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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Amrita TV and Jaihind TV were Removed from DD Direct Plus Platform

It is a bad news for the Malayalis viewers of the DD Direct Plus DTH (DD Direct Plus is worlds one and only free direct to home service provider). DD Direct Plus removed two of their favorite Malayalam channels from its platform. Amrita TV and Jaihind TV were the Malayalam channels that are removed from the DD Direct Plus platform. Now only two Malayalam channels are available for the viewers of DD Direct Plus. Karali TV and the Dooradarshan owned DD Malayalam channels are the remaining Malayalam channels on DD Direct Plus platform. This is also a bad news for Dish TV (India’s biggest DTH provider) they used the same signal of DD Direct Plus to provide these channels on their platform. So Amrita TV and Jaihind TV are also unavailable for the Dish TV subscribers now. With Amrita TV and Jaihind some other channels were also removed from the platform of DD Direct Plus. To read more about this please click on the link.DD Direct Plus Added and Removed some Channels from its Platform.
Note: Now Amrita TV is Availble on Dish TV Platform(06-09-2011)

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Ganpati Celebrations on Zee Marathi

Being one of the most awaiting fest, the celebration of Ganpati comes every year with lots of new surprises. This year, on the religious occasion of Ganpati, Zee Marathi is celebrating the festival of Bappa with Ganapati special activities in its fiction and nonfiction shows. Also there will be some original offerings from the channel to make this Ganpati more memorable.

Zee Marathi's very popular cookery show, 'Aamhi Saare Khavayye' will celebrate Ganpati by showing Ganpati special recipes with some well known faces in the society. The show will also showcase how our own celebs are celebrating Ganpati at their home. The 1st episode of Ganpati special will be celebrated on Ganesh Chaturthi with Mr. Rohit Tilak, the great grandson of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Apart from being a social reformer, independence fighter and one of the most influential personalities in Indian Independence movement, Lokmanya Tilak is also known for transforming the 'Ganpati Festival' from the annual domestic festival into large, well organized public event. The sole objective of Lokmanya Tilak to promote Ganesh Chaturthi as a national event was to bring people together from all kinds of backgrounds and unite them for movement of freedom and social well being. In that context it will be interesting to see how Ganapati Celebration happens in his own house. Zee Marathi is bringing the exclusive opportunity to its viewers by showing the Ganpati celebration of Lokmanya Tilak’s current generation. This episode will be telecasted on Thursday, 1st September, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. The episode will be followed by other special episode with some popular celebs showing their Ganpati special recipes for the entire week of Ganpati.

From 29th August to 10th September, Zee Marathi will be showing a special programme 'Bol Bappa' @ 6.00 pm covering the current happenings around major Ganesh Mandals in Mumbai, Pune and all over Maharashtra.

Ganpati celebration is happening on various levels in Zee Marathi's fiction shows. In 'Kunku', Narsimha Killedar brings Ganapati to home but this time Neeta is eager to replace herself with Janaki for pooja. The decision will be critical for Narsimha and will decide the fate of Janaki. In 'Ekach Ya Janmi Janu', viewer will get to watch two Ganpatis, one in Shrikant's home and another in Anjali’s chawl. In 'Guntata Hriday He', Ganpati celebration will happen in the family of Vikram and Nayna. But this time Ananya will be present for the celebration too. In Aabhas Ha, Aarya and Arjun opted out for Ashtavinanayak Yatra where they will pray for reducing the hurdles in their love and for their happy life in future.
IDEA Saregamapa, the most popular singing reality show will also celebrate Ganpati with two Ganpati special episodes to be aired on 5th and 6th September.

So let's celebrate Ganpati with Zee Marathi and let's welcome Bappa.

Courtesy: Zee Television

Monday, August 29, 2011

New Channels on DD Direct Plus DTH Platform

DD Direct Plus added some new channels and removed some existing channels from its plat form.

SADHANA NEWS, AASTHA BHAJAN,B4U MOVIES, SANSAKAR TV, ENTER 10 MOVIES, RK NEWS, ZEE SALAM, DAY AND NIGHT NEWS, SAHARA FIRANGI, SAHARA SAMAY, DIVIYA TV, SAHARA AALAMI and KAATYAYANI are the newly added channels on DD Direct Plus DTH platform. MAHUAA, ABN NEWS, CARE WORLD, 9X, TOTAL TV, AZAD NEWS, NEWS 24, NEWS LIVE, AMRITA TV and JAIHIND TV are the channels removed from DD Direct Plus platform.
Related Post: DD Direct Plus - Channel Chart

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Onam Special Programs on Amrita TV

Amrita TV’s Tasty Curtain Raisers To Onam

Beginning August 31^st , Atham, Amrita TV serves up an assortment of appetizers to pique the viewer’s palate before the start of the main Onam feast on September 8^th . The combo platter includes a hors d’oeuvre of blockbuster movies, aperitifs of engrossing telefilms and other savories.

Laasyam, a novel mini-reality show for Mohiniyattam, Kerala’s famed sensuous dance of the enchantress, will begin its competition from August 31^st to September 11^th daily at 7.30am. This Onam special show, which will be an abridged version of the established format, will be appraised by an expert panel consisting of Kalamandalam Kshemavathy, one of the foremost exponents of Mohiniyattam and Methil Devika, virtuoso exponent of Indian classical dances

The tastefully made, wholesome entertainer Vadakkumnathan that teams up Mohanlal with Padmapriya inaugurates this year’s festivities on August 31^st at 9.00am. Joshy’s slick grosser Lion with Dileep and Kavya Madhavan as the lead pair ,appears on September 1^st in the same slot. Ore Kadal, Shyamaprasad’s sensitively crafted Mammootty-Meera Jasmine starrer which explores the complexities and consequences of extra marital relationships will be telecast on September 2^nd at 9.00am with Kerala Café , Renjith’s experimental anthology of 10 telefilms by 10 top directors, earmarked for September 5^th..The National Award winner Kutty Srank with Mammootty in the title role goes on air at 9.00am on September 6^th . Dileep’s chartbusting romantic comedy Bodyguard opposite Nayantara on September 7^th marks the end of the special Atham film series.

Katha, a diverse batch of deeply stirring tales specially prepared for television will spice up the bland afternoons from August 31^st- September 7^th at 3.30pm. The gripping line up, some sweetly touching, others pungently riveting includes State Award winners such as Neermathalathinte Pookal, Annum Mazhayayirunnu, Athira XC and Kammal,

Madakkayathra, Anubhavangal etc.

Campus Onakkalam, a dazzling visual spectacle slotted at 5.00pm every weekday visits college campuses across the heartland of Malayalam as it reverberates to the carnival revelry of Onam and students decorate the grounds in a riot of hues and games.

Akathalathile Aaghosham joins prominent politicians and their spouses in the privacy of their homes as they scoop up wistful reminiscences from their memory bowls at 4.30 weekdays from August 31^st –September 7^th and serves it up for the viewer’s benefit. Dr. Muneer looks back with longing at the festive days spent with his father; Shibu Baby John has boyhood recollections of tumbling from the swing and scrapping his knees; Jose K Mani and his beautiful wife have never let hectic schedules stand in the way of their Onam bash; the youngest minister in Kerala history, P.K.Jayalekshmi and her family join their Kurichiya community to enjoy a festival made more colorful by the appointment of the first ever tribal minister from their ranks.
Related Post: Onam Special Movies on Amrita TV