MQ: Indian TV Serials

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Karnataka Quiz Association

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The DVDs for this Indian TV Serial credit the producer & director as one Carnal Kapoor (its actually Colonel R.K. Kapur). The lead character was called Abhimanyu Rai.

Which TV serial?Also ID who played the lead character.

And the answer is ….

SRK in Fauji

As whose voice would you have heard this person on Indian TV?

Main Samay Hoon…

Harish Bhimani (Virmani) is the voice for Samay at the beginning of Mahabharat

This politician was the is most well known for his tenure as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting.He had two long lasting contributions to Indian TV. One was technical and the other resulted from a trip to Mexico.Who & what two contributions?

Vasant Sathe - he initiated the process which led to the Indian television going coloured for the Asian Games, and suggested the idea of having an India soap opera – thus Hum Log.

The show began in June 2002 with the FIFA World Cup in mind and has completed 374 episodes as on July 25, 2009. It has entered the Limca Book of records as the longest running quiz show on TV in India. Which one?

The Saturday Sports Quiz on DD Podhigai by Sumanth Raman

5Controversy always sticks to him. He is known to have claimed to cure cancer and even AIDS. In 2007 it was claimed that a pharma company was producing a drug “Putravati” which helped women selectively give birth to sons. He is a permanent fixture on Aastha. Who?

Swami Ramdev

Where would you have seen credits such as Camera Jerks and Miscasting?

It was loosely based on Alcott’s Little Women and directed by Amol Palekar. It also has a permanent place in the mythology of Indian film. Which TV series?

Identify him, and connect him to the following two game shows on Indian television – • Das ka Dum• Lo Kar Lo Baat

• Drew Carey• He hosts Power of 10 and Whose Line Is It

Anyway?, the shows on which 10 ka Dum and Lo Kar Lo Baat are based

Written, produced and directed by?

Kiran Bedi

This Rajeev Khandelwal hosted show debuted on July 15th. The first show featured three celebrity guests – Smitha Mithai, Yusuf Hussain, and who else? Which show?

Vinod Kambli & Sach ka Saamna

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