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Zee Cafes first local soap looks to get ‘Bombay Talking’
MUMBAI: In Mumbai you have to be happening today to make it big! And to make it big you have to get Bombay Talking about you!
As part of its ongoing localisation drive, English general entertainment channel Zee Café will launch a soap Bombay Talking from 19 November 2005. The soap will air every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 pm.
The show, which is being produced by UTV, marks the first English language soap on Indian television since A Mouthful Of Sky, which aired on DD in the late 1990s.
As had been reported earlier by indiantelevision.com Zee Café has already launched two Indian shows. One is After Hours where host Nina Manuel brings the latest in the Mumbai social circuit. The other show Simply Style sees presenter Bandana Tiwari juggling roles of fashion commentator, fashion fraternity insider and fashion guide.
Bombay Talking, meanwhile, chronicles the story of Sheena played by newcomer Priyanka Bassi. The show follows her journey as she gets involved with the glamorous and often unreal world of the rich and famous set. She tries to find herself in the myriad world of tinsel town and encounters people like Sandhya Khanna. Khanna is a former star turned film moghul, who runs a successful production house. She will leave no stone unturned to push the career of her daughter Reema Khanna. Reemas launch vehicle will be the Rs 1 billion project Laila. If the project does not work then the production house will collapse and will signal the end of the Khanna reign over Bollywood.
The soap revolves around three elements. First there are the women who have been brought together by fate. Then there are the men who love them, leave them, put hurdles in their path. Then there is the stage, which is Mumbai the mecca of Indian filmmaking where dreams are made and buried in a relatively short span of time. It has been directed by Anand Rai.
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News18 India to air Sabse Bada Dangal on 4 May counting day
Channel promises fastest results, live trends and analysis across five states.
MUMBAI: Ballots will do the talking and screens will do the shouting. As counting day approaches for high-stakes Assembly elections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, News18 India is gearing up for an all-day broadcast of its flagship election show, Sabse Bada Dangal, on 4 May from 6 am onwards. The Hindi news channel plans to deliver continuous, real-time updates as votes are tallied, combining live counting data with on-ground reporting and studio analysis. With political fortunes set to shift through the day, the coverage will track every swing, surge and surprise as trends turn into results.
The broadcast will feature a mix of senior political leaders, analysts and experts, offering instant reactions and decoding the evolving electoral picture. Expect heated debates, quick takes and detailed breakdowns as the numbers settle across all five states.
For News18 India, counting day has long been a high-visibility moment. The network is banking on its reporting reach, editorial bandwidth and technology-driven coverage to stay ahead in what is often a fiercely competitive news cycle.
With multiple battlegrounds and shifting narratives, the day promises both drama and data in equal measure. And if all goes to plan, Sabse Bada Dangal will once again turn the counting of votes into prime-time spectacle.
