Shaana KaunIJ, Shah Rukh Khan will take over TV yet again, this time with TED Talks India: Nayi Sochi. Airing inspiring stories to ignite nayi soch, King Khan will be speaking to humble achievers, the first episode being on Javed Akhtar talking about writing for iconic films. Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google Inc, will follow with a virtual interaction through a robot beam. October on Star Plus will be exciting.
Then there’s Season 11 of controversial reality show Bigg Boss from October 1. the theme — Padosis is new but the host Salman Khan old. Shilpa Shinde, Abhishek Malik, Dhinchak Pooja, Harsh Beniwal, Pearl V Puri and Sana Saeed are expected in the House, which will be having an underground jail to house secret contestants.
Director Vikram Bhatt’s movie project will now be on air as a TV show titled Ishq Gunaah on Star Plus this month-end. It will mark the comeback of Sanjay Kapoor to TV after 13 years. Kapoor will play a widower in love with a younger girl, a role initially assigned to Samir Soni.
The remake of Turkish show Ask-I-Memnu will have Smriti Kalra and Niki Aneja Walia returning after 11 years.
Star India has revamped life OK as Star Bharat themed around ‘Fearless India’ which will showcase inspirational fictional stories. Om Shanti Om, airing every Saturday and Sunday at 9 pm is already on air celebrating devotional music and debuting Baba Ramdev as maha judge.
Set against the backdrop of Mathura, Ayushman Bhav is making waves around an eight-year-old Krish (played by Ricky Patel) who seeks justice for the crimes committed against him in past life. The revenge drama airs Monday to Friday, 9:30 pm.
Meanwhile, after plunging into TV last year with Naamkaran, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt is all set to tell another rebellious love story with Tu Aashiqui on Colors. Produced by Bhatt, the show stars Jannat Zubair Rahmani and Ritvik Arora in the lead as musicians Pankti and Ahaan. Gauri Pradhan returns to TV as Pankti’s mother Anita whose greed will spoil the romance. The show is inspired from the movie Aashiqui 2 and also from Hollywood’s Endless love starring Brooke Shields.
Small screen hearthrob Arjun Bijlani, last seen in Naagin and Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil, will be playing a revengeful husband in Ishq Mein Mar Jawan on Colors. The show will have newcomer Aalisha Panwar playing Aarohi whose deep-rooted love for Deep will create a chain of events that challenge her life. The show is loosely based on Sridevi starrer Chaalbaaz.
Kavita Barjatya and Kushik Ghatak bring you Half Marriage on &TV, starring Reshma Tipnis and Satyajit Sharma in grey shades and newcomers Priyanka Purohit and Tarun Mahilani in lead roles. Set in Kanpur, the story revolves around Chandni and Arjun who are pushed into a political marriage of convenience. The show goes on air from September 25, 2017 at 7:30 pm replacing Ek Vivaah Aisa Bhi.
With a cute romantic love story of a Maharashtrian boy and a Punjabi girl, Zee TV is all set to launch Dil Dhoondhta Hai. Starring Shivya Pathania as Raavi, last seen in Rishta Saajhedari Ka, and Marathi TV actor Stavan Shinde as Vishy, the show talks about the classic struggle of the Indian middle class that resides in small houses but dreams big. It will raise pertinent questions about community living.