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Star Movies lines up ‘Life is Beautiful’ for Christmas
Christmas seems as good a time as any to remind audiences that life is beautiful. Star Movies does just that. On December 25 at 9:30 PM, the channel will Life is Beautiful, a heartwarming tale calculated to make viewers laugh even in the face of tragedy.
Life is Beautiful is all about a father (director Roberto Benigni), who along with his young son, are sent to a concentration camp during the Nazi reign. To spare his son the traumatic experience, Benigni pretends that the whole saga is nothing more than a game that everyone, adult and child alike, can play. The film proves that if one uses one's imagination, one can make light shine in the darkest of places.
In one hilarious scene early in the film, officials mistake Bemigni for a Mussolini representative. He is expected to talk about the greatness of the Aryan Race in a school. He pretends that he is the perfect Aryan specimen and shows off his body to the most comical effect.
In the camp, he tells his son that one of the game's challenges is that all kinds of hardships will be presented to them like cramped quarters, but come what may they cannot voice any complaint. If they do, they will be sent packing home early. He says that the more silent they remain, the more points they get. If they are able to collect 1000 points, they will get the grand prize of a tank.
He dismisses stories of evil that his son tells him saying that is just a tactic on the part of the other 'competitors' to gain the upper hand. This way, the father is able to give his son the simple pleasures of life and the child's innocence is preserved.
The film bagged Oscars for the best evocative score, best foreign language film and best actor for Roberto Benigni. The real star, however, is Giorgio Cantarini as the five-year-old boy who shows wisdom far beyond his years.
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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.
