With 24 going off air, Colors will bring in programming changes
With the first season of Colors’ 24 drawing to a close this weekend (21 December 2013), the channel is all set to bring in some programming changes.
Here’s what we are talking about…
Both Uttaran and Bani – Ishq Da Kalma that used to air four days a week will beam five days a week with 24 shutting, every Monday to Friday, from the coming week.
“Yes, we will be airing five days a week now,” confirmed Tina Dutta better known as Meethi of Uttaran (FilmFarm India).
Adhhvik Mahaj, better known as Soham of Bani, too confirmed the development saying, “Yes, the work pressure is about to increase with us getting back to five days a week (laughs).”
What about the janta’s favourite show Comedy Nights With Kapil?
Well, Comedy … too will air twice a week from the first week of January next year. Coming Saturday, though 24 will be a thing of past by then, Comedy will not tickle the masses as that day will see many hour long finale episode of Bigg Boss 7.
When we contacted Upasana Singh, better known as Bua of Comedy Nights… she confirmed the same and averred, “Yes, we are going twice a week from the first week of January.”
We’ll keep updating you on other changes!!!
Anil Kapoor gets 24 team sozzled but remains sober
Here’s the best-kept secret in Bollywood. Anil Kapoor loves to let the drinks flow during his parties. But he doesn’t touch a drop himself.
Right before the wrap-up/ success party for his serial 24 started on Saturday evening Anil loudly announced, “Everyone must get drunk.”
He then proceeded to ply all those present with drinks while Anil himself didn’t touch a drop.
However everyone presumed Anil was sozzled to the gills.
“He danced to My name is lakhan, screamed every guest’s name as though he or she were his long-lost best friend, pranced around with energy-level of kangaroo on steroids and made sure no one glass was empty. He was in his element all right,” says Richa Chadha an unabashed Anil Kapoor fan who showed up in a stunning black dress.
Anil’s brothers Boney and Sanjay Kapoor also showed up to express solidarity. Strangely the wives of all three Kapoor brothers were missing.
Maybe television is too infra-dig for the star-wives.
When asked about his fun fest with the 24 gang Anil Kapoor said, “It was my most memorable party ever in the
film industry. Everyone in the 24 team has slogged to make it work. We all deserved to let our hair down.”
When asked why he chose to remain sober while ensuring everyone at the party got drunk Anil said, “Of course I didn’t drink. I was the host! If I didn’t remain sober how would I look after my guests?”
Conspicuous by her absence at the party was Mandira Bedi who plays a pivotal role in 24.
Says Mandira, “I had to miss the party because I had my brother in town from Singapore. He visits only once a year. And I had dinner for him at home. So I couldn’t get away. The 24 party was planned much after my dinner was locked in. So I missed out on all the fun with the 24 team.”
Well no matter what, the party was definitely rocking!
Right before the wrap-up/ success party for his serial 24 started on Saturday evening Anil loudly announced, “Everyone must get drunk.”
He then proceeded to ply all those present with drinks while Anil himself didn’t touch a drop.
However everyone presumed Anil was sozzled to the gills.
“He danced to My name is lakhan, screamed every guest’s name as though he or she were his long-lost best friend, pranced around with energy-level of kangaroo on steroids and made sure no one glass was empty. He was in his element all right,” says Richa Chadha an unabashed Anil Kapoor fan who showed up in a stunning black dress.
Anil’s brothers Boney and Sanjay Kapoor also showed up to express solidarity. Strangely the wives of all three Kapoor brothers were missing.
Maybe television is too infra-dig for the star-wives.
When asked about his fun fest with the 24 gang Anil Kapoor said, “It was my most memorable party ever in the
film industry. Everyone in the 24 team has slogged to make it work. We all deserved to let our hair down.”
When asked why he chose to remain sober while ensuring everyone at the party got drunk Anil said, “Of course I didn’t drink. I was the host! If I didn’t remain sober how would I look after my guests?”
Conspicuous by her absence at the party was Mandira Bedi who plays a pivotal role in 24.
Says Mandira, “I had to miss the party because I had my brother in town from Singapore. He visits only once a year. And I had dinner for him at home. So I couldn’t get away. The 24 party was planned much after my dinner was locked in. So I missed out on all the fun with the 24 team.”
Well no matter what, the party was definitely rocking!
US-returned actor Gaurav Bakshi to appear in Colors' 24
Mumbai based actor and US returned Gaurav Bakshi is all set to enter 24, the popular show from Anil Kapoor Productions’ on Colors.
With the show approaching its climax, the good looking actor will be seen in a cameo playing the character of Agent Kabir who will assist Kapoor in his final mission.
The actor, who has recently shifted to Mumbai, was in awe with the ‘Jhakkas’ Kapoor and had a great time shooting with him. As he avers, “Working with Anil ji was a fantastic experience and a huge honour. He is an icon and to have shared space with him and see his energy and intensity of focus was a tremendous opportunity and an incredible learning experience.”
“The entire team of 24 was thoroughly professional in their conduct and execution. The episode director Rensil D'Silva had the most wonderful temperament and was amazing to work with,” he shares.
However, the icing on the cake for Gaurav was when Anil complimented him for his performance at the end of the schedule. “ ‘You have an absolutely fantastic screen presence; you will go a long way and I wish you all the very best,’ Anil ji said,” recalls Gaurav.
Gaurav, who is an MBA from Georgia State University, had spent his early years in Atlanta (US) where along with a corporate career, he was seen and appreciated in local theatre.
“I then moved to India in 2009 and returned back to the acting world in 2011 while living in Delhi. There I did a lot of ad and corporate films. I was also into emceeing events. And finally wanting to shift to TV and films, I moved to Mumbai three months ago. And now after 24, I am all set for a new ride.”
Gaurav will be seen in tomorrow’s (30 November) episode.
With the show approaching its climax, the good looking actor will be seen in a cameo playing the character of Agent Kabir who will assist Kapoor in his final mission.
The actor, who has recently shifted to Mumbai, was in awe with the ‘Jhakkas’ Kapoor and had a great time shooting with him. As he avers, “Working with Anil ji was a fantastic experience and a huge honour. He is an icon and to have shared space with him and see his energy and intensity of focus was a tremendous opportunity and an incredible learning experience.”
“The entire team of 24 was thoroughly professional in their conduct and execution. The episode director Rensil D'Silva had the most wonderful temperament and was amazing to work with,” he shares.
However, the icing on the cake for Gaurav was when Anil complimented him for his performance at the end of the schedule. “ ‘You have an absolutely fantastic screen presence; you will go a long way and I wish you all the very best,’ Anil ji said,” recalls Gaurav.
Gaurav, who is an MBA from Georgia State University, had spent his early years in Atlanta (US) where along with a corporate career, he was seen and appreciated in local theatre.
“I then moved to India in 2009 and returned back to the acting world in 2011 while living in Delhi. There I did a lot of ad and corporate films. I was also into emceeing events. And finally wanting to shift to TV and films, I moved to Mumbai three months ago. And now after 24, I am all set for a new ride.”
Gaurav will be seen in tomorrow’s (30 November) episode.
Shiv Subrahmanyam to feature in Colors' 24
Colors’ espionage thriller ‘24’ started off with lot of promise but later went on to lose fizz on the way. We are not really sure at this point of time how many television lovers are actually watching the show given its not so encouraging ratings week after week.
Anyways, the show still has time before it ends and viewers are yet to witness a lot of drama.
The series has lot of characters, some major others minor, and to give the plot the necessary push the makers have roped in veteran actor Shiv Subrahmanyam. Shiv’s last prominent stint on television was in Colors’ Mukti Bandhan wherein he played a business tycoon.
In 24, he will be seen as Major Sood, a member of the ATU team.
As seen so far, Jay Singh Rathore (Anil Kapoor) has broken a lot of rules at the ATU. Thus, Major Sood comes to put things in place.
Shiv will be seen in four to five episodes of this series.
“Yes, I am a part of 24 and my character is of a Major who believes in adhering to rules and regulations. On the other hand, Rathore has been breaking all of them,” said the actor.
The actor has already finished shooting for the scenes and has got busy with his film shoot.
“I am a part of Two States where I play the lead’s father,” averred the artist.
Shiv’s entry will be aired sometime next week.
Shabana Azmi, Rahul Khanna and Richa Chadda will make special appearances this week on Colors' 24
Colors’ acclaimed show the Indian adaptation of the hit international series 24
is making waves across the country. The show, backed by a stellar cast
has already introduced Bollywood stars like Anil Kapoor and Anupam Kher
and is now set to bring three more popular faces from the film industry
in its upcoming episodes. In this week’s episodes, the audiences will
see the much awaited entries of celebrated actress Shabana Azami,
popular actor Rahul Khanna and award-winning actress Richa Chadda.
While Richa Chadda will be seen a struggling actress- Sapna who is forced to helps Jai Sigh Rathod to escape, cult actor Rahul Khanna will be seen essaying the role of Tarun Khosla- a serious investment banker with a mission and Shabana Azami will be seen playing the role of Abhilasha Grewal who will be seen replacing Jai Singh Rathod as the ATU chief.
While on the show the audiences have seen Jai Singh Rathod torn between the love for his family and country as he struggles to save his wife and daughter from the kidnappers and at the same time avert Prime Ministerial candidate, Aditya Singhania’s assassination, in this week’s episode they will see him escape from the power plant where he is under arrest of security agent Farooqui. As Jai successfully escapes from there he sees, a struggling actress, Sapna (Richa Chadda) sitting in a parked car. He points his gun at her and orders her to drive to a construction site where they take refuge. At the construction site, Jai finds himself in a situation where his fate lies solely in Sapna’s hands. All is left to find out which role suits Sapna more – hero or villain?
Rahul Khanna and Shabana Azmi’s character will be introduced in the following episode. So far in the show, it has been shown that ATU officer Jiah is the spy and has exchanged several emails with Yakub- the kidnapper and the man behind Aditya Singhania’s assassination. In this week’s episode, while tracking Jiah’s emails Tej will find an encrypted email that will lead them to Tarun Khosla (Rahul Khanna)- an investment banker. Meanwhile in the ATU office, Abhilasha Grewal (Shabana Azmi)- a stern RAW officer will take Jai Singh Rathod’s place as the ATU Chief. What purpose does Tarun Khosla has and what twist will his and Abhilasha’s entry lead to on the show, is something that the audiences will have to wait and watch.
While Richa Chadda will be seen a struggling actress- Sapna who is forced to helps Jai Sigh Rathod to escape, cult actor Rahul Khanna will be seen essaying the role of Tarun Khosla- a serious investment banker with a mission and Shabana Azami will be seen playing the role of Abhilasha Grewal who will be seen replacing Jai Singh Rathod as the ATU chief.
While on the show the audiences have seen Jai Singh Rathod torn between the love for his family and country as he struggles to save his wife and daughter from the kidnappers and at the same time avert Prime Ministerial candidate, Aditya Singhania’s assassination, in this week’s episode they will see him escape from the power plant where he is under arrest of security agent Farooqui. As Jai successfully escapes from there he sees, a struggling actress, Sapna (Richa Chadda) sitting in a parked car. He points his gun at her and orders her to drive to a construction site where they take refuge. At the construction site, Jai finds himself in a situation where his fate lies solely in Sapna’s hands. All is left to find out which role suits Sapna more – hero or villain?
Rahul Khanna and Shabana Azmi’s character will be introduced in the following episode. So far in the show, it has been shown that ATU officer Jiah is the spy and has exchanged several emails with Yakub- the kidnapper and the man behind Aditya Singhania’s assassination. In this week’s episode, while tracking Jiah’s emails Tej will find an encrypted email that will lead them to Tarun Khosla (Rahul Khanna)- an investment banker. Meanwhile in the ATU office, Abhilasha Grewal (Shabana Azmi)- a stern RAW officer will take Jai Singh Rathod’s place as the ATU Chief. What purpose does Tarun Khosla has and what twist will his and Abhilasha’s entry lead to on the show, is something that the audiences will have to wait and watch.
Based on the American series of the same name, Anil Kapoor’s 24, has been garnering praises not only from Indian audience, industry members, family-friends or senior actors, but Hollywood has also been appreciating 24 to the core.
Anil Kapoor’ co-star and friend Tom Cruise of Mission Impossible has reportedly appeared as a helping hand for him when Anil was preparing for the role of Jai Singh Rathore, ATU chief in Indian version of 24. Cruise has also made his support public through a tweet, saying, “Follow the Man.” This is not it, Kiefer Sutherland, who played the original Jack Bauer in 24, has extended his congratulations on the show's big launch.
Expressing his gratitude over the appreciation by his colleagues, Anil Kapoor said, “I am humbled to have received so much appreciation and support, not only from my friends in Bollywood, but also from those in Hollywood. When we brought 24 to India, we had a huge responsibility on our shoulders, to do justice to the show's format while matching international standards. Getting appreciated by the international film fraternity makes me feel that we have done justice to the show.”
Written by Rensil D'Silva, Bhavani Iyer and Priya Pinto, directed by Abhinay Deo and produced by Anil Kapoor Films, the show airs on Colors channel.
Episode 7 25th October 2013
Episode 6 19th October 2013
Jai comes to the ATU and asks Nikita to get the dead body analysed. He
informs that he is following yet another lead of Jhanvi which might
inform him about Kiran. When Tej gets to know about it, he creates a
scene saying Jai is breaking the protocols one after the other. Nikita
asks him to stop being so critical of Jai. Tej replies that he is doing
everything for him and Nikita. Nikita asks him to back off and not do
anything. Jai reaches hospital and meets Trisha and Abhay. He asks what
type of a father Abhay is, considering he does not even know the boys
Jhanvi went out with. Abhay counters that the same applies to Jai also.
Trisha asks both of them especially Jai to calm down as Abhay has been
supporting her in her quest throughout the night. Jai phones Nikita to
get the dead body analysis done and permits her to bring Mihir for
decoding the card. Jia is against this practice but on Nikita s
insistence agrees.
KK comes to meet Naina where Naina asks him about
how Mehek got to know about the fiasco. KK informs that he and Naina
would not spill the beans and that Aditya only knew a part of the
secret which means it was Prithvi who becomes the natural suspect! Naina
says it does not matter how it happened but now they would have to
find a solution to the problem. KK asks her to be relaxed and says that
he knows how to keep her silent. Naina says that it would not be so easy
to keep her silent because she is a strong personality and is not
afraid of anything. If anything can be done, Mehek s weakness should be
found out and targeted. KK says he has understood and that he will do
it soon. While KK is leaving, Aditya catches a glimpse of him and is
shocked. ON the other hand, while leaving KK meets Megha Singhania the
aunt of Aditya and the mother of Prithvi.
Episode 5 18th October 20133
Today's episode is between 4 and 5 AM Real Time
Jhanvi
is brought to the hospital where the nurse refuses to admit her without
FIR but senior doctor admits at his responsibility taking her to
OT..abhay and trisha reach hospital and ask the nurse about the girls..
she identifies jhanvi..Trisha gets call from Jai and narrates the entire
incident from kiron calling, to being stopped by traffic police, to
getting to know about jhanvi being in hospital.. Jai asks her about what
was the location kiron mentioned and also about Jhanvi's condition and
if she's in a position to speak.. Trisha informs that she isn't a doctor
and that jhanvi is being operated, her daughter is missing and he's
busy with office.. Jai tells he'll find Kiron at any cost and says he's
coming to hospital..
Dev lies to yakub about
Jhanvi being dead.. they follow yakub..Divya is having her checkup.. Doc
asks her if she had an abortion? divya confirms 6 months back for party
campaign.. Doc says its complicated because of that only and prescribes
certain medicines..Jai calls nikita to inform about going to police
station to interrogate the Parvez.. nikita informs him about Gill..Jai
reaches police station and requests inspector about interrogating when
Gill arrives asking them not to and accuses him of killing wasim..Jai
says wasim was his friend and that right now its aditya who's life is in
danger.. Gill says he'll interrogate..
Rohit asks
Dev if they'll kill kiron?? Dev says yakub never spares anyone..kiron
sees the same man whom she had asked to help and tries showing her
condition when yakub stops her and later puts her in the boot..jai calls
up trisha asking her to make sure no one speaks to jhanvi when she asks
him to come.. Gill comes informing that he said he would speak to jai
only.. jai asks him about kiron when he asks Jai to get him to VT
station telephone booth in 20 mins or he would never see his daughter..
aditya
calls up mehek saying he wants to meet her.. she comes to hotel and
asks him about the incident when he says he was never involved and asks
about source.. mehek says she wouldn't name but for sure its someone
close to him and asks if he'll give statement?? aditya says he would to
the public.. mehek leaves asking him to keep his TV on..
Jai
starts assaulting Parvez when police and gill come to stop him.. jai
secretly gets the cell key and gives him.. they decide to take a break
while jai calls nikita asking her to trace the booth on VT station..
they escape..Aditya and his BIL have an argument for divya.. at police
station they get to know about Parvez and Jai missing and gill calls
nikita asking her to trace Jai's car.. she informs him about moving
towards VT and secretly calls Jai to inform the same..
At
VT station Jai brings him to booth when they find a mobile phone and
car key..yakub calls on mobile telling about change in plan and to find a
blue car which has a dead body which they need to hide.. jai and Parvez
reach and Jai checks on the body.. Gill arrives with police and asks
them to take Jai away when Jai tells him about someone from ATU being a
part of all this.. Gill doesn't believe first but then agrees to help..
Gill takes parvez while Jai heads with the body and asks nikita to get
best forensic doctors..
yakub reaches his adda and
talks to someone asking if he's sure?? Yakub tells dev he got to know
about jhanvi being at hospital and shoots him.. yakub tells rohit he
hates people who lie and leaves inside.. Rohit and kiron are in shock
PRECAP:
Jai informs trisha about kiron being kidnapped by those who want to assassinate Aditya.. Yakub instructs Jai to sit in a car..
Abhay comes to the OT and removes the oxygen mask
Episode 4 12th October 2013
From the files on the SD card Nikita figures out the name and address of
a man called Pervez who is linked with this plan. At that moment, Gill
comes and takes over the charge of the ATU. Jai leaves by the secret
exit. Gill searches for him and asks Nikita time and again who denies
knowing anything. Nikita is shocked to know that Tej was the one who
informed RAW. She says that Tej has lost his credibility in her eyes.
Gill asks Tej to prepare the list of all the employees and asks all the
employees to give every single detail of Jai in the past 24 hours.
Nikita warns Tia against divulging details of her work to Gill.
Trisha
and Abhay while driving are stopped by a policeman for not having the
papers and license who hurls abuses at them and insults them even after
knowing about Jhanvi and Kiran. Kiran goes past them but they fail to
notice. After heavily bribing the inspector, they get to leave.
On
the other hand, Kiran pleads Dev to go back as Jhanvi might be alive.
Knowing this, Rohit realises that Jhanvi might be alive and she might
identify them. Hence he leaves with his revolver to shoot Jhanvi. Just
as he is about to shoot Jhanvi, an ambulance comes and takes her away.
Abhay and Trisha reach PNL Shipping but fail to find the
girls. They see a vagabond who informs them about Jhanvi being taken
away in an ambulance. Jai nails down Perevz with the help of a
police inspector who himself dies in that endeavour. Pervez warns Jai
against jailing him or Kiran will be hurt.
Abhay
confronts
Nandini that she knew about the incident and wilfully covered it up with
force. She confesses that she was unaware of KKs methods. On learning
about Mehek Ahuja she says that she will get her taken care of by KK.
However Aditya tells he will say the truth despite Nandinis
reservations.Aditya is baffled by Divyas pain and forces her to see a
gynaecologist. Kiran is taken to Yakub. Rohit lies that Jhanvi is dead.
Episode 3 11th October 2013
Episode 2 05th October 2013
Meher lands and meets Shaina. Shaina burns the clothes and accessories
but keeps Max ID card for herself. Meher leaves in a car as Yakub is
waiting for her. Trisha is searching recklessly for Kiran along with
Vikram. They reach the party in Aramnagar and search for the two but
their attempts end futile.
Yakub pays Meher the amount and asks for
the ID. Meher says that her sister Shaina will bring it. Yakub says that
this was not there in the plan. Meher confesses that she made some
alterations in the plan. Shaina comes and demands that they should be
paid in crores and not lakhs for this extremely important job and thus
the fee should be doubled. The assassin who has acquired Max' face hears
the conversation and practices shooting.
Wasim arrives at a
cinema hall screening a flop film and buys a balcony ticket. He meets
Sahil, his informer there. Sahil informs that over the past few months,
he has learnt about various emails and other facts that led him to
believe that there was a traitor in the ATU unit. He hands a SD card to
Wasim which supposedly contains information about the planned
assassination and also about the traitor. Sahil informs that he will
leave for Delhi soon, in order to save himself. Just as they are about
to leave some men shoot Sahil and injure Wasim as a bullet scrapes past
his arm.
Back in the ATU office Jay and Nikita are discussing
the plane crash and Jay is sure that this is linked to the
assassination. Tej overhears them and tries to chip in. Jay asks him
whether he has learnt something about the threats that Singhania family
has received over the past few months. Jai gets to know about Kiran
being missing and calls Trisha. Trisha disconnects halfway. Jay phones
Pradhan to inform him that he should be more cautious from now on.
Pradhan informs him that all new guests will be screened pre entry and
all existing guests will have their details scanned. Jay gets a call
from Wasim at the same time that informs him about his condition. He
leaves for the theater at once.
Trisha finds out that Kiran
and Jhanvi left with Rohit and Dev, the former being the son of the
caretaker of Sun Villa. She phones Jay to get some more information but
fails to reach him. She calls at the landline and Nikita receives her
call. Knowing the gravity of situation Nikita helps her by giving her
contact details of the caretaker.
Jay sees the man dead at the
box office and predicts something horrible has happened. He goes inside
and finds out Wasim. Wasim tells him about the situation. They both try
to run away and encounter many shooters on the way whom they deal with
deftly. However while reaching the door near the screen, Wasim gets
shot. He gives the card to Jay and asks him to run away.
Jay
phones his office and gets the details of the SD card transferred to his
office computer. The lady informs him that she could not read the data
but could figure it out on which computer it was first used.
Aditya
calls Prithvi and asks him about the graduation night incident. Prithvi
says that it was just a minor event in which Aditya hit a guy who was
misbehaving with a girl. Aditya asks him if he knew that the boy died.
Prithvi confirms his suspicion and tells that Nandini ordered him to do
so. He argues that media would have spoilt his image and made him a
murderer despite him being innocent. Aditya claims that a murder is a
murder. He spills the beans that Mehak Ahuja now knows about it.
Aditya
is sad on hearing about the news of crash and says that how long will
terrorism ruin our lives. Nandini advises her to use this in the speech
to earn brownie points and also mention the murder of Pratap. Aditya
refuses to do so saying he is not here for political gimmicks.
Kiran
pleads Dev to take Jhanvi to a doctor as she was strangled by Rohit.
They stop the car. kiran comforts Jhanvi. Rohit tortures Jhanvi and asks
Kiran to call her mother and inform that everything is alright. He
misbehaves with her. Kiran phones Trisha and assures her that she is
alright though Kiran notices the suspicion in her voice when she says
ILU to her. She says that Jhanvi and her left for a ride.
Prithvi
asks Aditya to get down by using the fire exit as there will be strict
security everywhere else. Aditya comes down and meets him.
Precap:
Kiran and Jhanvi run away while people at the hotel realise that Aditya
is missing. Aditya advises a few rowdy guys to make good use of their
anger. Aditya decides that he will confess in front of everyone. Nandini
is furious and says that he is going to commit a political suicide.
Aditya replies that no one can stop him now.
Episode 1 04th October 2013
The episode
starts in Jai Singh Rathore's (Anil Kapoor's) Voice talking about
terrorism and the attacks on India especially the Mumbai blast 2008 post
which a new organisation called ATU (Anti Terrorist Unit) was formed..
Jai is the head of ATU.
Background
voice that Aditya Singhania has been selected for PM post.. A man in
Thailand is watching Aditya's speech on TV while having his dinner when
he gets a call from Yakula asking where he is?? The man says he was
watching Aditya's speech with friend's and asks if he should be killed??
Yaku asks him to leave to airport as if work doesn't get finished on
time then they'll just finish him off.. they hang up..
The
man thanks them for dinner especially a doctor who helped in getting a
new face.. he leaves and we see 4 people dead on the table..
Jai's voice that the rest of the story takes place between 12 and 1
Its
trisha's birthday.. he and kiran wish her when she gets emotional and
says that she never thought they would celebrate anything together after
he left.. Jai promises that he wouldn't break the promise he made to
her ever.. Veer calls to wish when Jai gets calls from Nikita asking him
to come over as Gill is coming from RAW to brief them and he's insisted
on Jai being present.. Jai tries to avoid saying its trisha's B'day but
then later agrees..
Trisha asks
about the call when Jai says he needs to head to the
headquarters..kiron tries stopping but in vein.. Jai leaves.. Kiron also
leaves to her room.. Trisha is left alone with her cake..
Aditya
in his private jet sleeping.. his BIL Vikram is asking for another
drink which the airhostess informs Divya.. Divya comes to Vikram and
tells he isn't getting a another drink as its special for her brother
tomorrow but he blabbers on and says he'll stop only if he gets another
drink.. Divya giving up asks the hostess to make a final drink for him..
she leaves crying and comes to her mom who taunts her about Vikram..
Jai is leaving when he comes to kiran apologizing but she isn't ready to listen as he's broken his promise..Jai leaves..
Back
in the Jet Aditya wakes up and Pritvi his cousin shows his magazines
with pic as cover and has a talk with him about Bollywood heroines
thinking him to be the hottest person but this doesn't go down well with
his mom..Jet lands..
Kiron
upset calls her friend Jhavni asking to pick her up as she's coming for
the party.. Jai gets a call from Wasim who informs him about someone
wanting to shoot Aditya become he becomes PM.. Wasim says he's got some
info which even Gill doesn't have and that he just wanted to inform Jai
that there is someone within ATU who's helping in this Assasination of
Aditya.. Jai asks about proof when Wasim says he's going to get that
only and asks Jai not to believe anyone till then..
Kiron
leaves with her friend without informing Trisha.. Trisha gets to know
of this when she hears the car horn..Jai reaches, when Trisha calls up
saying Kiron left home and isn't answering her phone.. Jai calls Kiron
but she switches off her phone..
12.
15 AM jai reaches ATU office when nikita tells him that an hour ago
they got a call informing that someone from Thailand is coming to
assassin a big politician and she and tej assume it to be Aditya.. tej
gives him Aditya's itenary and leaves.. Jai asks nikita for help.. he
asks her to hack kiron's email to find out where she is.. nikita doesn't
agree at first but later does..
TV
news about Jai reaching Mumbai.. Jai and family reach home and seeing
Vikram's behaviour Divya apologizes and gets emotional but Jai asks her
to pep up as she's his strength and that its not a day to break down..
Nikita
comes to Tej asking about a code when Tej asks her if she still loves
Jai as she trying to hack something for him for which she needs code..
Nikita says she's over with Jay and that they are together when he asks
her if she's informing or confirming.. Nikita gets angry and asks orders
him as his Senior that she needs the code right now and leaves..
Pradhan
informs Pritvi that security arrangements are done.. Pritvi asks
pradhan to tell him and only him if he has any doubt about anything..
The man (Max) has boarded flight and is going through some pictures when
meher who's next to him asks if he's a photographer and praises his
work.. Max calls up pooja asking her for his ID password which she tells
him which he repeats as well making meher listen to it.. pooja asks him
to contact pradhan for anything that he requires.. Max thanks her as
for the first time he's gonna shoot a PM..
Aditya
doesn't want his speech to be changed and asks pooja not to make any
changes on the same.. Pooja informs about Max when Aditya questions..
His mom informs that she only hired him and that he'll be clicking him
up till the swearing in ceremony.. Kiron reaches party, has a shot with
jhanvi and then leaves with jhanvi's friend rohit for a long drive..
Nikita cracks up kiron's account and Jai informs trisha about the party
place..
Gill arrives and asks
Jai to come to Conference room and also to address him as Sir..Abhay
Jhanvi's dad calls up kiron's residence to ask about jhanvi when trisha
informs about the party and that kiron also left without telling.. she
asks if he could pick her up as she's also getting restless.. he
agrees..
Gill informs them all
that a professional shooter from Thailand has been hired to assassin
Aditya and that they don't have much time.. he asks them to get going
with the case and that he's gonna be heading it with everyone including
Jai to report to him on anything and everything.. Gill says he needs to
talk to Jai in private and comes to his room and hands him a flash drive
from which he can hack any confidential information.. Jai asks him
about the informer who gave him the news but he doesn't tell.. He asks
for coffee and Jai leaves to get an injection while nikita is trying to
stop him.. Jai tells that Gill has information but he isn't giving just
to take credit and leaves.. Jai comes back to Gill and asks for the
informer again but when Gill refuses her injects him informing that this
injection will lead to heart attack and that Gill wont get the antidote
unless he tells about his informer..
Jai
starts countdown and gill without option tells that its Vicky.. Jai
asks nitika to get Vicky's file ready..gill asks for antidote when jai
says it was only glucose and that its his old method of interrogation..
he asks gill to leave..
kiron
sees her phone and finds messages from her mom and wants to go back but
rohit doesn't.. kiron and jhanvi trapped.. trisha leaves with abhay..
she calls up jay to inform she heading to find them when jai says he's
just leaving and she needn't go but trisha says she's already left..
aditya
is having a talk with his mom about the speech and promises he's gonna
make when pooja comes informing that mehak from WNCC news wants to speak
to him.. aditya takes the phone and leaves when mehak tells that she's
followed his journey till date and was impressed until she found out
about a 12 year old graduation party truth..Aditya asks what she's
talking about when she says she's got proof about him killing a man that
day..
meher and max head to
lavatory where she first gets intimate with him but later kills him and
leaves taking his card.. a hostess comes asking her to get back to her
seat when she kills her also and leaves her in the lavatory.. meher
changes and takes out her parachute from her hand luggage, blasts opens
the flight door and leaves.. she fixes a bomb from the extinguisher on
the flight.. it explodes..
PRECAP:
wasim
informs Jai that he's got information but he couldn't save the one who
gave him information.. jai gets an SD card and is seen firing as well..
he sends the SD card info to someone asking her to inform from which
laptop its been sent.. the girl decodes it and Jai tells that its
someone from ATU only..
Pradhan
informs Aditya's family that Aditya's life is in danger as per news
from intelligence..he tells that Aditya left without informing..
here Kiron is trying to free herself and Jhanvi but they assault Jhanvi.. Kiron is made to call her mom and she tells that she's with a friend on a long drive..
24 - Guaranteed thrill and entertainment!
Just two episodes old and 24 guarantees edge of the seat entertainment and something new to Indian Television programming!
'24'
Time - 10 pm to 11 pm on Colors
Producer - Anil Kapoor Films
Director - Abhinay Deo
Story - Rensil Dsilva
Cast - Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Anita Raaj, Neil Bhoopalam, Mandira Bedi, Tisca Chopra, Sapna Pabbi, Ajinkya Deo
The story so far - Jai Singh Rathore (Anil Kapoor)
is the head of the Anti Terrorist Unit set up in Mumbai. Shown to be a
dedicated officer, the story set for 24 episodes with each episode to be
showing the goings-on for one hour starts with Jai getting a birthday
cake for his wife Trisha's (Tisca Chopra) birthday. They have a daughter Kiran (Sapna Pabbi)
who too is part of the celebration while their son Veer too calls at
midnight to wish his mom. Just before the cake cutting Jai gets a call
and is called at office for an urgent assignment. He rushes off leaving
behind a sad family, while Trisha looks upset, Kiran retaliates by going
off to a midnight party with a friend without informing her parents.
After a bad phase her parents are now attempting a patch-up which Kiran
is desperately waiting for.
Even
as Jai is on his way, he receives a call from his friend Wasim Khan
(Anupam Kher) who has news about a traitor in the ATU (Anti-Terrorist
Unit). At Jai's office, his colleagues Nikita Rai (Mandira Bedi),
Tej (Adheer Bhat) and others are waiting for him. During a quick
meeting with the RAW chief the team is briefed about the assassination
threat to the yet-to-be sworn-in Prime Minister of India, Aditya
Singhania (Neil Bhoopalam)
who is in Mumbai to address the nation on his father's death
anniversary. Apparently, his father too was assassinated on the same day
couple of years ago in Mumbai and his mother has plans to use the
sympathy in his favour. Aditya is along with his entourage of his mother
(Anita Raaj), sister and her husband, his cousin and his staff.
Even
as the Singhanias are gearing up for the next day, Aditya gets a call
from a news channel head, Mehek Ahuja (Suchitra Pillai)
who unearths a 12 year old secret where Aditya has been involved in an
accidental death at his graduation party. Despite knowing about the
threat to his life, Aditya takes off with his cousin to an undisclosed
location without telling anyone!
There is a parallel track
running with the terrorist group making plans of killing Aditya and a
plane carrying his official photographer Max is killed and the plane
blown mid-air with the killer shown to be a young, attractive girl who
saves herself in the nick of time as she ejects herself from the plane
and lands to safety with the help of a parachute. The assassin has got
plastic surgery done and now resembles the photographer.
Meanwhile,
Kiran and her friend Jahnavi are kidnapped again apparently by the
terrorist gang while Kiran's mother and Jahnavi's father (played by Ajinkya Deo) go around looking for them.
At
the ATU office Jai gets an urgent call from Wasim who is injured while
gathering evidence against the traitor. Jai rushes there and even as
Wasim dies in the shoot-out, he hands over to Jai the evidence. Jai
tries to find out who the traitor in his group is and the name of Nikita
Rai who is shown to be earlier in love with Jai flashes on screen!
While
all these incidents are happening in different parts of the city at the
same time, they all have a common thread and are connected to each
other in some or the other way!
What works -
Everything!
The Indian story adaptation is perfect with the characters gelling well
with the script and looking, behaving and dressing up like people do in
actual real life. The pathos of a family living in an urban setting
where work has to be given importance is shown brilliantly. The credit
for the same goes to writer Rensil D'Silva. It is a seat clutching, nail
biting drama minute after minute and you want to know what happens next
with each shot coming in with a new and interesting twist! The
Singhania family closely resembles the Gandhi family with the mother in
charge, son who is a youth icon wanting to be a PM, the strong willed
daughter who is married to a good for nothing husband however, the
makers have always denied this but it looks like an open secret!
We
like the way they have shot the outdoors in Mumbai at night... the
locations look real and so do the interiors - whether it is a plane, a
house, a party, or a 5 star. The production values are extremely high
and demanding. With so many parallel tracks running at the same time,
the multi-screen imaging works wonders and doesn't distract you a bit.
With an impressive star cast, there is no chance for a flaw when it comes to the acting department. While this is Anil Kapoor,
the film star's debut on Indian Television, he manages to make an
immediate impression on the audience. We can feel the pain in his heart
as he sees his friend dying and has to leave everything behind when duty
calls. Tisca despite her haggard and morose looks has something to say
even in her slow movements. The rest of the cast including Anupam Kher, Mandira Bedi, Anita Raaj, Ajinkya Deo, Suchitra Pillai,
Sapna Pubbi, are impressive too to say the least. While all these are
known names a special mention of the girl who blows off the plane - she
is not only a good looker but has a solid screen presence as an actor.
The
hard work behind the creative supervision of B.R. Sharan and Piyali Kar
is noteworthy and actually they are the ones who should be
congratulated for planning with such meticulous detail, and putting
together such a foreign concept to make it work in India.
What does not work -
Nothing
actually... apart from a few bloopers that come to mind... If Anupam
Kher is lying injured inside the cinema theater with 3-4 shooters inside
the theatre, how does Anil Kapoor gain entry and reach all the way
where he is lying injured so easily without getting shot at?
Also when Anil Kapoor
knows for sure that there is a traitor in his unit why does he forward
the data to the girl from his office? What if she was or is the traitor?
Why doesn't he wait to reach office and decode the data in front of his
eyes rather than sending it out and depending on someone who might be
the traitor? He actually asks for Nikita as he wants her to decode it
but since she is not on her seat it is done by one of her colleagues who
does the job for him and Nikita's name is seen flashing! How can he
believe anyone from his office when one of them is a possible traitor or
maybe there is a reason to it which we may come to know of in later
episodes?
Our take -
24 tele-series
is a fast paced thriller and the one hour episode just speeds past with
so much happening in it. The Indian audience which is used to slow
paced drama being unnecessarily stretched for days on end will welcome
this change of track. However, it does look to be urban centric with its
presentation and while it will have the metro audience (especially
youngsters) hooked onto it the same cannot be said for the audience from
the interiors of our country who may still want to watch the never
ending saas-bahu sagas every evening.
So Anil Kapoor’s much anticipated ‘game changer’ 24 premiered last night on Colors television. Anil Kapoor’s name appears on the cast and as the producer. Howard Gordon’s
appears as the executive producer. The first episode introduces
central character of the story Jai, the Anti Terrorist Unit (ATU)
agent, his wife Trisha and daughter Kiran. Then Aditya Singhania, the
young Prime Minister whose swearing-in ceremony is due in 24 hrs, his
family and the terrorists, planning his assassination. The story picks
up from here and will be revolving around this plot for the rest of
the season. The episode and the series is a patchwork of minutes from
these people’s lives.
Plot
The story’s protagonist Jai Singh Rathod (played by Anil) narrates the
backdrop to the formation of ATU which he heads. The opening runs a
montage of terrorist attacks in India, the Mumbai attack on 26/11 2008
being the motive force behind the formation of ATU. Since the episodes
run in real time, it shows event between 12 and 1 am, the characters
dealing with their things.
Jai seems to be struggling to balance work and family, his family
complaints about him prioritizing his work. He has to leave in the
middle of Trisha’s birthday celebration because Gill, who is now his
senior, is coming to brief the ATU crew. He has received a tip from RAW
about the PM murder plot. Upset by Jai’s leaving the celeberation in
between, Kiran leaves the house to party with a friend, without
informing her mother which in turn sets Trisha on a mission to find her.
On the other hand the terrorist who has disguised himself as the
photographer Max sets out for his mission too.
Aditya is onboard a flight with his sister, drunkard brother-in-law and his dominating mother.
The political scion, even though the most important person right now,
has his problem too. He is an echt politician, aspiring greatness for
his country but his efforts are cut short by his mother who wants him
to be precise and not promising much in his swearing-in speech. He then
receives a call from WNCC reporter threatening to expose his dark
secret from the night of his graduation dinner, 12 years ago and he now
has to stop that from happening on the most important day of his
life.
The next part shows the famous photographer Max Ferrera who is on board
a plane engaged in a conversation with the co passenger,a girl who is
way too much interested in his profession. Max is to be the PMs
personal photographer for the event and is travelling for the same
reason. At this point it appears that Max is the assassin but the plot
takes a spin when the girl in his next seat, actually turns out to be a
member of the terrorist group that is plotting the murder.The episode
ends with her killing the photographer, securing his id and jumping
off the plane bombing it, leaving no evidence behind.
Review
The show’s opening visuals seem very apt and play a major role in
enjoining the plot to the Indian scenario. The direction is smooth with
Abhinav Deo doing a good job presenting a real time situation. The
actors also seem to be doing the work just fine. Mandira Bedi
looked very convincing playing CTU agent Nikita who nurtures a long
lost love with Jai but is efficient at managing subordinates and her
work well. However I felt the dialogues needed a little work, there
were instances where it felt like the dialogues had been simply
translated and didn’t fit so well.
The political family bears obvious resemblance to the real political
situation of the country but it lends a sense of credibility to the
show. The first episode started very slow, but it picked up pace in the
second half and the next episode looks very exciting. In all the show
looks good, it is a nice change from the kind of shows Indian
audiences are used to. The genre as such is not new, we have had CID
from the same for so long now but this one is different in terms of
concept and has an altogether new style of direction as its highlight.
It will mostly be attracting the young audience and has all the
elements to keep them captured.
It
will be exciting to see how the plot unfolds so keep watching and post
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| 24 |
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| Genre | Suspense Serial drama Political thriller Action |
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| Written by | Rensil D'Silva, Bhavani Iyer & Priya Pinto |
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| Directed by | Abhinay Deo |
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| Creative director(s) | Nivedita Basu |
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| Starring | Anil Kapoor Anupam Kher (cameo) Mandira Bedi Yuri Suri Pooja Ruparel Adhir Bhatt Ajinkya Deo Rahul Singh Priyanka Bose |
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| Country of origin | India |
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| Original language(s) | Hindi |
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| No. of seasons | 1 |
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| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Production |
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| Executive producer(s) | Apurba Sengupta |
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| Producer(s) | Anil Kapoor |
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| Location(s) | Mumbai |
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| Cinematography | Jay Oza and Tanay Satam |
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| Production company(s) | Anil Kapoor Films |
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| Broadcast |
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| Original channel | Colors |
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| Original run | October 4, 2013 – present |
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| Chronology |
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| Related shows | 24 |
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| External links |
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| Official website |
24 is an Indian television drama series based on the American series of the same name. The Hindi language show is written by Rensil D'Silva, Bhavani Iyer & Priya Pinto, directed by Abhinay Deo and produced by Anil Kapoor Films. The show premiered on the Viacom co-owned Colors channel on 4th October 2013.
The Hindi version of 24 is the first ever adaptation of the show, the India rights for which were acquired from Fox and 24 producer Howard Gordon by Anil Kapoor Films Popular Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor plays the lead role (similar to Jack Bauer) in the show. Kapoor was previously featured in the 24 series playing President Omar Hassan.The show is set in Mumbai (Bombay) and it is known that the main set of the Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU) is a replica of the one in the original series. Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher and actress Shabana Azmi both make cameo performances in the show.Mandira Bedi plays the character named Nikita Rai which resembles Nina Myers's character from the original show.
The first season is directed by Abhinay Deo, known for his black comedy film Delhi Belly, written by Rensil D'Silva (the writer of films such as Rang De Basanti, Kurbaan and Aks) and Bhavani Iyer (writer of Black, Guzaarish, Lootera) and is supervised by Manisha Sharma.
Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland, who starred in the original show has also shown interest in acting in the Hindi version.
Concept
The Indian adaptation of '24', retains all the elements of the international series, the real-time, pulse-pounding, fast-paced format with split screens and complex interweaving storylines, with 24 episodes capturing 24 hours. The premiere episode will follow the exploits of heroic Anti Terrorist Unit agent Jai Singh Rathod played by Anil Kapoor. Racing against time with the clock ticking, Jai Singh Rathod, is suddenly thrust into a chaotic and exhausting 24 hour marathon, of death, deceit, terror as he struggles to prevent the assassination of prime ministerial candidate Aditya Singhania. According to Kapoor, the series, which will be "related to the Indian ethos", will follow an Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU), similar to the Counter Terrorism (CTU) Unit in the original series.
Cast
- Anil Kapoor as Jai Singh Rathod will play the Indian Jack Bauer, a man with an army background who is torn between loyalty to his family and to his country, India
- Tisca Chopra as Trisha Rathod, Jai Singh Rathod's wife, based on the character Teri Bauer.
- Anupam Kher as Wasim Khan (Guest Appearance), a Research and Analysis Wing officer-in the series.
- Mandira Bedi as Nikita Rai, a government agent at ATU, which is based on the character Nina Myers, essayed by US actress Sarah Clarke in the original show.
- Neil Bhoopalam as Aditya Singhania, a Prime-Ministerial candidate and a youth icon whose life is in danger.
- Shivani Tanksale as Divya Singhania, sister of Prime-Ministerial candidate Aditya Singhania.
- Anita Raaj as Naina Singhania, mother of Prime-Ministerial candidate Aditya Singhania.
- Shabana Azmi as Abhilasha Grewal, an officer who takes over ATU when Jai Singh Rathod goes missing.
- Yuri Suri- Yuri will be playing the character Gill, a senior Research and Analysis Wing officer who takes control of the ATU. The character played by Xander Berkeley in the original series.
- Pooja Ruparel Ruparel will be playing the character of an aide to a minister.
- Adhir Bhatt as Tejpal Singh, second in command at ATU, a character based on Tony Almeida in the original series.
- Ajinkya Deo as Jahnvi's father.
- Rahul Singh
- Sapna Pabbi as Kiran Rathod, Jay Singh Rathod's teenage daughter, the character played by Elisha Cuthbert in the original series.
- Kiran Srinivas
- Murli Sharma
- Priyansh Jora
- Aradhana Jagota
- Nishant Kumar
- Adish Khanna as Veer Singh Rathod, Jay and Trisha's son.
- Rahul Khanna as Tarun Khosla, a young and rich businessman
Filming started in February 2013 in Mumbai, mainly in actual city locations. Some scenes will include hundreds of thousands of people. The first episode aired on 4th October 2013.
Media Response
The show was described by the media as "one of India's most ambitious TV shows". It is one of the most expensive TV shows ever produced in India and the first to have a Bollywood star in the lead.[17]
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