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T E L E V I S I O N First English singing talent hunt show The Stage is an Indian talent television series, which premiered on Oct 10, 2015 on Colors Infinity. The show aired on Saturday and Sunday nights. The series was produced by SOL Productions of Kamna Nirula Menezes. Season 1 had as the presenter and Vishal Dadlani, Monica Dogra, Ehsaan Noorani, and Devraj Sanyal as judges. Yatharth Ratnum (19) of Benaras was declared the winner at the finale aired on Dec 13, 2015. He won a Renault car, a recording deal with Universal Music and a 10-city tour.

First/only Indian on Masterchef Priya Barve (40) of was the only Indian contestant on Masterchef Asia in its inaugural season with 15 home cooks from , , , , , and , starting on Sept 3, 2015 for 17 episodes. She was however, eliminated on Nov 26, 2015. The show was aired in on Star World Premiere every Saturday, in the Philippines on TV 5 and on Channel 5 in Singapore.

Longest running sports quiz Dr Sumanth C Raman from Chennai has been anchoring BSNL Sports Quiz, a weekly sports quiz since it began on June 3, 2002. It used to be telecast live on Longest running astrology show (regional Podhigai language) channel every Saturday Hasmukhbhai M Zaveri (b July 1, 1943) of Surat has from 10.10 pm to 11.00 pm until March 2014. A been hosting his own show Aajnu Bhavishya on total of 736 episodes were aired as on June 30, Mitra channel every morning since Dec 15, 2002. 2016. Now it is telecast on Sunday night from As of March 31, 2016, 5107 episodes had been 9.00 pm to 10.00 pm. aired. He has also authored 10 books on astrology.

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Longest term as anchor of a game show Star Mahila, a popular woman’s game show aired from 1.00 – 2.00 pm every day (except on Sundays) on ETV Telugu channel has been anchored by Suma Kanakala uninterruptedly since the launch on August 9, 2008. The show completed 2,145 episodes on June 30, 2015. Each episode has six participants competing for the title of Star Mahila.

Longest running talk show Aap Ki Adaalat, the longest running talk show, completed 22 years in December 2015. The anchor and producer of the show Rajat Sharma (b April 30, 1956) remain unchanged since day one. When it started it was aired on Zee TV from March 13, 1992. In 2004, Rajat Sharma and his wife set up their own channel and now it is aired on India TV.

Newsreader for longest duration Falguni Hiren Shah of Ahmedabad, Gujarat has been a casual news reader at Ahmedabad Doordarshan Kendra since Dec 21, 1988, when she was Falguni Kedhia before her marriage.

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Longest-running televised quiz Prashnottari, a fortnightly quiz programme with participants from schools and colleges and the general public as the television audience was first telecast on Prasar Bharti’s Doordarshan Kendra on July 23, 1993. Hosted by former IAS officer Dr Mahendra Surana since its inception, the quiz, touching on diverse topics, completed 608 episodes as on June 30, 2016. Surana is the show’s scriptwriter too. The show is produced in-house. In view of its popularity, it was made into a weekly programme from April 1, 2015. Most disguises by one character Shridhar Santram Watsar, who plays Dooba Dooba in the daily soap Baal Veer, a children’s super hero show created by Vipul D Shah and Sanjiv Sharma, has been disguised as 36 different characters on the show. Baal Veer, aired on Sab TV, Mon-Fri 8.00 pm, started on Oct 8, 2012. Some of the characters that Watsar has been disguised as are Rocket Singh, Charlie Magician, hippy guy, Monday etc. The series is produced by Optimystix Entertainment.

Longest running daily fiction soap () – Kachchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte commonly abbreviated to Balika Vadhu, is a television drama series (Mon-Sat 8.00 pm) produced by company Sphereorigins Multivision Private Limited, Mumbai. It premiered on July 21, 2008 on Colors TV. This show portrays various issues related to child marriage and completed 1,935 episodes as of June 30, 2016. The last episode of the saga was aired on July 31, 2016.

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Television_2017.pmd 122 24-03-2017, 12:55 T E L E V I S I O N Quizmaster for most quiz shows Dr N Someswara is the quizmaster of ‘that anta hELi’ (answer at once) in , which is being aired (Mon - Fri) without a break since Jan 4, 2002 on DD Chandana from Doordarshan Kendra Bengaluru. The show completed 2,989 episodes as of June 30, 2016. Each 30-min episode on general knowledge with three participants consists of 12 questions in different fields. Each correct answer is Longest running crime show awarded with a book On Jan 21, 1998, Sony Entertainment Television published by Kannada Sahitya (SET) and Fireworks Productions (BP Singh and Parishad. The chief producer is Pradeep Uppoor) launched CID, a weekly N Chandrashkehar, Deputy crime about a team of detectives Director General, Doordarshan belonging to the Crime Investigation Kendra, Bengaluru and other producers are Department in Mumbai. CID is an investigative Usha Kini, Arathy HN, Raghu G and Eshwara series consisting of hardcore police procedural Rao. Over the years, the show has had 8,217 stories and the main protagonist of the show is participants attempting to answer 37,084 ACP Pradyuman played by . In questions posed by Dr Someswara. The number May 2010, the show went bi-weekly. The of books distributed so far is 49,000. show has completed 18 years in January 2016 and 1,346 episodes as of June 30, 2016. Sony TV announced the Shaatir Lekhak Contest on July 10, 2015, in which three Screenplay for incomplete stories and clues were presented. Contestants were required to complete any most episodes one story out of three. The contest ended on of serial July 26, 2015. The winning story will appear in Komanapally episodes and prizes will also be given to the Ganapathi Rao (67) winner. From the total entries, the channel of Hyderabad has found three winners in Rakhi Lotlikar from been the sole Goa, Irfan Ahmad Bhat from Baramulla (J&K) screenplay writer and Vineeta Singh from Kanpur. CID even for the Telugu daily introduced a series as Aakhri Chunauti. serial Abhishekam which has been airing at 2.00 pm on ETV since Dec 22, Longest daily devotional show 2008. The show is Zee TV (Telugu) has been airing a daily produced by devotional programme titled Bhakthi Sowbhagya Media Samacharam (8.30-9.00 am) for the last 10 Ltd. Credit for the years. First aired on June 11, 2005, it showcases story line goes to one temple or pilgrimage spot every day bringing veteran film out the significance of the pilgrimage/ temple. It director Dasari crossed 3,460 episodes as of June 30, 2015. Narayana Rao. MNVR Chandrika has been the director and script writer from the very first episode.

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Longest running comedy fiction show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah produced by Neela Telefilms and conceived and designed by Asit Kumarr Modi has been airing on SAB TV from 8.30-9.00, Mon-Fri (previously Mon-Sat) since July 28, 2008. The show is based on the column Duniya Ne Oondha Chashmah written by columnist and journalist Taarak Mehta for the Gujarati weekly magazine Chitralekha that revolves around the happenings of Gokuldham Co-Operative Housing Society in Mumbai, a society well known for its cultural diversity and the day-to-day life of its members who come from different backgrounds and cultures. The 1,700th episode was aired on June 22, 2016.

First show on ‘power’ couples Power Couples’ was a show where the relationship of couples were tested. Money was also at stake along with trust. Ten popular celebrity couples who were featured from across fields competed with each other over various challenges. It was launched on Dec 12, 2015, produced by Colosceum India headed by Lalit Sharma and aired on Sony TV on Saturdays and Sundays. The series was the Indian adaptation of the Israeli television series Power Couple. Hosted by Arbaaz with guest appearances by Khan, the first season of Power Couple India was won by Naved and Sayeeda. Shahwar Ali and Marcella were the runner-up, aired on the finale episode on March 12, 2016.

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Television_2017.pmd 124 24-03-2017, 13:54 T E L E V I S I O N Longest annual yatra on broadcasting & cable TV Chetna Yatra, an initiative by Aavishkar Media Group, has completed 11 annual journeys covering about 25,000 km in around 50 days every year, covering every hook and corner of the country, as of 2015. The 11th Longest running health show Chetna Yatra was from Sept 5, to Nov 1, Total Health is a one hour live phone- in health 2015, covering 450 cities. The purpose of show which is telecast on DD News every Sunday the Yatra is to bridge the gap between all the from 8.30 - 9.30 am along with a panel discussion stakeholders of the broadcasting and Cable with medical experts. Ashok Budhiraja produced TV industry. They organise seminars and talk the show from July 18, 2004 to July 31, 2011 shows during the yatra for raising awareness (episode 1-387). The first telecast was on July 18, on global warming and environment, 2004. Kiran Bhardwaj and Kamal Pandit were the prioritising ‘green broadcasting’. They also assistant producers and Prakriti Krishnan and educate TV channels, Cable TV operators Elizabeth were the anchors. Number of episodes and other stakeholders to save environment completed were 600 as of Dec 15, 2015. The and incorporate methods to save electricity present anchors are Sanjeev Upadhyaya and and reduce power consumption by switching Kiran Bhardwaj, the producer is Anand Mohan to LED lights in studios and planting trees. with Kamal Pandit the assistant producer.

Most couples selfies to promote show To promote an upcoming show on Star Plus called Dahleez, the channel called for entries of couple selfies on various platforms (Digital & On-ground) as the Pyaar ki Selfie Contest . An enclosed selfie booth was set up in four malls in the National Capital Region – (DLF Mall - Saket, Delhi, Ambience Mall - Vasant Kunj, Delhi, MGF Mall - Gurgaon and TGIP - Noida). Each selfie booth was connected to a large LED screen strategically located in the mall atrium, with the show’s title track Jiya Re playing in the background from 12.00 noon to 8.00 pm on March 12 & 13, 2016, just prior to the launch of the serial on March 14, 2016. Number of couples who participated – 1,850. Number of selfies clicked – 4,389. Dahleez was a Hindi television series of 104 episodes produced by Fortune Productions of Farhan Salaruddin, aired every night from March 14 to June 26, 2016.

Television_2017.pmd 125 24-03-2017, 13:54 Largest selfie SAB TV ( Networks India Pvt Ltd) head- quartered in Mumbai created a selfie that had 3,011 participants in it, which was taken during the SAB Family Funathon held at KD Babu Singh Stadium, Lucknow on Nov 25, 2015.

Largest spelling competition Classmate Spellbee organised by Times of India, Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, completed its 8th edition with Ananya Upadhya of Sri Kumaran Children’s Home (CBSE), Bengaluru winning the National Championship of Rs 2,00,000 and the opportunity to witness the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee 2016 with a parent in Washington DC, USA. The finale was aired on with Soha Ali Khan as the host on May 22, 2016. The competition is open to students from Class 5 -9. On this edition 800 schools with 2,75,000 students took part.

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Television_2017.pmd 126 24-03-2017, 13:54 T E L E V I S I O N Longest running daily devotional discourse Bishop Dr Karupati Santhi Sagar (b August 21, 1969) of Eluru, West Godavari, , has been conducting a 30-min daily devotional programme titled Yese Parishkarm on ACT Television from December 2001. He completed 5,136 episodes on April 24, 2016.

Longest duration of graphics in children’s show per episode Daily children’s show Baalveer completed 1,000 episodes as of June 8, 2016, having begun on Oct 8, 2012, airing Mon - Fri on SAB TV. The show is a combination of live action, animation, 3D models (sand man, snow man, mosquito, ashwasur, dinosaur, snake, tiger, dragon), graphics locations (parilok, bhayanak lok, vinashini lok, bawandar lok, chocolate world, chhal lok, shunya lok, danav lok etc) and computer generated special effects. Both real locations along with imaginary graphic-based locations are used, with an average of 11 min of graphics per episode.

First crossover series across two shows CID has had many crossover episodes with many series, the first being with on Nov 13, 2009. It also had crossover episodes with Adaalat, first in December 2010. It also had crossover for two weeks in July 2014 with the series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.

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Television_2017.pmd 127 24-03-2017, 13:54 T E L E V I S I O N First talk show with the three Khans together The Khan trinity – Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir – congregated on anchor Rajat Sharma’s TV show Aap Ki Adalat, which celebrated its 21st anniversary at Delhi on Dec 2, 2014. The TV show has hosted the three Khans separately over a span of two decades. However, in a first for a show, all three actors appeared together. In this Khans Ki Adalat, the celebrity trio grilled the anchor on his own turf! The celebrations, which took place at Pragati Maidan, were also attended by President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi among other dignitaries, First Selfie King sportspersons and celebrities. The Great Selfie Challenge (May 1 -15, 2015) web show had 5 players (Ahvanya Sharma of New First series on women scientists Delhi, Clince Varghese of Mumbai, Mihir Scientifically Yours was a programme on DD Chaddha of Hyderabad, Paurush Irani of Mumbai Bharti that showcased the contribution of 13 and Sahaya Sharma of ) travel around Indian women scientists in their respective India in the fields. This inspirational programme was put quest for the together to encourage the younger generation most epic selfie of women to take up careers in science. for 14 days with Telecast at 8.30 pm from July 19, 2014, a limited budget Vigyan Prasar, in collaboration with National of Rs 1 lakh to Institute of Science Communication and complete 7 Information Resources (NISCAIR) produced selfie challenges. the interview series. By the end of these 14 days, there were 35 epic selfies that will leave an indelible mark in selfie history! Completing every challenge gave the players 10,000 points. The 5 selfie takers had no travel plans or itinerary. They decided where to go next based on the selfie challenge that they received. The grand prize of Rs 1 lakh was won by Clince Varghese.

First series on a river festival Godavari Pushkara Vaibhavam 2015 was telecast daily for 7.00-7.30 am on Doordarshan Saptagiri from March 21, 2015 (eve of the Telugu New Year) with the theme being Godavari Pushkaralu. Godavari Pushkaram is a festival of River Godavari which occurs once in 12 years. Subjects covered were the origin the Godavari river in Tryambakam in till its merger near Antarvedi in the Bay of Bengal. Its 130 episodes were aired, as of June 29, 2016. Godavari Pushkaralu was from July 14-25, 2015. DD Saptagiri is a state-owned TV channel telecasting from , Andhra Pradesh.

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