Satyamev Jayate: A surprise awaits in episode 3

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New Delhi: With the 22-second teaser out, speculations have arisen about the third episode of much talked about show 'Satyamev Jayate'. The short and crisp promo shows the host Aamir Khan talking about the passion of Indians. Khan deliberately denies cricket or movies to be the passion referring to some thing else (still unrevealed).

The chat show, whose earlier two episodes dealt with social issues like female infanticide and child abuse, has marked a milestone with 90 million viewer ship, highest ever for any Indian TV Show.

Sushmita Mukherjee to feature in 'Madhubala'

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New Delhi: Actress Sushmita Mukherjee, fondly remembered as the Kitty of the 1980s show "Karamchand", is set to feature in "Madhubala - Ek Ishq, Ek Junoon" that will go on air on Colors May 28.

Her character, Daima, will be that of a lady, who in the olden days, was a substitute to a doctor or nurse. She makes an entry when she is called to predict the gender of a child of a pregnant woman.

Judges, not contestants get the cash on TV shows

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Los Angeles: Time was when TV talent shows set out to turn wannabes into stars. These days? Not so much. It's the celebrity judges who are raking in the cash and using TV contests not only as a way to re-launch a fading career, but to further boost a thriving one.

For music stars in an era of weak record sales, the trend spells victory for their bank account, but for fans and the music industry always hungering for a new star, it's a loss. And for TV networks, the once cheap-to-produce shows are ever more expensive, yet they don't always pay off in bigger audiences.

Indian superhero Shaktimaan gets animated

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New Delhi: Popular superhero Shaktimaan, who ruled the television in the late 90's has now been recreated in animation. The show is currently being broadcast on Nick and soon the series will be distributed internationally. Six times Emmy award winning writer Jeffrey Scott has penned down the scripts for Shaktimaan in Animation.

"Shaktimaan in animation is nothing short of magic. It has retained all the right elements of Shaktimaan and yet has given it a face-lift for the modern day kids. I think this series has given Shaktimaan a status of immortality since that is the beauty of animation," said Mukesh Khanna, who played the titular character.

No Sunday morning blues for Satyamev Jayate

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New Delhi: The Aamir Khan-hosted Satyamev Jayate has made a definite impact on Sunday morning programming, according to the latest TAM data released by Star Plus. The first episode of the show on female foeticide opened with an aggregate rating of 4.09 across the country. It was reportedly viewed by 27 million viewers.

This figure holds true for the entire country including cable and satellite (C&S) households and terrestrial homes (households which watch public broadcaster Doordarshan). The show airs on seven Star network channels, ETV Telugu and Doordarshan.

Satyamev Jayate: Aamir after money, says minister

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New Delhi: After the opening episode of the Aamir Khan-hosted Satyamev Jayate that focussed on female foeticide cases in the country became a talking point with the Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot himself meeting with the star to apprise the latter of the state's endeavour to put an end to this practice, Rajasthan's minister of state for health Rajkumar Sharma hit back recently, saying that Aamir was doing this just for money and not out of real concern.

The minister also added that Rajasthan was being unnecessarily targeted though its performance in this regard was better than many other states.

The story of Harish Iyer inspired 'I Am': Onir

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New Delhi: The second episode of 'Satyamev Jayate' has made Harish Iyer a familiar name for Indians. The show was based on some striking facts about the issue of child sexual abuse. Harish Iyer was invited to the show where he bravely shared the trauma of being abused at the age of seven years.

However, Harish is not just a survivor; he also works as gay rights activist, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. The invitation to Aamir Khan's show got him a surprise gift too. Iyer met his favourite Bollywood actress Sridevi on the show. Prior to this, he confessed on the show that it was his pet dog and Bollywood that helped him in fighting his sufferings.

Jay Leno gets a Tata Nano for his garage

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New Delhi: American comedian Jay Leno donned a cream coloured 'sherwani', resplendent with delicate embroidery to welcome a Tata Nano car to his 17000-square-foot garage in southern California.

Leno even invited Bollywood dancers for the inauguration of the white Nano with the Indian tricolour displayed in the background and painted across the body of the car.

Balika Vadhu' celebrates its 1,000th episode

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Mumbai: Anjum Farooqi, who plays the role of Gehna on Colors' 'Balika Vadhu', said she feels great to be associated with such a show, as it celebrated its 1,000th episode Monday.

"I feel great to be associated with 'Balika Vadhu'. It is such a privilege to be associated with a cult show like this. I could never imagine that I would be part of such a show," she said.

Satyamev Jayate: Rajasthan minister criticises Aamir

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Jaipur: A Rajasthan minister has hit out at Bollywood star Aamir Khan for sensationalising female foeticide cases in the state, saying the government was already working on the issue before the actor's campaign.

Minister of State for Health, Rajkumar Sharma said that it was not right on the part of Aamir to highlight Rajasthan as the only state where the cases of female foeticide are rampant. "There was an impression that the government has swung into action after Aamir Khan's campaign but to clarify, I would like to highlight that the government is already working for the same. Budget announcements to check foeticide are there and several other steps are being taken," Sharma told PTI.