''7 RCR...Projecting India's Future'' is an Indian television politics-based reality series/documentary series, hosted by Indian author, columnist, and speaker

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on Hindi news channel

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, which premiered on 11 January 2014. This is a show of dramatized biographies of all those who have the mettle to make it to 7 Race Course Road, the Prime Minister's official residence, presented in the most interesting manner. It aims to bring to the audience the never seen before facts of

Indian history According to consensus in modern genetics, anatomically modern humans first arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. Quote: "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by m ...

. The 7 RCR show started immediately after the much critically acclaimed

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hosted by

Shekhar Kapur Shekhar Kulbhushan Kapur (born 6 December 1945) is an Indian filmmaker and actor. Born into the Anand-Sahni family, Kapur is the recipient of several accolades, including a BAFTA Award, a National Film Award, a National Board of Review Award a ...

. 7 RCR is a show in lead up to

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. Raghi Papiya Joshi and Sohan Thakur are casting Directors of the show. It showed 8 possible candidates for PM of India. The series is re-launched post-election with episodes on Narendra Modi's journey to 7RCR on 24 May 2014.

Cast

Sushil Parashar Sushil Parashar is a veteran Indian actor, known for his work in the Hindi television industry and in Bollywood. His films include '' Jaal: The Trap''; '' Dushmani''; ''Neal N Nikki''; and ''Hulla''. He works mostly in mainstream television ser ...

as Ambalal Khosti,

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Pracharak *

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Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...

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* Suzanne Bernert as

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* Kartik Soni as

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*Sangam Rai as

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Episodes

Episode URLs

Reception

Social media

The show noticed a huge engagement on social media with the #7RCR trending on Twitter for over 4 days in India on its launch. The

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was promoted heavily by ABP News through running contest on Twitter started on 18 January 2014. The lucky winners of the #7RCR contest were given

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. Following the 7RCR's success,

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started a documentary series named Aandolan, which is narrated by

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Controversies

The producer of this series, ABP News, came under controversy over showing Arvind Kejriwal under negative light. Use of language on defining every aspect of his life has been overly negative. Arvind Kejriwal himself tweeted about his surprise over the episode on his life. ABP News itself in under criticism for producing biased news.. On the contrary, ABP News has appealed to Arvind Kejriwal to tell about the 'fictional' part of the show and has mentioned that he will be given space to clarify his stand.

External links

7RCR Contest

7RCR website on ABP News

References

{{Reflist ABP News original programming Hindi-language television shows Indian reality television series Indian documentary television series Cultural depictions of prime ministers of India Indian political television series Cultural depictions of Rajiv Gandhi Cultural depictions of Narendra Modi Cultural depictions of Indira Gandhi 2004 in Indian television Rahul Gandhi Kejriwal government Nitish Kumar Jayalalithaa Jaswant Singh Nehru–Gandhi family