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DID Season 3

Sat – Sun 8.30 P.M.

Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki is a new TV serial on Life Ok. You can watch an inspirational journey of Lakshmi towards realizing her dream through serial. It is a very unique and different kind of story. It is directed Jai Singh. The story is about a middle class girl named Lakshmi. Though, she lives a middle class life, she feels that money is important. She is thinking to marry Arjun who is a rich boy. In order to know Lakshmi’s feelings, he swaps identities with his friend and meets Lakshmi.

Falling Skies

Daily 10.00 P.M.

Science fiction show ‘Falling Skies’ executive produced by Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg (Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List) and co-created with Oscar nominated screenwriter Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) has aired everyday at 10 pm on AXN. ‘Falling Skies’ is set in the aftermath of an all-out invasion of Earth by aliens. Set in the chaotic world left completely devastated by the extraterrestrial attack, Falling Skies picks up six months into the alien occupation where the few survivors have come together outside what is left of key cities in an attempt to fight back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers scavenge for supplies, protect the people in their care, and embark on a guerrilla campaign against the enigmatic and deadly alien force. Humans live in the hope of taking back their home one day and rebuilding their lives.

A Poem is…

Daily Many times

The learning focused block on Disney Channel, Disney Junior, has aired new shows. The shows ‘A Poem is…’ with Chef ZeFronk’ will be played out multiple times daily on the channel. The show A Poem is… is a shortform animated series which has poems for children set to scenes and imagery from Disney classics like Bambi, The Lady and the Trtamp and Dumbo. The poems will be narrated by veteran Bollywood actor Shabana Azmi in hindi and by actor director Suhasini Ratnam in Tamil and Telegu. The show will feature poems from Robert Louis Stevenson, John Howard Payne, AA Milne and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Walt Disney Television International India executive director content and creative Arnab Chaudhuri said, “The launch of these new series further demonstrates Disney Junior’s dedication to programming that highlights the importance of great, heartfelt storytelling with learning components, including poetry and life skills.” Apart from the new shows, Disney Junior will also release a magazine and DVDs of its content and activities in the future.

Ruk Jana Nahi

Mon – Fri 6.30 P.M.

Ruk Jana Nahi is a new TV serial on Star Plus in which you will experience a tale of a simple girl and her new path to service in the society. This is a new series to emphasize the power of Indian female. Concept, story and screenplay have been scored by Kamal Pandey. The series has been directed by Santram Verma and produced by Kamal Pandey (Kamadgiri Productions). Story of Ruk Jaana Nahin is located in Banaras. It covers the finest aspect of college life also. It is a youth (basically inspiration for female youth) oriented series. Ruk Jaana Nahin covers the basic aspects of ragging, elections and students activities in the college. It is the journey of Saanchi who fights all odds of her personal life, student life and professional life towards becoming a lawyer.

Big Switch Season 3

Sunday 7.00 P.M.

UTV Bindass brings third series of Big Switch: Life without Daddy Ka Paisa.UTV Bindass business head Keith Alphonso said, “The Bindass Big Switch format is a path breaking concept with a very purposive goal. We bring to life an experience of change – a change in perception, in experience of transition and a chance at reformation. With its one-of-akind twist Big Switch 3 will bring alive the spirit of youth and unearth the ‘can-do-will-do’ in all of us.” The channel has once again roped in Woodland as the title sponsor for the show. The show will see participation of eight youngsters who get a chance to reform themselves and make themselves worthy of the luxuries without their parents’ money. The contestants would have to survive 20 days in a penthouse and would be responsible for running errands, doing household work and even earn a living by doing various tasks. The weakest contestant at the end of every task would be eliminated.

Zindagi Kahey; Smile Please

Everyday 8.40 P.M.

Zindagi Kahe Smile Please is a new series based on the comical theme surrounded by family drama. The Show is introduced by Vipul D. Sah. Produced by Optimystix Productions, the show ‘Zindagi Kahey; Smile Please’ has the concept of ‘money is not everything’. The story focuses around two families and highlights that love, care and trust are the important factors of happy life. Balika Vadhu fame Fahad Ali and Dheeraj Dhoopar aka Ansh of ‘Maat Pitah ke Charno Main Swarg’ fame will play the lead roles in the show, whereas Additi Gupta who shot to fame with ‘Kish Desh Mein Hain Mera Dil’ will play the female lead in the show. Buzz is that the story will make love triangle between Additi Gupta, Dheeraj Dhoopar and Fahad Ali. Apart from the lead cast, Kiran Karmarkar who had essayed the iconic role of Om in ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki’ is set to make a comeback after a long hiatus with this show.

Wrecked

Coming Soon

Discovery Turbo, the channel dedicated to speed, brings a new reality series, ‘Wrecked’, featuring the employees of cautionary tale of a young woman through “Dil Se Di Dua… Saubhagyavati Bhava?” The story is based on the struggle of Jahnvi. She faces the worst fears of her life after getting married. She gets an overpossessive and abusive husband named Viraj. Viraj is suave and charming from the outside but he is very different from the inside. Viraj is the perfect husband by everyone. But Jahnvi faces the irrational side of Viraj. Will Jahnvi be able to survive with him? Will she be able to change him? Watch ‘Saubhagyavati Bhava?’ on Life Ok every night. The story covers the domestic violence also. Story of Saubhagyavati Bhava makes viewers aware about the basic aspects of human life.

MTV Chat House

Sun & Thurs 7.00 P.M.

MTV Chat House is a new reality TV Show and it has been designed to tell people about their virtual life and real life. In the age of social networking and internet, people are living their lives virtually. The Show redefines one of the biggest towing services as they deal with accidents, flipped big rigs, and cars out of control during ice storms, rain and other nasty weather. The series highlights the strong men and women of the industry and the dangers they face daily. Bill runs O’Hare Towing with his wife Marci and his brother Joey, a fleet of high tech trucks and a team of dedicated drivers who risk their lives every day, ready to respond at amoment’s notice to the next big wreck.

Saubhagyavati Bhava

Daily 10.00 P.M.

Saubhagyavati Bhava is a new TV serial on Life Ok and scheduled to air everynight at 10. You can watch a the meaning of friendship. Chat House is to make virtual life very real. It has been designed on a very new format where Chat Masters will live for 60 days in a chat room. They will be kept completely detached from the real world. There will be only 12 contestants to communicate with them. But Chat Masters will not be able to see them in their real avatar. They will meet the avatars of contestants. Chat Masters have to make maximum numbers of friends to win the show.

“SOAPS & SERIALS KA TADKA– Must watch of the month” will be a regular in our every issue. In this, we attempt to list down shows that are worth your watch for the benefit of our readers. To facilitate this, all channels are requested to send in the details programmes so that we can showcase them through our feature.