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Indian TV Channels Urged To Stop Reality Shows Depicting Animal Abuse

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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>  </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">NEW DELHI, India (NNN-Bernama) - Entertainment channels that feature reality shows depicting scenes of live insects being eaten and animals being abused have been asked to stop airing such programmes, Press Trust of India reported</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) said several TV</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">programmes were exploiting animals, birds and insects for the sake of entertainment and said such content might create the wrong impression among viewers</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">BCCC, a self-regulatory body for Non-News Channels, said many entertainment channels airing reality shows were exhibiting content "extremely harmful" to animals. The Council covers about 235 TV networks</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>"</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For instance, live insects are eaten to show courage in a manner that is distasteful. A few channels have a reality show where animals are killed week after week and animal parts like sheep eyeballs and worms are eaten to show one's bravery," the BCCC said in an advisory issued on Friday</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The BCCC said it was disturbing that "some channels rope in popular movie stars in serials in which animals are shown as being stalked, teased, tails being pulled at, food being pulled away etc and is veritable torture of animals as an act of bravery</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>." </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The advisory said not only were animals hurt and killed before, during and post filming, in many cases animals, especially reptilian and wild mammalian, were depicted as cruel and fearful when in fact they were placed in unnatural environments where their natural behaviour was repressed</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It added that such incorrect depiction led to "wrong impressions being created and the spreading of unfortunate myths</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>." </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="direction: ltr; text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>“</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We advise TV channels not to produce, purchase or broadcast content that is in any way harmful to the health and well being of any species," BCCC said</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><span dir="RTL"></span>. </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">-- NNN-BERNAMA</span><span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS";"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Indian TV Channels Urged To Stop Reality Shows Depicting Animal Abuse

NEW DELHI, India (NNN-Bernama) - Entertainment channels that feature reality shows depicting scenes of live insects being eaten and anim...

New Show to Chronicle History of Indian Television

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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">NEW DELHI (NNN-Bernama) -- A new show titled `Inside Indian Television` is all set to revisit the history and transformation of the small screen over the years, Press Trust of India (PTI).<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The show, being produced by superstar Shah Rukh Khan`s Red Chillies Entertainment, will also take a look at the meteoric rise of television.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"I am a child of the TV era. I have seen television undergo a huge transition for the last 20 years since the beginning of satellite TV in 1984. No one has ever chronicled the history of TV before and in this show we look back at the industry," Samar Khan, production head at Red Chillies TV division, told PTI.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The show will give a sneak peek into the success of television in India and provide an in-depth analysis about the current scenario in the television space," he added.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The show, to be aired on Discovery channel, will bring together stars including Shah Rukh, Kamal Hassan, Anupam Kher, Ekta Kapoor, Smriti Irani and Sakshi Tanwar, who will recount their small screen experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"TV has seen the birth of actors like Smriti Irani, Sakshi Tanwar, Ronit Roy. They owe their career to TV. We included Ekta Kapoor because it is unthinkable to do something about TV and not include her as she has had a very important role in shaping modern TV," said Samar, who has also directed films like ‘Shaurya’ and ‘Kuch Meetha Ho Jaye’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"Shah Rukh began his career with TV. He was a natural choice for us. He is someone who has made a successful transition from TV to films. He is a superstar but he is not shy to go back to TV again.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">"We included Kamal Haasan to give the regional point of view to the show and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">also Zee TV`s Subhash Goel, who is the pioneer of satellite TV in India," he added.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The show will premiere on May 4 at 8pm. -- NNN-BERNAMA<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

New Show to Chronicle History of Indian Television

NEW DELHI (NNN-Bernama) -- A new show titled `Inside Indian Television` is all set to revisit the history and transformation of the small ...

Stalin’s grandson files defamation suit against Russian TV host

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">MOSCOW</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"> (RIA Novosti)-Joseph Stalin’s grandson, Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Channel One television host Vladimir Pozner, who maintains that Stalin authorized the killing of thousands of Polish POWs in the 1940 Katyn massacre, Dzhugashvili's lawyer said on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">During his TV show broadcast on October 24, Pozner said that “several thousand innocent Polish officers were shot and killed [in Katyn].”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">In fact, more than 20,000 Polish officers, police and civilians taken prisoner during the 1939 partitioning of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Poland</st1:country-region> by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were executed by the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, in Katyn, near the Western Russian city of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Smolensk</st1:place></st1:city>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">During his show, Pozner described the killing of the officers as a “heinous crime” that took place “on [NKVD chief Lavrenty] Beria’s recommendation, and certainly with Stalin’s sanction.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Dzhugashvili has demanded that the host refute his statements, lawyer Sergei Strygin said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">“My client believes that the information that Stalin approved the shooting in Katyn of several thousand innocent Polish officers is false and offends the honor and dignity of this grandfather,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Dzhugashvili has also dismissed Pozner’s “statements that the Soviet authorities committed a heinous crime and that all Polish officers – each and all – who were captured by the Red Army starting from September 17, 1939, were shot dead,” the lawyer said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">The <st1:place w:st="on">Soviet Union</st1:place> always blamed the massacre on the Nazis, saying the killings took place in 1941, when the territory was in German hands. However, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev formally admitted in 1990 that the executions took place around 1940, and were carried out by the NKVD.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">In the 1990s, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region> handed over to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Poland</st1:country-region> copies of documents from top-secret File No.1, which placed the blame squarely on the <st1:place w:st="on">Soviet Union</st1:place>. In November last year, the lower house of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Russia</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s parliament approved a declaration recognizing the Katyn massacre as a crime committed by Joseph Stalin's regime.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Pozner’s statements during his Monday’s show have prompted a row between the host and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">In an interview last week, Lavrov said Russia was “ready to consider an absolutely natural request [by the massacred Poles' relatives] on the exoneration of these people,” adding that the issue “should be resolved so as to satisfy the families of the Polish victims and at the same time keep within the bounds of Russian law.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Relatives of the Polish POWs are involved in an ongoing lawsuit against <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region> over the Katyn case, which was closed in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Russia</st1:place></st1:country-region> in 2004 without the victims’ exoneration.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">During his show, Pozner criticized the delay in exonerating the Poles, saying that statements from the Russian authorities that they were “ready to consider” the issue sounded “very strange.”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Lavrov has disputed that characterization, saying he was quoted out of context. <o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Stalin’s grandson files defamation suit against Russian TV host

©flickr.com/ x-ray_delta_one MOSCOW (RIA Novosti)-Joseph Stalin’s grandson, Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, has filed a defamation lawsuit again...

Contestant Wins $1 Million on Indian Game Show

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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A computer operator from an impoverished region of eastern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> has become the first contestant to win the $1 million top prize on the Indian version of the television quiz show <b>Who Wants to be a Millionaire</b>? <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Sushil Kamar accomplished the feat during a taping of the popular show Tuesday, which is set to air November 2.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">He earns $130 a month as a computer operator and tutor, and says he will use some of his winnings to prepare for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s tough civil service exam.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, who hosts the show, said on his blog that Kamar's win was an “incredible feat” and that the excitement in the studio was “unimaginable.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Previous contestants have won the show's top prize, but when it was set at a lower amount. ---VOA News<o:p></o:p></span></i></div></div>

Contestant Wins $1 Million on Indian Game Show

A computer operator from an impoverished region of eastern India has become the first contestant to win the $1 million top prize on the In...

SAB TV launches romantic Comedy Chintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story

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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">SAB TV launches romantic Comedy Chintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story featuring Rajesh Kumar & Divyanka Tripathi. The show is based in Bhopal and has a small town feel to it. The story of Chintu & Chinki revolves around their innocent love for each other.</span></i>  </b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b>Divyanka Tripathi & Rajesh Kumar in new show on SAB TV</b></span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Indore-<a href="http://www.indiaprwire.com/">India PRwire</a>-- A simple yet relatable light hearted romantic comedy titled Chintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story is the latest offering from SAB TV, India's leading family comedy entertainment channel. With a fresh concept & interesting pairing of Rajesh Kumar & Divyanka Tripathi as lead pair the show will premiere every Mon-Fri at 8:00 pm on SAB TV.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-Girlfriends-Boyfriend/dp/B004EKMIIY?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="My Girlfriend's Boyfriend" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B004EKMIIY&tag=glob036-20" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004EKMIIY" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />The show is based in Bhopal and has a small town feel to it. The story of Chintu & Chinki revolves around their innocent love for each other. Chintu is a simple, innocent, guy next door who's loved in and around his neighborhood. On the other hand Chinki is a beautiful, lovely and a shy girl with charming nature and a kind heart. The story progresses when a chance meeting leads to a journey for their search of true love. Both the protagonists come from families with two different perspectives. Chintu's grandfather is against love marriage and other hand Chinki's grandmother believes in love. What follows is a roller coaster ride of Chintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/100-Women/dp/B002OKO37U?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="100 Women" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B002OKO37U&tag=glob036-20" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Speaking on the launch, Mr. NP Singh, COO, MSM<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B002OKO37U" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> said that, "SAB TV is known to be a light hearted family entertainment channel and through our new show we are accomplishing our brand vision by providing our audience with all flavours of light hearted entertainment with a mix of comedy & romance."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Commenting on the same, Mr. Anooj Kapoor, Executive VP & Business Head SAB TV said that, "The show will help us to connect with families across India especially in smaller towns The pairing of Rajesh & Divyanka was earlier appreciated by the viewers and hope we recreate the same magic through our new light hearted romantic comedy."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Five-Past-Midnight-Bhopal-ebook/dp/B00287KD5K?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B00287KD5K&tag=glob036-20" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B00287KD5K" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />Divyanka Tripathi who hails from Bhopal said that, "It's a great opportunity for me as an actor to be part of a show based in Bhopal. I am getting a chance to revisit my past in my own city through the new show on SAB TV. Also, Chinki as a character is an innocent, sweet girl who has strong value system and I can relate to her in so many ways."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Speaking on the launch Rajesh Kumar said that, "It's my third show with SAB TV and I am extremely excited as I have worked very hard to get into the look and had to lose almost 20 kgs to play this character."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/TV-Time-Americas-Classic-Television/dp/B003AFNJYQ?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="TV Time! - America's Classic Television Themes SAB" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B003AFNJYQ&tag=glob036-20" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The show is produced by JD Majethia & Aatish<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003AFNJYQ" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> Kapadia from Hats off Productions & co produced by Rajesh Kumar, Ashish Khurana & Rajat Vyas from 3 cheers production.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Victorious-Music-Hit-TV-Show/dp/B004NCOQSS?ie=UTF8&tag=glob036-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Victorious: Music From The Hit TV Show" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B004NCOQSS&tag=glob036-20" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=glob036-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004NCOQSS" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />Chintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story will bring in a lot of funny and interesting moments that would make the viewers smile and laugh during this beautiful journey of theirs. Come meet Chintu ,Chinki & their families on SAB TV.</span></div></div>

SAB TV launches romantic Comedy Chintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story

SAB TV launches romantic Comedy Chintu Chinki Aur Ek Badi Si Love Story featuring Rajesh Kumar & Divyanka Tripathi. The show is based i...