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MUMBAI: Star Bharat is all set to present ‘Meri Gudiya’ a unique show where for the first time on Hindi television viewers will see a doll playing the role of a mother. The show premieres on 16th December and will every Monday-Saturday at 8 pm.

Produced by Writer Galaxy Film Productions and starring the talented Gaurav S Bajaj and the popular Aalisha Panwar in lead roles. ‘Meri Gudiya’s’ inimitable concept makes it different than any other TV shows. ‘Meri Gudiya’ also signifies homecoming for actor Gaurav S Bajaj, who will be seen on the small screen after a long hiatus alongside Aalisha Panwar, Vidisha Srivastava and the other cast members.

It showcases the unconditional love of a mother for her daughter. The story revolves around the Gujral family who lives in Shimla. Raghvendra Gujral (Gaurav S Bajaj) is a successful businessman who runs his ancestral business of coffee plantations, his wife Madhuri Gujral (Aalisha Panwar) who is an extremely protective mother and their 4-year-old daughter Avi (Jenisha).

Avi is at the centre of Madhuri’s universe and Avi cannot imagine her life without Madhuri. Madhuri meets with an accident and Avi is left alone in a treacherous situation. Now, Avi’s only companion is a doll that was gifted to her by her mother.

A Star Bharat spokesperson said, “Star Bharat has always been at the forefront of creating content that breaks the clutter and gives viewers a chance to experience different stories. With the launch of Meri Gudiya, we want our audiences to witness the undying affection and concern of a mother for her daughter. The show is a perfect combination of gripping storytelling and emotional relationships that will keep the viewer engaged.”

Anirudh Pathak, the show’s producer, said, “Audience has seen many shows on the mother-daughter bond but the unique concept of the show ‘Meri Gudiya’ revolves around a doll depicting the role of a mother. It’s a show that will portray the eternal bond a mother shares with her child even after her death. Meri Gudiya is a story layered with emotions and nurtured with love and is different from the kind of shows that are being aired on television.”

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MUMBAI: Reality game show ‘Kodeeswari’ will premiere on 23rd December at 8 pm only on Colors Tamil and Viacom18’s video-on-demand platform Voot. To be hosted by the evergreen Radikaa Sarathkumar, ‘Kodeeswari’ powered by Nippon Paint, Arun Excello and RIN with Kotak Mahindra Bank as Banking Partner and Tamil Matrimony App and Helo App as Special Partners.

“The Tamil market is an incubator for path-breaking content, be it in films, art, print or television. Colors Tamil has, since its inception, pushed the boundary in terms of innovative content – through the stories we tell and through the way we tell them,” said Viacom18 Head, Regional Entertainment Cluster Ravish Kumar.

“How apt a homage to the culture and ethos of this market that one of the world’s most successful format shows ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ will go in for a global first with an all-women version on Colors Tamil. Because we at Colors Tamil believe that hearts which beat for others, should not forget to beat for themselves.”

Expressing delight on putting together such a purposeful show, Colors Tamil business head Anup Chandrasekharan said, “It gives us great pleasure to put together this experiential stage that will empower women who are smart, aware and knowledgeable. We have had overwhelming participation from the Tamil speaking women across the nation whose life stories are heroic in their own unique way. While the format of the game remains unchanged, our endeavour is to encourage strong-willed women to challenge stereotypes and emerge victorious. We are happy to have onboarded the indomitable superstar Radikaa Sarathkumar in this journey who will multitask as a host, a friend, and a guide.”

The popular television game format will see host Radikaa Sarathkumar quiz contestants on the Hot Seat 15 questions with prize money ranging from ₹1000 to ₹1 crore. If a contestant successfully answers all 15 questions correctly, she will be awarded prize money of ₹1 crore. During the play the contestants get to take 4 help-lines namely, 50-50, Audience Poll, Ask the Expert and Flip to survive through the game.

Kodeeswari is produced by Studio Next, the production house of Sony Pictures Networks. Studio Next holds the license of the format, for all Indian languages and has produced more than 1,800 episodes of the show across nine languages.

On this occasion, Studios Next head Indranil Chakraborty said, “This year Studio Next is completely in charge of this iconic show across the languages, making Tamil the 6th launch for the year 2019. While the game has been evolving through the years, this is the first time we are going to have an all women contestant show in Kodeeswari. This season will give all the women a great opportunity to take the front seat and drive their dreams forward with their knowledge.”

Colors Tamil viewers can now download the Voot app and Watch, Play Along and Win every day! This time around Voot gives the digital audiences a chance to not only win Gold Coins every day with “Watch and Play Kodeeswari on Voot” but also gives them a shot at reaching the Kodeeswari Hotseat – a real-time opportunity for highly engaged fans to reach the Hotseat via Voot’s interactivity gameplay. Upping the entertainment experience further for the digital natives, Voot will also bring to life exclusive videos showcasing the contestants’ stories.

Colors Tamil has designed a 360-degree marketing and promotional campaign with touchpoints across On-ground, Outdoor, Radio, Print, Cross channel and Digital.

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MUMBAI: Hindi GEC Sony Sab is giving 100 fans an opportunity to get closer to their families through their exciting ‘Khushiyon Wala New Year’ contest. Sony SAB’s initiative is also the channel’s way of thanking its fans who have loved and supported all their shows year after year.

To participate in the contest, fans need to share their stories on why they want to be with their families this year either by text, audio or video message on Whatsapp number +91 7039883366, out of which 100 most compelling stories will be eligible for return air tickets to their home town.

Earlier this year, Sony SAB launched its new brand proposition ‘Khushiyon Waali Feeling’ which truly reflects the nature of the shows on the channel. To drive this initiative further and take this philosophy to the fans – Sony Sab will run the on-air contest from 11th December to 25th December 2019.

Sony Sab business head Neeraj Vyas said, “At Sony Sab we proudly call ourselves ‘happiness enablers’ as our philosophy from the simple insight that when people are happy, it makes the world a better place. We are extremely overwhelmed with the response from fans for our shows and we believe they have been one of the key factors behind our success this year. This initiative will help us connect with our audiences on a much deeper level and spread more Khushiyon Wali Feeling this New Year.”

Today, Sony Sab showcases a strong line up of shows such as Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, Aladdin- Naam Toh Suna Hoga, Tenali Rama and Jijaji Chhat Per Hain. Strengthening its programming even further, the channel launched two new path-breaking shows this year: Baalveer Returns and Tera Kya Hoga Alia. Sony Sab has some notable milestones coming up as its super entertainer show Jijaji Chhat Per Hain completed 500 episodes in December this year.

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MUMBAI: &flix, the destination for the biggest Hollywood hits, brings you the #FlixFirstPremiere of ‘Miss Bala’ – a story of how two girls face their biggest nightmare.

Premiering this 22nd December at 1 pm and 9 pm, ‘Miss Bala’ sees Gina Rodriguez, who plays Gloria, in a new avatar. Directed by multiple award nominee Catherine Hardwicke, the film is based on a 2011 Mexican film with the same name. The movie also stars Ismael Cruz Córdova, who plays Suzu and Anthony Mackie, who plays Jimmy.

The film opens with Gloria, as she drives to Tijuana, Mexico to visit her best friend (Suzu) who is competing in the local ‘Miss Tijuana’ beauty pageant. During a night out, her friend is abducted, and Gloria soon finds herself a pawn in a dangerous game being played by the CIA, the DEA, and a charismatic yet ruthless cartel kingpin.

Finding the power, she never knew she had, Gloria plays one organization against the other, as she seeks to rescue her friend. Surviving will require all of her cunning, inventiveness, and strength. Will she be able to save her friend?

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Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has introduced new guidelines for the mobile number portability (MNP) India. The new rules are applicable from today onwards.

Under the new rules, the mobile number porting process will be completed within 3 to 5 days. Previously, the process used to take 15 days to port a mobile number from one operator to another. TRAI has also revealed that users need to pay Rs 6.46 for each porting request.

New Guidelines

The regulator has revealed some guidelines for MNP. To start with, users will have to use the active connection for at least 90 days. Postpaid users will have to clear all the outstanding dues as per their billing cycle.

Furthermore, users will not be eligible for portability if they have already made a request to change the ownership of the mobile number. "There should not be any pending contractual obligations to be fulfilled by the subscriber as per the exit clause provided in the subscriber agreement," TRAI said in a statement.

How to port a number?
The process is fairly simple. Users who are looking to port their mobile number can send an SMS with ‘PORT’ followed by a space and the ten-digit mobile number to 1900. Users will then get a Unique Porting Code (UPC) through an SMS, which is valid for four days. Users then need to go to the nearest customer service centre of the operator they want to port and fill the Customer Acquisition Form (CAF) and Porting Form and provide the UPC code.

Users have to make the necessary payment for porting along with requisite KYC documents. Once the documents and forms are submitted, users will get a new SIM, which will be activated within three days. However, in Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and North-East areas, it will take 15 working days.

The process is the same for postpaid customers. Users can also withdraw the porting request by sending a CANCEL followed by space and the mobile number to 1900. However, it is important to note that withdrawing the porting request should be made within 24 hours of submitting the request.

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BSNL has reduced the validity of several prepaid plans in Kerala. The revised plans include prepaid plans of Rs 186, Rs 187, Rs 153, Rs 118 and so on. All these plans have been updated with reduced validity now.

Starting with the Rs 118 prepaid plan, it’s now offering benefits for just 21 days in Kerala circle, reports Telecom Talk. In other circles, the Rs 118 plan comes with 28 days validity and it offers 0.5GB data per day, 250 minutes of voice calling every day and 100 SMSes per day.

BSNL Rs 186 and Rs 187 prepaid plans now come with 24 days validity in Kerala. However, the same plan is valid for 28 days in other circles. They offer benefits of 3GB data per day, unlimited voice calling with 250 minutes cap and 100 SMSes per day.

The Rs 153 plan now comes with a validity of 21 days in Kerala circle as against its earlier validity of 28 days. This plan offers 1.5GB of data per day, unlimited calling to any network and 100 SMS per day.

BSNL recently revised Rs 29 and Rs 47 prepaid plans. The company also removed Rs 7, Rs 9 and Rs 192 prepaid plans from some of its circle.

BSNL Rs 29 prepaid plan now comes with reduced validity from seven days to five days. The pack offers unlimited calls along with 1GB of data and 300 SMS. The Rs 47, pack now offers seven days of validity against its nine of validity that was offered earlier. The pack offers unlimited voice calls along with 1GB of data for the entire validity period.

MUMBAI: Media conglomerate ZEEL’s Punjabi entertainment channel Zee Punjabi is scheduled to go on air on the auspicious day of Lohri dated 13th January 2020. With its unique brand promise, ‘Jazba Kar Vakhon Da’ – the spirit to make the Vadde Sapne come true, Zee Punjabi’s full range of robust content endeavours to be the jazbaa that pole-vaults people to their extraordinary dreams.

The channel will have five fiction shows, four non-fiction shows, movies, music and more. The channel will also have a local version of music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa to be mentored by Gurdas Mann.

Zee Punjabi will be available across all major cable, DTH, Free Dish, and digital platforms starting 13th January 2020. The channel will also be available on ZEEL’s digital and mobile entertainment platform, ZEE5.

Commenting on the much-awaited launch of its first GEC in the region, ZEEL Cluster Head – North, West and Premium Channels Amit Shah said Punjab has a significantly low time spent despite the highest TV penetration (88%) in the country. That, he said, is a factor of not having dedicated Punjabi content that does justice to the region and the culture.

“Zee Punjabi is being launched by understanding the viewer’s need gap; for a culture that is so powerful, Punjab definitely needs its own authentic Punjabi channel. Intensive consumer work in the market has helped us understand the potential and craft the strategy for our content and brand. We are certain the audiences will resonate with the stories and fall in love with the characters,” he noted.

Speaking of the launch, Zee Punjabi Business Head Rahul Rao said, “We look forward to bring shows that are inspired from the region and its culture. Punjabis have a jazba and junoon which is very unique to them and our content is a reflection of that spirit. We have a strong line up of stories with themes familiar to Punjab, characters that people will fall in love with and faces like Gurdas Mann, Jazzy B, Jaidev Kumar, Sonu Kakkar and Sara Gurpal who are respected here! With over 20 hours of original content every week and a strong line up of World TV Premieres every month, we are certain of being wholeheartedly accepted by the Punjabi audiences.”

Along with the stories and characters inspired from the land, the philosophy of ‘Jazbaa Kar Vakhon Da’ is also brought alive with the visual identity. The logo is a reflection of inner radiance and colours from the sunrise palette signifying the hope, the diler Jigraa and optimism of Punjab. The colour of fuschia magenta is an ode to their welcoming and warm nature and the gold captures their chakachaund zindagi and the junoon to take on the world.

The patterns of the timeless Phulkari rendered with a modern twist siginifies their strength that comes from their roots and the Bhaichaara within the community. This is juxtaposed with cascading spirals to connote their journey to their Vadde Sapne.

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MUMBAI: ZEEL-owned Hindi movie channels Zee Cinema and &pictures are all set to premiere ‘Dream Girl’ and ‘Bharat’ respectively. Zee Cinema will air the television premiere of ‘Dream Girl’ on 21st December at 9 pm while ‘Bharat’ will premiere on &pictures on 21st December at 8 pm.

Dream Girl is a comedy film directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa and co-produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under their banner Balaji Motion Pictures. In the film, Ayushmann Khurrana plays a cross-gender actor whose female voice impersonation begets attention from others. Nushrat Bharucha, Annu Kapoor, Manjot Singh, and Vijay Raaz feature in supporting roles.

Raaj Shaandilyaa’s Dream Girl revolves around a fun, talented and unemployed, Karam who is desperately looking out for a job so that he can repay his father’s debt. One day, he comes across a flyer promising employment, but it turns out to be a job at a ‘friendship call-centre’, which pairs lonely men with attractive female voices.

Trying to impress the employer, he answers the phone, improvises a coquettish character named Pooja due to which he gets the job. Soon, Pooja’s voice begins attracting a host of admirers like a cop (Vijay Raaz), an ardent teenager (Raj Bhansali) and a Brahmachari (Abhishek Banerjee) and becomes their dream girl. On the other hand, Karam meets and falls in love with Mahi Rajput (Nushrat Bharucha) who is unaware of Karam’s shenanigans as Pooja.

Bharat is a drama film written and directed by Ali Abbas Zafar. It is jointly produced by Atul Agnihotri, Alvira Khan Agnihotri, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Nikhil Namit and Salman Khan under the banners Reel Life Productions, Salman Khan Films and T-Series. [Image: Bharat-550x309.jpg]

The film stars Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Tabu, Sunil Grover, Disha Patani and Jackie Shroff. It traces India’s post-independence history from the perspective of a common man and follows his life from the age of 8 to 70.

Based on the 2014 South Korean film Ode to My Father, principal photography for Bharat began in April 2018. Filled with endless drama, romance, comedy, and thrill, the movie traces the extraordinary journey of Bharat over the course of several decades as he navigates the ups and downs of his life while living every moment to its blockbuster potential.

A heart-warming story that traces Bharat’s journey post his separation from his father Gautam (Jackie Shroff) and sister Gudiya (Tabu) during the Indo-Pak partition in 1947 as a child. With the hope that someday their family will reunite, Bharat keeps the promise made to his father of looking after his family.

Bharat takes up every opportunity that comes his way to fulfill the needs of his family. During his journey, he finds a best friend in Vilayti (Sunil Grover) who stands by him through thick and thin and comes across Kumud Raina aka Madam Sir (Katrina Kaif) who becomes the love of his life. Witness this extraordinary journey of Bharat as he comes across various instances in his lifetime to achieve his dreams.

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MUMBAI: Telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has launched National Broadband Mission aimed at providing broadband access to all villages by 2022.

Addressing the gathering after launching the National Broadband Mission (NBM) at an event, Prasad said that the National Broadband Mission is to fulfill all aspirations of the people and enables fast track growth of digital communication infrastructure. He also launched the Logo of the NBM, a Booklet on this occasion.

The vision of the NBM is to fast track growth of digital communications infrastructure, bridge the digital divide, facilitate digital empowerment and inclusion and provide affordable and universal access of broadband for all.

Some of the objectives of the Mission which is structured with a strong emphasis on the three principles of universality, affordability, and quality are:

>Broadband access to all villages by 2022

>Facilitate universal and equitable access to broadband services for across the country and especially in rural and remote areas

>Laying of incremental 30 lakhs route km of Optical Fiber Cable and increase in tower density from 0.42 to 1.0 tower per thousand of the population by 2024

>Significantly improve quality of services for mobile and internet

>Develop innovative implementation models for Right of Way (RoW) and to work with States/UTs for having consistent policies pertaining to expansion of digital infrastructure including for RoW approvals required for laying of OFC

>Develop a Broadband Readiness Index (BRI) to measure the availability of digital communications infrastructure and conducive policy ecosystem within a State/UT.

>Creation of a digital fiber map of the Digital Communications network and infrastructure, including Optical Fiber Cables and Towers, across the country

>Investment from stakeholders of USD 100 billion (Rs 7 Lakh Crore) including Rs 70,000 crore from Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)

>Address policy and regulatory changes required to accelerate the expansion and creation of digital infrastructure and services

>Work with all stakeholders including the concerned Ministries / Departments/ Agencies, and Ministry of Finance, for enabling investments for the Mission

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Bharti Airtel is currently offering a discount on its Android powered Xstream Box in India. The company is offering a discount in Delhi NCR circle.

With this, the Xstream Box is now available at a price tag of Rs 2,249. To recall, the streaming box was launched in India at a price tag of Rs 3,999. This reflects a price cut of Rs 1,750. Customers can avail this offer from Airtel Thanks application. Users can go to the application and select on Xstream Thanks offer and select their city. After this, users need to verify their mobile number. Once all the steps are completed, users will require to enter the address for installation.

Moving on, customers who want this offer, need to select an Airtel bundle plan of Rs 699 instead of Rs 360. The Rs 699 plan offers a host of interesting benefits. To start with, users will get 154 channels including 54 HD channels. Customers will also get complimentary access to all Xstream apps.

The Xstream Box comes runs on Android 9 Pie OS and combines both satellite TV and OTT content together through a single device. Along with the benefits offered to Xstream Stick users, Xstream Box will bring users the option to choose from 500 plus TV channels, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube and Airtel Store.

The Airtel Xstream Box features WiFi and Bluetooth for connectivity and offers a built-in Chromecast option. There’s a universal remote that features Google Assistant based voice search and dedicated keys for launching Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube.

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MUMBAI: John Abraham-starrer action thriller ‘Batla House’ is all set to premiere on Hindi movie channel Sony Max. Also starring Nora Fatehi and Mrunal Thakur the movie will be showcased on 25th December 2019 at 12 pm.

Inspired by real-life events, the story of the film ‘Batla House’ is based on the aftermath of the Batla House encounter case that took place in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar in 2008. What begins as an encounter of 4 students, who DCP Sanjeev Kumar Yadav (John Abraham) believes are part of an underground terrorist group, results in the death of the inspector KK Varma who was leading the case.

After a tumultuous series of events where the entire nation was against DCP Kumar who was mentally traumatized by the encounter, the story leads up to a climactic court hearing of whether the encounter was a fake activity planned out by the DCP or a real one.

Directed by Nikkhil Advani and written by Ritesh Shah, ‘Batla House’ received rave reviews from several popular critics across India for Joan Abraham’s incredible portrayal of a super cop.

Amidst a possible merger with Airtel Digital TV, Dish TV is now offering extra service of 30 days to users who recharge with the same channel pack for 12 months straight. Meaning, if a Dish TV user chooses the same channel pack consecutively for 12 months, without making any changes, the DTH operator will offer the package for one extra month for free. This would get the total to 13 months of service for the price of 12.

D2H, which is owned by Dish TV is also offering a similar long-term recharge offer for its customers. All DTH operators removed their actual long-term channel packs after TRAI’s new tariff system. The new regime made Cable and DTH operators gradually get rid of the long-term packs. The brands decided to offer lucrative long-term recharge offers to reel in customers for longer stints. Hence, Dish TV is providing customers with a month of free service along with a set-top box swap service for free.

Other Dish TV long-term recharge offers
Besides the 12 months offer, customers who recharge for 3 months in a row with the same channel packs, will get 7 days of free service. Similarly, users who recharge without modifying their packs for 6 months will get 15 days of free service.

What’s the free set-top box swap offer?
When a set-top box gets old, it may start seeing some performance issues. Set-top boxes may also get faulty for other reasons. In such cases, getting the set-top box replaced is the only option left to customers. This usually costs quite a bit. Hence, for Dish TV customers who have recharged for 12 months in a row with the same pack, a free set-top box swap is also offered.

Tata Sky and Airtel Digital TV offer similar deals
Tata Sky is also offering a similar offer to customers. Those who do a yearly recharge one full month subscription for free. Meanwhile, Airtel Digital TV offer will you the 12th month free on recharging the same channel pack for 11 months.

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MUMBAI: Zee Telugu is launching a comedy reality show ‘Adhirindi’ on 22nd December at 9 pm. A reality talent hunt for the next generation of comedy stars, the cast of ‘Adhirindi’ went LIVE with a curtain-raiser on 15th December.

Through this show, comedy superstars and the audience will get together every weekend to elect a new generation of comic geniuses. Sameera Sherief will debut as the anchor for the unique show that includes the popular Nagababu as the judge or ‘shahensha’.

The participants, selected from auditions, will be split into four teams which will each be led by Dhanraj, Venu, RP, and Chandra, where they perform comical skits to amuse the ‘shahensha’.

Adding to its uniqueness, the team members will receive the opportunities of being exclusively hand-picked by the said team leaders, for the first-time-ever in the history of comedy shows in South India. The selection criterion would include electing individuals possessing distinct dialects from across the State, embracing the wit that every dialect has to offer.

The show comprises of a missed-call campaign where every episode will consist of audience voting along with the judges’ points that determine the course of ‘Adhirindi’. Starting from the fourth episode, votes of the audience will be displayed and updated on the leaderboard on a weekly basis, however, the scores of the jury will only be unveiled in the finale of the show.

The very first episode will witness Nagababu’s daughter, Niharika Konidela as the walk-in judge. Heightening the entertainment quotient for the night, Raj Tarun made a special appearance for the promotions of his film Iddari Lokam Okkate and performed in one of the skits that left the audience splits.

The champion of the show will be pronounced through a division of audience votes (50%) along with the votes of the judges (50%). The show guarantees to provide pure laughter and an enjoyable ride where we collectively embark on a journey of ushering in a new generation of comic sensations.

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MUMBAI: Star Gold will air the television premiere of the laughter-filled super hit film Housefull 4 on 22nd December at 12 pm. Directed by Farhad Samji, Housefull 4 reunites some of the original cast and brings in fresh new faces as well.

Set in modern-day London, Housefull 4 tells the story of Harry, Max and Roy, three brothers who are in fact the reincarnations of members of a royal household from 1419 Sitamgargh in India. Akshay Kumar, Bobby Deol, and Riteish Deshmukh play the three lead roles.

The plot twist and ensuing hilarity come from the fact that the brothers in the present time are in love with each other’s love interests from the past and are now stuck figuring out how to fulfill their centuries-old love quests without ruining everything they have planned in their present lives.

“It is always wonderful to be associated with films that make it big at the Box Office and that can be appreciated by wider audiences. The success of Housefull 4 is a testament to the skill and talent of the entire cast and crew of the movie and we are certain that its success on the big screen will only be multiplied through its premiere on Star Gold,” said a Star India Spokesperson.

Vodafone has announced four new prepaid plans for its customers in India. The company has introduced Rs 269, Rs 199, Rs 129 and Rs 24 prepaid plans for its users.

To start with the new Rs 269 prepaid plan, it comes with unlimited calling without any FUP limit on local, STD and national roaming. The pack offers 4GB of data and it comes with a 56 days of validity. Apart from this, users will get access to Vodafone Play and Zee5 along with 600 SMSes.

Coming to Rs 199, the pack comes with a validity of 21 days. The pack offers 1GB of data per day along with 100 SMS per day. It comes with Vodafone Play and Zee5 subscription to its customers.

Moving on, the Rs 129 prepaid plan comes with unlimited voice calls on any network without any FUP limit. The pack comes with 2GB of data and 300 SMS messages. It comes with a validity of 14 days.

Finally, the Rs 24 prepaid plan offers 100 minutes of on-net night calling minutes and it comes with a validity of 14 days. The free calling will be active between 11:00 PMto 6:00 AM.

BSNL has revised its Rs 666 prepaid plan in India. The state-owned telecom operator is offering more data benefit with its latest prepaid plan.

With this, the Rs 666 prepaid plan now comes with a revised data of 3GB per day. The pack earlier offered 2GB of data per day with this plan. However, the offer is for a limited time only and it is valid till December 31, 2019, reports TelecomTalk. The prepaid pack comes with a validity of 134 days. The plan offers free voice calls on local, STD and national roaming. However, there is a daily capping of 250 minutes per day. Users can avail this offer starting December 23, 2019.

Previously, BSNL introduced Rs 1345 prepaid plan for its customers. customers will get 1.5GB data per day for 365 days. The plan also includes additional 10GB extra data, which can be used once the daily limit is over. So in total, the plan is offering up to 557.5GB data through the validity period. The plan, however, does not offer any voice calling or SMS benefits. For calling, customers will be charged as per base tariff plan.

Recently, the company announced three new broadband plans for its users - Rs 349, Rs 399 and Rs 499 and they will be effective July 1, 2019. The brand also announced Rs 749 Fibre broadband plan bringing free Hotstar Premium Subscription a few days back.

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MUMBAI: Media conglomerate ZEEL’s channels have been blacked out by three multi-system operators (MSOs) Arasu Cable, SCV and VK Digital in many parts of Tamil Nadu due to disagreement on pricing.

Following the complaints by susbcribers in Tamil Nadu about the non-availability of ZEEL channels, the broadcaster has issued an official statement saying that all its channels are fully operational across all cable and direct to home (DTH) platforms.

It also clarified that there has been no change in the pricing of ZEEL channels or bouquets. The company has urged customers to approach their respective MSOs for getting the channels reactivated.

“Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEEL) wishes to clarify that all of its television channels in Tamil Nadu are fully operational across leading cable and DTH operators, including Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd., SCV and V K Digital. The channels are also available across all leading DTH operators viz. Airtel Digital TV, Tata Sky, Dish TV, d2h, and Sun Direct,” ZEEL said in a statement.

“There has been no change in the consumer price (MRP) of the individual channels or channel packs whatsoever. Zee Prime Tamil SD pack, competitively priced at Rs. 10 only, is the best value pack in Tamil Nadu market when compared to other similar bouquets available in the same market.”

It further stated, “ZEEL has issued all the required communications to its esteemed viewers informing and urging them to approach their respective cable operators with a request to reactivate the channels, for which they have already paid Rs. 10, as part of their monthly subscription.

“This communication is purely issued in the interest of all our viewers since ZEEL has received several complaints and requests through emails and social media platforms, wherein the consumers have mentioned that their cable operators have removed the ZEE Bouquet from their channel packs, without any communication or reason. Hence, the viewers have expressed their disappointment for not being able to view their favourite ZEE Channels, despite having paid for the same.”

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MUMBAI: Discovery Channel will unravel the potential dangers of uncontrolled environmental degradation and climate change with ‘India 2050’, a thought-provoking documentary, that premieres on 29th December at 9 pm.

The documentary begins with Jaipur, known as the Pink City of India, but imagined as in 2050, completely buried under piles of sand. It then moves into the future of currently flourishing metropolises of Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, and Kolkata, giving viewers a terrifying glimpse of what is to come, for each of these metro cities.

Highlighting the importance of the show, Discovery Director–Content, Factual & Lifestyle Entertainment – South Asia Sai Abishek said, “India 2050 shines a light on what could lie-ahead if we don’t change. It is a wake-up call, urging each one of us to emerge from our collective slumber to act before it gets too late.”

Highlighting industrial damage to the ecosystem in the show, Amitav Ghosh, author of Great Derangement, says, “We cannot in any way absolve companies and corporations of playing a role in this because we know now that there’s been a huge systematic, well-funded climate denial machine! It was really the role of money, which has actually held up any kind of climate action for a very long time now.” While, Environmentalist and Climate Change Expert Chandra Bhushan, warns, “We are going to leave our children a planet which is going to be much harsher than what we have today.”

While presenting this alarmist view on the future, the film also highlights a larger crisis that humanity is likely to face – the crisis of environmental migration and climate refugees, the effects of which we are already facing in 2019 in certain patches in the Sundarbans and on India’s east coast. Going forward, experts predict this to be the single most urgent crisis to be faced by every country in the world as sea levels will continue to rise and glaciers will continue to melt bringing about unprecedented and irrevocable changes to human life as we know it.

“We don’t have time anymore. In the month of August 2019, within 12 days, India received more than a thousand extreme and heavy rainfall events! You’re getting to see the worst impacts of climate change and they’re happening now!” says, Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment, highlighting the need for immediate action.

“People like us are protected. We believe… and it’s our arrogance that has created the problem. Because we believe nothing can affect us! We will ramp up, we’ll put on another air conditioner – the heat outside goes on. If there is no water, we’ll buy bottled water. But we’re not worried about a dying river – because we still get clean water in our taps,” she further adds highlighting human apathy as one of the key reasons as to why we haven’t been able to come together as a species to counter climate change in any way.

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MUMBAI: Hindi movie channel Zee Cinema will treat its viewers to rom-com ‘Geeta Govinda’ on 25th December at 12 pm.

Directed by Parasuram, the movie revolves around Geeta and Govind’s love-hate relationship and how eventually their differences subside and love blooms. Playing Vijay’s leading lady in the film is the beautiful Rashmika Mandanna. Touted as the ideal rom-com, it’s the perfect mix of good humor and a wonderful cast.

The movie had topped the box office in the Telegu cinema market and garnered accolades for Vijay and Rashmika’s fabulous onscreen chemistry making them the hottest onscreen pair.

Geeta Govinda revolves around Vijay Govind, a charming young college professor who falls in love with a level-headed woman, Geetha (Rashmika Mandanna) who doesn’t believe in love.

With hopes to impress her, Vijay’s one wrong move lands him in trouble due to which Geetha thinks he is an irresponsible person, who’s always behind every woman.

This derails all hopes for his love story, but also potential repercussions with his family. As the story progresses, the film follows their journey where Vijay tries to redeem himself and win his love over.

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Reliance Jio has unveiled its ‘'Happy New Year'’ offer for customers for Rs 2020, which will be valid for a whole year. Smartphone customers would get 1.5 GB of data daily, along with unlimited voice calls by paying Rs 2,020 for 365 days. This plan is around 19% costlier than earlier plan of Reliance Jio which was launched in October this year for Rs 1,699.

In October 2019, Reliance Jio announced Diwali Dhamaka offer, will gave users 1.5 GB data and unlimited voice calls for a year. The new plan can also be availed by customers who already have Jiophone by paying Rs 2,020 for the whole year.
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