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Star Plus’s ‘SLBB’ makes a decade shift (2022)
MUMBAI: Shaka Laka Boom Boom (SLBB) is changing decades. After the completion of season Jaaduu High; Star looks at pumping SLBB with some real variety. The series began earlier this week on 13 September (Monday) at 7:30 pm.
Changing its approach and offering some variety, the channel aims at capturing its TG (kids) taking heed of the latest technology in the kids arena.
Speaking to indiantelevision.com, Star India’s senior vice president content and programming Deepak Segal says, “We are trying out a new theme with SLBB 2022 by incorporating new gadgets and the latest gizmos that the new kids are savvy with. This will also ensure variation and variety.”
The story line is as follows. Sanju, on his way back home from Jadoo High, gets lost in the time storm. He reaches his school and finds everything has changed and the year is 2022!
Where is he? How has time just passed by? Confused, surprised and shocked, Sanju is on the look out of some object or person who will identify him.
While boarding a bus he realises that there is no driver and everything is automatic. He manages to enter his house through eye scanner. On opening the door he sees everything covered and sealed – chairs, beds and cupboards. There is no one at home. Suddenly, Sanju hears someone’s foot steps and hides. The person dumps a bag on the bed, which is full of currency. The person is San Ross.
San Ross enters the room and is busy working on his palm top when he hears the cop van coming. When Sanju and Ross meet, both take an instant dislike towards each other. Ross takes Sanju as hostage and escapes from the police. Through the conversation they realise that Ross is older Sanju and Sanju is young Ross, which means both are Sanju! One the past and other the future.
The coming episodes will have Sanju and Ross going through a series of adventures, mishaps, police encounters in their search for their parents’ killers.
Sanju seems to be trapped in a decade unknown with futuristic gadgets which the channel hopes will have all eyes glued to SLBB 2022.
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Sebi sends show-cause notice to Zee over fund diversion, company responds
Regulator questions 2018 letter of comfort and governance lapses; company vows robust legal response
MUMBAI: India’s markets watchdog has reignited its long-running scrutiny of Zee Entertainment Enterprises, issuing a sweeping show-cause notice that drags the broadcaster and 84 others into a widening governance storm.
The notice, dated February 12, has been served by the Securities and Exchange Board of India to Zee, chairman emeritus Subhash Chandra and managing director and chief executive Punit Goenka, among others. At its heart: allegations that company funds were indirectly routed to settle liabilities of entities linked to the Essel Group.
The regulator’s probe traces its roots to November 2019, when two independent directors resigned from Zee’s board, flagging concerns over the alleged appropriation of fixed deposits by Yes Bank. The deposits were reportedly adjusted against loans extended to Essel Group entities, triggering questions about related-party dealings and board oversight.
A key flashpoint is a letter of comfort dated September 4, 2018, issued by Subhash Chandra in his dual capacity as chairman of Zee and the Essel Group. The document, linked to credit facilities availed by certain group companies from Yes Bank, was allegedly known only to select members of management and not disclosed to the full board—an omission SEBI believes raises red flags over transparency and governance controls.
Zee has pushed back hard. In a statement, the company said it “strongly refutes” the allegations against it and its board members and will file a detailed response. It expressed confidence that SEBI would conduct a fair review and signalled readiness to pursue all legal remedies to protect shareholder interests.
The notice marks the latest twist in a saga that has shadowed the broadcaster since 2019. What began as boardroom unease has morphed into a full-blown regulatory confrontation. The final reckoning now rests with SEBI—but the reputational stakes for Zee, and the message for India Inc on governance discipline, could scarcely be higher.
