New Delhi: The second episode of Aamir Khan's much talked about television show Satyamev Jayate deals with the issue of child abuse, according to sources. Given the huge positive feedback generated by the pilot episode that tackled the contentious subject of female foeticide both in rural and urban India, the second episode is likely to be even more explosive in form and content. According to the sources, Aamir has been...
03:23 PM, May 11, 2012
Jaipur: Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court Arun Mishra has given an in-principle nod to set up a fast track court for expediting trial in cases of female foeticide. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met the Chief Justice over the matter on Wednesday night, official sources said on Friday. Strongly taking up the issue on his show 'Satyamev Jayate,' actor Aamir Khan had met Gehlot on Wednesday evening requesting him...
02:17 PM, May 11, 2012
Aamir Khan's debut on the small screen, Satyamev Jayate, which has captured the imagination of a large number of people and has been a constant talking point across the social networking platforms, has earned a rating of 3.8 in the three Metros of Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai on Star Plus, according to TAM data released by the channel. That is higher than the IPL 5 ratings (based on the released...
10:30 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: After being widely appreciated for his TV show 'Satyamev Jayate', Aamir Khan will now connect with millions of radio listeners in a programme called 'Dil Pe Lagi Aur Baat Bani'. From May 12, the show anchored by the actor will be broadcast every Saturday at 11 am on primary channels of All India Radio covering Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and West Bengal....
12:21 AM, May 11, 2012
Main samay hoon.... Announcer Harish Bhimani's bass voice set against the silhouette of the gently spinning wheel of time was a fixture at almost every Indian home during the serialization of one of the most dramatic Indian epics during the fall-summer seasons of 1988-1990. Bhimani, as the narrator of Mahabharata and the voice of time, signalled the start of every eagerly awaited episode on Sunday mornings when families gathered around...
12:15 PM, May 10, 2012
The social awareness overdrive that has been created by the Satyamev Jayate is remarkable. The superstar effect seems to have worked with the masses, at ...
11:53 AM, May 10, 2012
Aamir Khan, who had raised the issue of female foeticide on his show 'Satyamev Jayate', met Ashok Gehlot in Jaipur on Wednesday. ...
11:25 PM, May 09, 2012
Jaipur: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Wednesday met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot over the issue of female foeticide, raised in the first episode of his television show 'Satyamev Jayate'. Addressing mediapersons after the meeting, Gehlot said that he had called an emergency meeting to discuss the issue after hearing about the episode. "Aamir's programme has created an environment against female foeticideI congratulate Aamir for finding time out of his...
06:32 PM, May 09, 2012
Thanks to Aamir Khan's show 'Satyamev Jayate', the spirited discussions and even outrage have not stopped since Sunday morning when the inaugural episode on female infanticide was first telecast. While Khan himself met Rajastan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to petition his government to act against the social menace, the Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday terminated the license of 65 Medical Termination of Pregnancy centres in order to check the Sex...
05:30 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Three days after actor Aamir Khan's TV show Satyamev Jayate on female foeticide was aired, the Madhya Pradesh Health Department has suspended the licences of 65 Medical Termination of Pregnancy centres for not submitting their reports on the prescribed form. The suspension will be revoked if the centres submit their updated forms by Monday. Meanwhile, Aamir Khan will meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday. He is...
03:46 PM, May 09, 2012
Jaipur: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is slated to meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in Jaipur on Wednesday in connection with his plea for speedy trial of female foeticide cases, official sources said on Tuesday night. Khan had said in a TV programme recently that he would request the Chief Minister to set up a special court for speedy trial of such cases in the state. Superstar Aamir Khan, whose...
11:40 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: Aamir Khan is a man with the Midas touch. As the first episode of his debut TV show 'Satyamev Jayate' was aired, about 100,000 people dialled in to speak to the superstar to initiate a serious discussion on social issues facing the nation. Out of approximately 100,000 people who made the effort of calling in to share their views on the show, only around 10 or 11 were...
06:52 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's first television show 'Satyamev Jayate' has proved immensely popular after the very first episode was aired on Sunday. The show carries a strong message of social change and calls for a fight against the evils of society. 'Satyamev Jayate' many say has created television history, others are calling it an exquisite piece of journalism. The question is whether the show has redefined entertainment and...
12:23 PM, May 08, 2012
Euphoria's Palash Sen claims the Satyamev Jayate track has been lifted from a song from their album 'Phir Dhoom'. ...
10:55 AM, May 08, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Tuesday asked the Karnataka government to allow the telecast of Bollywood star Aamir Khan's maiden television show 'Satyameva Jayate'. While hitting out at the BJP government in Karnataka, Thackeray lavishly praised Aamir's show which went on air last Sunday and secured thumbs up around the country. In an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamna Tuesday, Thackeray said that Karnataka's decision on grounds that the...
10:45 AM, May 08, 2012
Jaipur: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is likely to meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday in connection with female foeticide cases highlighted by his TV reality show 'Satyamev Jayate'. Khan in his programme 'Satyamev Jayate' aired Sunday had highlighted the story of a sting operation done seven years back by two journalists to expose increasing female foeticide cases in four states - Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh....
10:44 AM, May 08, 2012
Last Sunday started in a rather unusual way. Aamir Khan, in his show Satyamev Jayate, exposed a grim reality of the world's largest democracy. His ...
10:00 AM, May 08, 2012
The director of Aamir Khan's new TV show, 'Satyamev Jayate' on Monday rubbished claims by singer Palash Sen that the title track of the show was lifted from one of his songs. Speaking to IBN18 Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose on Face The Nation, director Satyajeet Bhatkal said that Palash Sen's notice to the show was not worth a reply. Below is an edited transcript of the interview: Sagarika Ghose: Palash...
08:31 AM, May 08, 2012
Aamir Khan's TV show 'Satyamev Jayate' got a thumbs up from Bollywood and a large number of viewers. ...
11:59 PM, May 07, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood star Aamir Khan and lyricist Prasoon Joshi are quite a team by now. They are working on their pet project on social awareness - films on malnutrition - and the writer says that they connect because they do not compromise on their principles. "Aamir and I have been invited by the prime minister of India to make campaign films against malnutrition. It's a project very close to our...
07:34 PM, May 07, 2012
