Sai Baba

About the show

From the maker of Ramayan and Jai Ganga Maiya, comes a new offering - Sai Baba!

Shirdi Ka Sai Baba, Maharashtra’s greatest saint, has never put down any of his teachings in writing, as he was interested in awakening the people through ‘Bhakti’ and ‘Shraddha’. His countless devotees, from India and all over the world, look upon him as their guru, saint, saviour, an incarnation of the super power who manifested himself to human form to redeem mankind from destruction.

Following the astounding success of Ramayan, Dr. Ramanand Sagar has taken up the daunting task of telling the story of this great saint. The project has taken four years of painstaking research and is supported with extensive research material gathered from volumes of eye-witness accounts Sai Baba’s life story.

The series tells the story of the son of a Brahmin, who was given away to a fakir at the age of 5. It is believed that approximately 11 years Sai Baba was seen under a neem tree at Shirdi. He was soon recognised as the young son of the Brahmin who was given away to the fakir as a young child. Shot in a specially recreated sets in the Sagar Studios at Baroda, after four painstaking years of research, the set represents the small and simple town of Shirdi, the home of Baba between 1849 and 1918.

Baa Bahoo Aur Baby

About the Show

Baa Bahoo Aur Baby is made by Aatish Kapadia and JD Majethia (of Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai and Instant Khichdi fame). It presents the hues of life packed with high emotions, temperaments, idiosyncrasies of real people and even more real situations.

This is the story of Godavari Thakker and her family consisting of 6 sons, 2 daughters and their spouses and children. Godavari who hails from a very rich family, lives in her father’s huge mansion, given to her by her brothers who are settled in America. She is married to Labhshankar Thakkar, an alcoholic, whose passion for art and theatre makes him a patron of art, but a good for nothing in the eyes of his wife.

The authoritative matriarch, has worked very hard to raise her 8 children and is very proud of her achievement, she never misses to flaunt. She strongly believes that either you can rule the kitchen or rule the office. She of course prefers the kitchen, her own familiar world, and rules it with iron hands.

Godavari’s family and its problems are no different from any middle class family residing in this busy city of Mumbai. While the men are at work, (theirs is no family business) the women are busy doing their bit to run the house and also win over the goodwill of their Baa (mother-in-law).

KBC-2

About the Show

Kaun Banega Crorepati, the show that took Indian television to the next level is now on air! And KBC 2 is bigger and better in more ways than one.

Amitabh Bachchan has returned for a second innings as the quiz master of the show where people stand to win a staggering Rs 2 crores. In his inimitable way, he guides, cajoles and confuses the contestants as they work their way through 15 questions to win an unprecedented prize money.

That’s not all, this time, aspiring contestants can enter KBC 2 not only through their landlines, but through their mobile phones as well, making the entry mechanism easier and… well, mobile.

Lastly, the episodes are interspersed with lots of glamour-packed celebrity specials! Film stars, sportspersons, TV stars - all of them take on Computerji and try to win for their chosen causes.

All these have only made the coveted Hot Seat even hotter. Are you game?

Tune in every Fri & Sat, 9 PM on STAR Plus

Musafir Hoon Yaaron

This is a weekly travel show, which takes us across India and the foreign shores every Sunday. The show is shot in a magazine style, aiming to provide information as well as entertainment. There will be candid responses to venues/destinations; the good and bad aspects of each place will be presented in an honest manner.

Information about the place, its significance, accessibility via trains, flights and surface transport, availability of places to stay and eat etc. will all be provided. The emphasis of the show is on mass popular locations and tourist haunts, which may be either religious or recreational in character.

The show intends to span across all sections of society, and all income groups, therefore, there will be something in it for everybody.

For a comprehensive national and international experience seen through a completely Indian perspective, watch Musafir Hoon Yaaron!

Shanno Ki Shaadi

About the Show

She is simple. She is naive. She loves making paranthas for her father’s dhaba. She is happy being the bride-in-waiting, waiting patiently for her prince charming to surface. She is least concerned about what people think of her. That’s Shanno for you, the daughter of Shanti Lal Halwai, who thinks that his daughter, Shanno, is the most suitable girl for any man in search of a wife.

Set against the backdrop of the beautiful landscape of Punjab - green fields, flowing streams and scenic landscapes, Shanno Ki Shaadi is a simple story of a young girl whose extended family is keen to see her married. Their concern is that her biological clock is ticking away. At 26, they feel Shanno is over the hill and must get married immediately.

Shanno’s marriage is one of the most important topics discussed in the neighbourhood. In spite of having a “matchmaker” aunt in the family and despite the fact that Shanno herself meets enough young men who come to the dhaba to relish her paranthas, she’s yet to find a proper match. Shanno’s mother is very concerned about her daughter’s plight.

She thinks Shanno has shut herself from the idea of marriage, and hence not meeting any suitable groom. She decides to tell Shanno that she dreamt that Matarani, the Goddess, told her that Shanno will soon find a groom. Shanno laughs it off, but finds herself waiting for the arrival of her prince charming!

Like all fairytales, Shanno’s dream too comes true. She does meet him. But who is this prince charming? Is it just a passing dream or is he here to sweep Shanno off her feet? Will Shanno give in to the pressures of the family or will Shanno fall in love?

Shanno Ki Shaadi is a simple story with characters that are very real and true to life.

Jai Ganga Maiya

About the show

Ganga Maiya

Ganga is a living goddess born from the divine feet of Lord Vishnu, preserved in the kamandal of Brahma, sustained in his locks by Shiva and brought to earth by Bhagirath. Ganga liberated the souls of 60,000 sons of King Sagar. Ganga was released through Rishi Janu’s thighs and is the wife of King Shantu and the mother of Bhishma.

The Living Goddess

Ganga is the most revered river in the world and is unique in many ways. Not because of its amazing length or width or any other unusual features. There are other rivers in the world, which surpass the Ganga on many of these counts. However, no other river can match the reverence and affection that is shown to Ganga by the people of India and the world.

Ganga enriches the spiritual lives of millions of Indians for whom the river is Holy because river Ganga personifies Goddess Ganga who descends to earth to cleanse the sins of the mankind.

Residing in the kamandal of Lord Brahma, Bhagwati Ganga, like Saraswati and Laxmi, is one of the seven shaktis of supreme Goddess Mahamaya Adishakti.
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LOC : Life Out of Control

About the Show

‘The Peace’ restaurant in London is owned by Simon. But despite the name, there is no peace within, reason being the tension between India and Pakistan. It is because the head cook of this restaurant is Gurpreet Singh Malick - an Indian, while the headwaiter is a Pakistani called Chand Mallik!

Whenever there is tension between India and Pakistan, it results in a war between Malick and Chand and the restaurant is turned into a war zone. And the owner of this restaurant, Simon York, has no other alternative but to curse his British fore-fathers for partitioning India. Simon cannot throw the two sworn enemies out because his restaurant’s clientele love Gurpreet Singh Malick’s curry and the Mogul treatment that Chand offers while serving them.

In the same restaurant works Monica, a waitress, who is Chand and Malick’s passport to obtain a green card. She has promised to marry Chand as well as Malick. Then there is also the Chinese security guard Chu Cha Chow who aligns himself with Chand in harassing Malick. There are also the Kashmiri cousins, Noora and Shera; the former is a resident of India and the latter, a Pakistani. Noora is an assistant to Malick and Shera an assistant waiter under Chand.

Malick and Chand use them like their armies and pit them against each other, much against their wishes to settle their own disputes.
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