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Here's a peculiar scenario. For nearly two months, SAB channel will cease to function as it is pulling all its shows off air.
On the hitlist are shows like Yes Boss, Mohalla Mohabbat Wallah, FIR and Left Right Left.
The producers of these soaps have been told to take, as they say in telly jargon, a season's break. Some of the shows may be back for a second innings post the hiatus.
The channel has taken this step thanks to the World Cup Cricket series in West Indies through March and April.
SAB will turn into a cricket-only channel during this period and will relay all the World Cup action in Hindi, while MAX will air the English version.
Time to kill
So what will do the SAB folks and the production houses do during this period? Take off for a holiday?
Or sit back and watch the matches round-the-clock? "We will spend time thinking of new concepts.
As it is, the daily television grind does not provide much time to think. There are many things that we want to do but have no time.
Now is the right time to do all that," points out Priya Mishra, programming head, SAB.
High points
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| (clockwise from left to right) Stills from Left Right Left, Yes Boss, Mohalla Mohabbat Wallah and FIR | The affected producers include Deeya and Tony Singh (Left Right Left), Adhikari Brothers (Yes Boss), Tigmanshu Dhulia (Mohalla Mohabbat Wallah) and Sanjay and Benaifer Kohli (FIR).
Mishra claims that producers have agreed to pull off their shows during the period. "They will have high points and end their serials.
This break will also provide the producers with time to put on their thinking caps and come up with fresh, innovative concepts," adds Mishra.
Post the World Cup, SAB also has on offer two new shows, Anurag Basu's Love Story and another show from Sanjay and Benaifer Kohli. |
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