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Miditech
Miditech Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian television production company based in Gurgaon, Mumbai, and Bangalore, India. It was founded in 1992 by brothers, Niret Alva and Nikhil Alva and is today a Rs 50-crore television software company. The company creates documentaries and programming for television. Programs * '' Living on the Edge (TV Magazine featuring environmental issues) * Head On! (Documentary of 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision) * Air Hijack (Documentary of Indian Airlines Flight 814) * Inside : Mumbai Terror Attack * ''Wheels'' (TV series) (1998) * ''Hum 2 Hain Na'' (2004) * ''Fame Gurukul'' (Reality-singing competition) (2005) * '' Indian Idol'' (Reality-singing competition) (2005–2009) * ''Deal Ya No Deal'' (TV series) (2005) * ''Galli Galli Sim Sim'' (TV series) (2006) * '' M.A.D.'' ( Art & Craft Show) (2005) * ''Chhoona Hai Aasmaan'' (TV series) (2007) * '' K For Kishore'' (2007) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niret Alva
Niret Alva is an Indian television producer who is the co-founder and chairman of television production company Miditech. Miditech first made a documentary series on the environment, ''Living on the Edge'' for Doordarshan, and went on to make documentaries for the BBC, Discovery and National Geographic, before entering the entertainment genre around 2004, with ''Indian Idol'' (2004–2009), ''Galli Galli Sim Sim'' (Sesame Street) (2006), and ''Wheels'' (1998) (BBC World). Early life and education Niret Alva was born in Bangalore – the first child of lawyers Niranjan and Margaret Alva. Alva has two brothers, Nikhil and Nivedith, and a sister, Manira, with whom he manages Miditech. His name is a portmanteau, wherein the first two letters are from his father Niranjan, and the last three from his mother, Margaret Alva. The family moved to Delhi in 1974 when his mother was elected to the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of India's parliament). She went on to serve as minister of stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living On The Edge (Indian TV Series)
''Living On The Edge'' is a weekly Indian TV show about environmental issues. It was aired on the Indian national broadcast network, Doordarshan and Star TV over a period of five years, in the 90s. Hosted by Niret Alva, it explored different aspects of human exploitation of nature and natural resources and pollution. It was launched on the day of the 1994 final Football World Cup and managed to garner a large audience, as it was slotted just before the final match began. Popularity At the time of airing, ''Living On The Edge'' was one of the most popular English programmes on Indian Television. However, the show was taken off air in 1996 for lack of sponsorship. Awards * Won the Most Informative Series Category at the Onida Awards in 1995 * Won a Panda award at Wildscreen Wildscreen is a wildlife conservation charity based in Bristol, England. The charity was founded in December 1987 from a trust which had operated since 1982, with the initial aim of encouraging an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naya Roop Nayi Zindagi
''Naya Roop Nayi Zindagi'' is a reality television show that aired on Sony TV, from May 1, 2008 to July 3, 2008. The show was an Indian version of the American show '' Extreme Makeover''. It is anchored by Mona Singh, popularly known as Jassi. Concept The 10-week reality show consists of 10 candidates who undergo facial correction surgeries — reconstructive and cosmetic, dental and eye surgeries combined with fitness, diet and styling. Each story is about the skin deep transformation and a completely new change in life. It is a journey equivalent to getting a new life, from styling to fitness and counseling to dream fulfillment. In the 10 weeks ordinary people, through the medium of TV, meet extraordinary experts who work with them to help them reach their full physical and emotional potential. ''Naya Roop Nayi Zindagi'' was directed by Bimal Unnikrishnan for Miditech Miditech Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian television production company based in Gurgaon, Mumbai, and Bangalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airlines (Indian TV Series)
''Airlines - Har Udaan Ek Toofan'' is an Indian television series aired on Star Plus from 24 August 2014 to 1 February 2015 during Sundays. Produced by Miditech, it starred Tulip Joshi and VJ Yudhishtir. Plot It follows the journey of an ambitious young woman Ananya Rawat who marks to become a top female pilot amongst this male dominant industry along with the ups and downs between her and her co pilot Akash Saluja. Cast *Tulip Joshi as Ananya Rawat * VJ Yudhishtir as Akash Saluja *Ankit Kakkar *Himmanshoo A. Malhotra as Rohit Mafatlal * Donal Bisht as journalist *Sonica D'Souza as Natasha Gupta: In-flight manager *Nandamuri Balakrishna *Manju Warrier Development Production Real life pilots were roped for tutoring the actors. The production company collaborated along with Pixion for computer graphics and visual effects. A setup of Boeing 737 was made for shooting the sequences inside an aircraft at the Noida Film City. ₹85 Lakhs were spent for the construction of the sets. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galli Galli Sim Sim
''Galli Galli Sim Sim'' is the Hindi language adaptation of the American children's television series ''Sesame Street'' (famous for its Muppets), for India. The show debuted in 2006. For its first five seasons it was co-produced by Sesame Workshop and Turner Entertainment, through Miditech. The show's Indian production company is known as Sesame Workshop India. Production Production of the show is based in Delhi. Filming of the first season's 65 half-hour episodes began in February 2006, with the premiere held on 15 August 2006. Until now the show has produced 10 seasons. Funding for the initial development phase of Sesame Workshop India was provided through the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), ICICI Bank and Turner Broadcasting. Although India has more than 15 official languages, not including English, producers decided to launch the show in Hindi, with a few English words in each episode. Producers hope to make Sesame India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Charkhi Dadri Mid-air Collision
On 12 November 1996, Saudia Flight 763, a Boeing 747 en route from Delhi, India, to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76 en route from Chimkent, Kazakhstan, to Delhi, collided over the village of Charkhi Dadri, around west of Delhi. The crash killed all 349 people on board both planes, making it the world's deadliest mid-air collision and the deadliest aviation accident to occur in India. The crash was caused by failure of the Kazakhstani crew to maintain the correct altitude, because of confused dialogue with the tower, communicated via the radio operator, while also apparently fighting turbulence. Aircraft involved Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 was a Boeing 747-168B, registration HZ-AIH, departing from Delhi as part of a scheduled international Delhi–Dhahran–Jeddah passenger service with 312 people on board. The crew on this flight consisted of Captain Khalid Al-Shubaily (age 45), First Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkaar Ki Duniya
''Sarkaar Ki Duniya'' is a reality television show that aired on Real TV from 2 March 2009 to 3 July 2009. It took place on Mango Island in Karwar, Karnataka, and was hosted by film actor Ashutosh Rana. 18 contestants were selected from all over India to be put together. Every week, there was a Dal Nayak (Community Leader) who is elected and assigned a task along with an assigned amount. The Dal Nayak has immunity Immunity may refer to: Medicine * Immunity (medical), resistance of an organism to infection or disease * ''Immunity'' (journal), a scientific journal published by Cell Press Biology * Immune system Engineering * Radiofrequence immunity desc ... and is exempt from the elimination. Each player has to pay a tax once a week and the least three tax payers are up for Nishkasan (elimination). The rest of the Dal eliminates one player every week. When the game reached the last four stages, the Nishkasan (elimination) rights were revoked and open to the Indian public to v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheels (TV Series)
''Wheels'' is a weekly car and motorbike program on BBC World News India. It is produced in Delhi by Miditech Television. At its launch in 1998, it was hosted by Niret Alva. Niret won the 2002 'Best Current Affairs or Infotainment Programme Presenter' at the Asian Television Awards for this role. Niret and his brother own 25% of Miditech Television. The Series Producer was Chandramouli Basu. It was co-hosted by Navaz Sandhu who looked at car prototypes, Avinash Kumar Singh who reviewed bikes, and Christopher Daruwalla who hosted an infotainment section. On 2 October 2004, the show was relaunched. It now opens with "Grapevine", a motoring news segment. This is followed with a car review section with Yudhishtir Urs and Sonam Kalra. This is followed with "Kick Start", a motorbike segment with Neeraj Chinappa Neeraj or Niraj (Devanagari: नीरज ) is a Hindu masculine given name. The Sanskrit word ' is a compound of ' 'water' and ' 'born' and has the primary meaning of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fame Gurukul
Fame Gurukul was an Indian reality show on Sony Entertainment Television which premiered on 27 June 2005. The program was produced by the same production house of ''Indian Idol''. The concept of the show was to select a pair of India's best singers/performers. It is based on the Spanish ''Operación Triunfo'' and international ''Star Academy'' format of Endemol, better known in English under the UK title ''Fame Academy''; in Indian terms, it was essentially a mixture of ''Indian Idol'' and '' Big Brother'' TV shows. ''Fame Gurukul'' started out with 16 contestants living in a musical performance academy (Gurukul). Every week (normally) one contestant was voted out of the show, and so on until two remained in the end. Prizes The finalists received a Rs.1 crore music contract from Sony in addition to a Maruti Alto car each. Season one Contestants * Qazi Touqeer (Winner) * Ruprekha Banerjee (Winner) * Rex D'Souza Runner Up * Arpita Mukherjee * Sandeep Batraa * Arijit Singh * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deal Ya No Deal
''Deal Ya No Deal'' is an Indian adaptation of the popular international ''Deal or No Deal'' format, which is owned and produced by Endemol International. It premiered on 23 November 2005 on Sony Entertainment Television and aired on three nights each week. The first series had a set similar to the UK version, and the theme song and music cues were the same as those used in the Dutch version. Contestants held the cases. There is a top prize of 10,000,000 rupees (about $142,000 USD), and the lowest prize was originally a breath freshener, called a Chlormint, but the lowest prize was later 25 paise (a paisa is the Indian counterpart to a cent/penny), although the Chlormint would remain as a prize throughout the entire series. It was hosted by Madhavan, but he quit after fulfilling his 35-episode contract, and was replaced by Mandira Bedi. The second series premiered in late January 2006 and had a set virtually identical to the Australian version, except there were 22 briefc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao
''Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao'' premiered on 13 July 2009 on Sony Entertainment Television (India). It was the first and only Indian series based on British reality game show '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!''. The winner of the show was Mona Wasu, who earned prize money of 10 million Indian rupee, INR. Concept The show is licensed from 's format, ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me out of Here!''. The basic concept is the same, where a group of celebrities have to survive in a jungle camp without any amenities, and must compete with each other to stay on in the show. Every contestant gets a handful of rice and so ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhoona Hai Aasmaan
''Chhoona Hai Aasmaan'' () is a Hindi television serial that aired on Star One.It's about six Indian air force officers who form a team called the HAWKS. Their duty is to save the country from any terrorist attacks. Cast * Mohammed Iqbal Khan as Flight Lieutenant / Wing Commander Abhimanyu Adhikari (2007-2008) * Nikhil Arya as Flight Lieutenant / Wing Commander Abhimanyu Adhikari (2008) * Janvi Chheda as Flight Lieutenant Sameera Singh * Manish Paul as Flight Lieutenant Farhaan Zaidi * Vaani Sharma as Flight Lieutenant Tanvi Sharma * Vivan Bhatena as Flight Lieutenant Samrat Singh Shekhawat / Jahan Sheikh * Aparna Kumar as Flight Lieutenant Isha Oberoi * Dalljiet Kaur as Shikha Singh * Narendra Jha as Group Captain Aryaveer Pratap Singh * Vaishnavi Mahant as Sapna Singh * Payal Nair as Sunaina Aryaveer Pratap Singh * Shakti Singh as Defense Minister Upadhyay * Adita Wahi as Shaheen * Vishal Watwani as Terrorist * Abhinav Kohli as Flight Lieutenant Sameer Singh * Tuhina Vohra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |