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''Big Switch'' is an Indian television reality series which aired on Bindass. It featured very rich children, who were required to carry out various tasks designed to make them understand the value of money. The first season, which was hosted by Genelia D'Souza and broadcast in 2009, had ten participants from different parts of India, each of whom was paired with a child from a slum area. The participants had to live in the slums, trying to fulfill the wishes of their partner. In the second season, hosted by Gaurav Kapoor, the participating children switched parents, and in the third season, the host Rohit Shetty Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1974) is an Indian film director, stuntman, producer and television host who works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the most recognised film director of Hindi Cinema. His movies are often mix genres of action, comedy a ... acted as a mentor to the participants. The fourth season, broadcast in 2013, involved three teams of children, who had ...
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UTV Software Communications
The Walt Disney Company India Private Limited, known simply as Disney India, is the Indian subsidiary of the Indo Pacific region of the American media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. In March 2019, after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney, which included Indian TV giant Star India, Disney India became India's biggest television broadcaster. History Joint venture Walt Disney India was formed in August 1993 with a licensing agreement as a joint venture partnership between The Walt Disney Company and Modi Enterprises. Disney filed in October 2001 with the Foreign Investment Promotion Board to create a wholly owned subsidiary company to launch the Disney Channel in India. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion granted Disney an initial approval for the subsidiary but with Modi protesting because of similarities to their joint venture. When the 10 year licensing agreement ended, Modi and Disney c ...
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Contiloe Entertainment
Contiloe Pictures Pvt Ltd., formerly known as Contiloe Films from 1995 until 2008 and Contiloe Entertainment from 2008 until 2015 is an Indian production company. It was founded by Abhimanyu Singh and Aditya Narain Singh in 1995. It has produced successful shows like ''Jhansi Ki Rani'', ''Adaalat'', '' Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap'', '' Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat'', and ''Vighnaharta Ganesh ''Vighnaharta Ganesh'' is a Hindi television series based on Hindu scriptures revolving around Ganesha. It started airing on Sony Entertainment Television in India on 22 August 2017, and is one of the longest running Hindu mythological TV serie ...''. Productions Movies References {{reflist External links Official Website Television production companies of India Entertainment companies of India Mass media companies based in Mumbai Indian companies established in 1995 Mass media companies established in 1995 1995 establishments in Maharashtra ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ...
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Bindass
Bindass is an Indian pay television Hindi-language Music channel owned by Disney Star, targeted at young people. It was launched on 24 September 2007. History UTV Software Communications launched Bindass as a youth-oriented entertainment channel on 24 September 2007 along with movie channel Bindass Movies (which was later rebranded as UTV Action). Initial programming consisted of a sitcoms ''Sun Yaar Chill Maar'' and ''Lagegi'', action series ''Shakira - The End of Evil'', ''3rd Degree with Ugesh Sarcar'' and six international shows ''The Benny Hill Show'', '' Japanese Pro Wrestling Show'', ''Gotcha'', ''Motorrad Cops'', ''Whacked Out Sports'' and ''Challenges of Fire''. In February 2010, Bindass launched a new campaign titled "What I Am" which aimed at speaking for the youth of India, and dispel popular misconceptions about their attitude towards responsibilities. The Walt Disney Company acquired UTV in 2012 and ''Bindass'' along with other UTV channels became part of Disney ...
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480i
480i is the video mode used for standard-definition digital television in the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Laos, Western Sahara, and most of the Americas (with the exception of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay). The ''480'' identifies a vertical resolution of 480 lines, and the ''i'' identifies it as an interlaced resolution. The field rate, which is 60 Hz (or 59.94 Hz when used with NTSC color), is sometimes included when identifying the video mode, i.e. 480i60; another notation, endorsed by both the International Telecommunication Union in BT.601 and SMPTE in SMPTE 259M, includes the frame rate, as in 480i/30. The other common standard definition digital standard, used in the rest of the world, is 576i. It originated from the need for a standard to digitize analog TV (defined in BT.601) and is now used for digital TV broadcasts and home appliances such as game consoles and DVD disc players. Although related, it should not be confused with the an ...
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576i
576i is a standard-definition television, standard-definition digital video mode, originally used for digitizing analog television in most countries of the world where the utility frequency for electric power distribution is 50 Hz. Because of its close association with the legacy color encoding systems, it is often referred to as PAL, PAL/SECAM or SECAM when compared to its 60 Hz (typically, see PAL-M) NTSC-colour-encoded counterpart, 480i. The ''576'' identifies a vertical resolution of 576 lines, and the ''i'' identifies it as an Interlaced video, interlaced resolution. The field rate, which is 50 Hertz, Hz, is sometimes included when identifying the video mode, i.e. 576i50; another notation, endorsed by both the International Telecommunication Union in BT.601 and SMPTE in SMPTE 259M, includes the frame rate, as in 576i/25. Operation In analogue television, the full Raster scan, raster uses 625 lines, with 49 lines having no image content to allow time for cathode r ...
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Genelia D'Souza
Genelia Deshmukh (née D'Souza; born 5 August 1987) is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza began her acting career with the box–office hit ''Tujhe Meri Kasam'' in 2003. She was recognized for her role in ''Boys'' the same year. D'Souza received her first Filmfare Award in 2006 for her performance in the Telugu romantic comedy film ''Bommarillu'', which earned her critical acclaim. In 2008, she gave critically acclaimed performances in '' Santosh Subramaniam'', a Tamil remake of ''Bommarillu'', and the Hindi film '' Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na''. In addition to mainstream acting, D'Souza has hosted the television show ''Big Switch.'' Her notable films include '' Satyam'' (2003)'', Sye'' (2004), '' Happy'' (2006)'','' ''Dhee'' (2007)'','' ''Ready'' (2008), '' Katha'' (2009), ''Urumi'' (2011), ''Velayudham'' (2011) and the Hindi films ...
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Slum
A slum is a highly populated urban residential area consisting of densely packed housing units of weak build quality and often associated with poverty. The infrastructure in slums is often deteriorated or incomplete, and they are primarily inhabited by impoverished people.What are slums and why do they exist?
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Although slums are usually located in s, in some countries they can be located in suburban areas where housing quality is low and living conditions are poor. While slums differ in size and other characteristics, most lack r ...
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Hindustan Times
''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal, in Delhi and played integral roles in the Indian independence movement as a nationalist daily. ''Hindustan Times'' is one of the largest newspapers in India by circulation. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 993,645 copies as of November 2017. The Indian Readership Survey 2014 revealed that ''HT'' is the second-most widely read English newspaper in India after ''The Times of India''. It is popular in North India, with simultaneous editions from New Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi and Chandigarh. The print location of Nagpur was discontinued from September 1997, and that of Jaipur from June 2006. ''HT'' launched a youth daily ...
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Gaurav Kapoor
Gaurav Kapur (born 11 April 1981), also spelled as Gaurav Kapoor is an Indian actor, television and cricket presenter known for being the host of the pre-match Indian Premier League show, ''Extraaa Innings T20, Cricbuzz Live and his youtube show Breakfast with Champions.'' Career Gaurav was seventeen when he first got an opportunity to work with FM. After beginning as a radio jockey, he did a travel show called Indian holiday on Sony Television, it was a travel show exploring beautiful Indian locations with Anu Malhotra and people even notice Mini Mathur. He began working as a VJ on Channel V. He first entered into films with Darna Mana Hai (2003) as Romi. The same year he was seen in another horror flick Ssssshhhh (2003). This was pursueded by Manu Rewal's Chai Pani Etc. (2004), a comedy; White Rainbow (2005); the comedy Kudiyon Ka Hai Zamaana and as Ahmed in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, a remake of Sholay. In 2008, he was seen in Secrets of the Seven Sounds, Quick Gun Murugan, Th ...
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Rohit Shetty
Rohit Shetty (born 14 March 1974) is an Indian film director, stuntman, producer and television host who works in Hindi cinema. He is one of the most recognised film director of Hindi Cinema. His movies are often mix genres of action, comedy and masala films. His breakthrough came with the first installment of comedy film franchise ''Golmaal'', '' Golmaal'' (2006) starring Ajay Devgn and Arshad Warsi, which became sleeper hit. Further subsequent other successful films in franchise included ''Golmaal Returns'' (2008) and ''Golmaal 3'' (2010), which became one of the highest-grossing film of the year. Shetty returned in action genre with ''Singham'' (2011) after eight years of his debut action thriller ''Zameen''. It also starred Ajay Devgn in lead, the film turned out one of the highest grosser of the year. Later on, it expanded in ''Cop Universe'' franchise with other successful films such as ''Singham Returns'' (2014), ''Simmba'' (2018), ''Sooryavanshi'' (2021). His oth ...
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Bindass Original Programming
Bindass is an Indian pay television Hindi-language Music channel owned by Disney Star, targeted at young people. It was launched on 24 September 2007. History UTV Software Communications launched Bindass as a youth-oriented entertainment channel on 24 September 2007 along with movie channel Bindass Movies (which was later rebranded as UTV Action). Initial programming consisted of a sitcoms ''Sun Yaar Chill Maar'' and ''Lagegi'', action series ''Shakira - The End of Evil'', ''3rd Degree with Ugesh Sarcar'' and six international shows ''The Benny Hill Show'', '' Japanese Pro Wrestling Show'', ''Gotcha'', ''Motorrad Cops'', ''Whacked Out Sports'' and ''Challenges of Fire''. In February 2010, Bindass launched a new campaign titled "What I Am" which aimed at speaking for the youth of India, and dispel popular misconceptions about their attitude towards responsibilities. The Walt Disney Company acquired UTV in 2012 and ''Bindass'' along with other UTV channels became part of Disney ...
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