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‘Aamrapali’ on lookout for overseas takers
MUMBAI: Aamrapali , the grand historical epic that airs on Doordarshan, has plans of reaching out to international audiences as well.
“We are looking at the international market now. We are planning a tie-up with leading channels abroad for this historical serial,” says executive producer Dhaval Jatania.
The serial with an unbelievable budget of Rs 40 million has completed a year on Doordarshan and is all set to be wrapped up within the stipulated 52 episodes, asserts director Ravi Kemmu. “We banked on DD to air the serial because our primary aim was to reach a wider audience and as you can see it has borne rich fruits for us. Moreover we wanted to avoid any unnecessary intervention in our work as is the case with most of the private channels” he added when questioned on the choice of the channel to air such an expensive project.
The makers of this mega historical serial DV Rao of DVR Films and Dhilin Mehta of LR Enterprises Pvt Ltd also have Salaankhon ke peeche currently airing Thursdays on DD. The other projects in the pipeline include Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja , a satire which again has been shot on the sets of Aamrapali and Kuch Yaadein Kuch Waadein , a social drama. Negotiations are also on with one of the mainstream channels to air two other serials – a social drama and a thriller respectively.
The producers are also working on a movie project with an entirely new star cast which will be announced sometime next year.
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Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
