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DELHI: As in previous years, the public service television
channels are getting ready to lay the table on New Year’s
eve with some delectable dishes.
Doordarshan is telecasting a special programme titled Gata
Rahe Har Pal, to usher in the New Year 2008 on 31 December
from 10 pm onwards on the national network DD-1. The programme
will be a variety entertainment musical show featuring some
celebrity artists, playback singers, popular folk dances,
humorous skits, etc. with shades epitomising the year that
has been and the year that will be.
The
stars will include playback singers Hariharan and Alka Yagnik,
choreographers Avni Shah and Santosh Shetty, Zubin Garg of
"Ya Ali" fame from the film Gangster,
Shreya Ghosal, Suresh Wadekar and Sadhana Sargam. There will
be folk dances, and a light humorous skit by Yaqoob Saeed.
Ishita Arun will take the viewers through the musical journey.
The
other public service broadcaster, Lok Sabha TV is breaking
new grounds by presenting a music competition with five MPs
including one minister taking part!
The
five MPs - minister of state for heavy industries Kanti Singh,
Shailendra Yadav, Alok Mehta, Kiran Maheswari and Ranjeet
Ranjan – are participating in the antakshari competition
organised for the channel. They have been divided into three
groups - Sur, Saaz and Sargam - in a
four-round contest. There will be a singing round as well.
The
channel is also doing several other programmes to round off
the year, mostly in the form of yearly round-ups of politics,
India’s relations with its neghbours, women empowerment,
etc. It is also organising a mushaira for MPs ahead of the
Republic Day.
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