One of its programs, fast decline.. [Picture source] After yesterday’s stormy debates on road, in markets, on TV and almost everywhere about India’s cricket debacle, it is much cool today. Now and again when I switched on the TV, which I normally do everyday to take in the latest happenings all over the world, all […]
India’s quizmaster
His smile may not be as endearing as Derek O’Brien’s, and his hair may already be thinning. But if you omit these 2 minuses, Siddharta Basu must reign as the most prolific quizmasters in India of all time. We’ve had several of them on TV every now and then, but Siddharta has not only held […]
Friends 91.9 FM
In old days, when there was no TV and government didn’t allow private radio broadcasts, media companies’ life was laidback and easy. For them mostly it’d be publishing newspapers and newsmagazines. Today life has changed beyond what anyone would have thought barely 5 years back. Big publishing houses have their fingers in nearly all the […]
Water and Eklavya
Lisa Ray in Oscar-nominated ‘Water’ – quality speaks! [Picture source]True, Water did not win the Best Foreign Language Film award at last night’s glittering 79th Oscars ceremony in Hollywood, US (it went to the German film, The Lives of Others), but the fact Deepa Mehta’s film was chosen as one of the 5 nominees speaks […]
Branding of TV channels
‘Slugging’ for eyeballs! [Picture source: left; right]CAS (conditional access system) has brought smiles on the faces of TV viewers in metro cities. They pay only the minimum fee for cable connection, and they don’t pay for channels they don’t want to see. No prize for guessing which channels get maximum viewers. The TV channels are […]
Ash + Abhi
Dream coming true! [Picture source]Some news creates ripples, some giant waves. Ash and Abhi’s upcoming pairing in real life is one such news that is still reverberating across the globe in endless stream. There is little doubt that this has become the ‘hottest’ news (even if for a few days) in the celebrity circuit because […]
Culture over conscience
If it’s culture, Kolkata springs to its defense with great alacrity. Never mind if that appears too odd. Much the same is happening with regard to Kolkata Book Fair. The tussle is whether the fair will be allowed to take place in Maidan. The Booksellers and Publishers Guild that organizes the fair is bent upon […]
CAS to rule in 2 days
Despite large ads in newspapers, not many people have so far rushed to opt for pay channels (me included). The reason is perhaps we want to actually see what it means without a set-top box. Not that it affects everybody. Those who are happy with just the daily quota of freshly baked news (like me) […]
Bengali film in America
The first Bengali film shot in America is going to be Raj Basu’s Piyalir Password. Shooting in US locations has been completed early November, and one may perhaps look forward to a Nababarsha release. Director Raj Basu, himself a US resident, an NRB (non-resident Bengali), was an engineer and a computer professional in that order, […]
DTH versus CAS
Large quarter-page ads from the government are appearing in newspapers intermittently for the past several days that seek to inform TV watchers about the soon-to-come CAS or Conditional Access System. CAS debuts in metro cities from Jan1 next, and all fingers connected to the issue are firmly crossed as to how the newbie is likely […]