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India’s first family comedy entertainment channel – SAB, truly captures the message of unity in diversity this ‘Republic Day’. The most popular series ‘Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah’ currently airing on the channel every Monday – Thursday spells out their diverse patriotism for the country in a special episode airing on Monday, January 26, 2009 at 8:30 pm. Viewers will get a chance to witness the celebrations of different cultures of India with the cast of ‘Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah’.

Being a bank holiday, all the members of ‘Gokuldham Co-Housing Society’ initially had their own plans for the day when suddenly, Tapu (Bhavya Gandhi) and all his friends in the society put up a little Republic Day parade of their own. Dressed in uniforms of the country’s armed forces, they hoisted the National Flag and saluted it in true patriotism. The evening was celebrated with the most diverse dance performances which brought together the different ethnicities of India.

Every family showcased their own specialty with Jethalal (Dilip Joshi) and Dayaben (Disha Vakani) doing an authentic Gujarati Garba and Roshan Sodhi (Jennifer) presented a unique Parsi Dance. The Iyer family lifted everyone’s spirits with an authentic Bangla number and Taarak Mehta (Shailesh Lodha) brought tears to everyone’s eyes with a beautiful rendition of “Aye mere Watan ke logon”.

So, don’t forget to tune in to ‘Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashmah’ for all the fun and comedy this Monday, January 26, 2009 at 8:30 pm only on SAB

Inundated with calls from people across the country looking for a credible forum for redressal of their disputes, STAR Plus today announced a helpline for Aap Ki Kachehri Kiran Ke Saath.  Aap Ki Kachehri Helpline number is 022-66157735. This helpline will provide an opportunity to people to put their cases across to the AKK panel for due-dilligence and an eventual resolution to their conflicts by Kiran Bedi. This is the first time on Indian television where a ‘lok-adalat’ forum has been created for the masses. AKK’s success among viewers, a recent extension of 52 episodes and this helpline speaks volumes about the show’s popularity and potential for social transformation.

With this initiative, the Aap Ki Kachehri Helpline will allow applicants from all across India to register their issues which then can be further evaluated by the Aap Ki Kachehri panel of NGOs, Big Synergy team, STAR Plus and Kiran Bedi. The cases that qualify will be brought live on the television screen with Kiran Bedi acting as an unbiased mediator to solve long-pending family disputes. An unprecedented program on a Hindi GEC, AKK – KKS is on of the top rated shows across all channels.

Tune in to STAR Plus Monday to Thursday @ 10.30pm to watch India’s very own ‘lok-adalat’ in Aap Ki Kachehri Kiran Ke Saath.

As per the last TAM data (WK 2, 2009) SAB, India’s first family comedy channel has garnered an impressive 51 GRPs. The channel has grown at a whopping rate of 70% in all day GRP and 120% growth in prime time in the last 3 months. This phenomenal growth can be attributed to SAB’s ‘differentiated programming strategy’.

Speaking on the sustained performance of the channel, Mr. Anooj Kapoor, Business Head, SAB said, “Our family comedy channel positioning was worked very well for us and the differentiated programming has hit a right chord with the viewers. We are proud to have sustained our performance with regular growth over the past months. At the same time, we are confident that we will further consolidate our position with the current hit shows and a slew of new shows which are slated to launch in the coming months.”

SAB has been gradually but steadily increased its hold in the general entertainment genre. A significant fact is that the channel decided to have women protagonists to lure the female audience from the GECs. Research states that in a single television household, the control of the TV lies in the hands of women. Keeping this factor in mind, SAB transformed the channel’s strategy from youth to comedy where they have all strong realistic female protagonists.

Apart from its robust programming, SAB’s Brand Campaign ‘Asli Mazaa SAB ka Saath Aata Hai’ too has had a good impact on the audiences. SAB has successfully managed to entice the entire family to watch television together with its new content and brand strategy.

Fasten your seat belts a little tighter as SAB takes you on a roller coaster ride of sheer laughter with the hit comic series ‘Main kab Saas Banoongi’. Get set for a comical twist in the series as this famous comedy series brings the viewers fresh new characters in the show. The stunning Kishwer Merchant and the forever hilarious woman of the small screen Upasna Singh will enter ‘Mian Kab Saas Banoongi’ as the new ‘Saas’ – ‘Bahu’ jodi.

Currently on the show, Saraswati (Bharati Achrekar) and Sheela (Vandana Pathak) are creating a whole bunch of comical chaos as the most awesome twosome ‘saas’-‘bahu’ jodi of the small screen. Rampyari (Upasna Singh) and Shanti (Kishwer Merchant) come to the Bajaj Gharana as the new saas bahu duo making their big entry as the servants of the household. The side splitting humor increases as the new duo bring in a rustic pinch to the entire comical episode with their ultra rural etiquettes. Their only agenda in life is to fight and curse one another over just about any petty issue, leaving Saraswati (Bharati Achrekar) absolutely startled and stunned.

In the midst of this comic mayhem the new entrants are all set to be part of this rib- tickling series. Ecstatic about the show, Kishwer Merchant says, “I am thrilled to be part of this new project. Comedy has always been one sphere that I would love to explore. I am glad to have an opportunity to interact and work with cast of this series who hold an expertise of doing comedy. I can’t wait for the episode to air.”

“Comedy has always been my forte. I am glad that SAB approached me to be a part of their primetime show. I am thoroughly excited to play a character that amuses me and encourages me to offer my best.” said the effervescent Upasna Singh.

The fresh saas – bahu jodi is all geared up to rise the fun-o-meter and add hilarious sparks to the show from Wednesday January 21, 2009. For your daily dose of Un – ending comedy …don’t miss out on the hilarious Jodi’s every Monday – Thursday at 8:00 pm only on SAB

Recently there was get together at actress Sheeba’s penthouse on to bring in the new year with her brother Jaidev’s marriage home coming.The closed occasion was attended by the family and director husband Akashdeep oversaw the arrangements along with father in law Ajay Agarwal.

Besides Jaidev and beau Rashi, and the respective families headed by industrialist Vinod Gupta of Spectra, and Pappu Wasan of the Wasan group, close friends like Himalay and Bhagyashree, Talat Aziz and Bina, Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi, Sunny and Krishika Lulla of Eros were amongst the several attendees.

The party rocked with some choicest snacks and wound up with traditional Parsee food followed by a huge assortment of sweet dishes that were served at 4 am. Budding artiste Raj and his troupe crooned upto the wee hours of the morning.