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Mumbai:
Star Plus that had opened the Sunday morning slot with Amir
Khan's Satyamev Jayate is replacing the big-budget show with
another show that focuses on issues of social consequence,
'Lakhon Mein Ek'.
Starting
5 August the show will air every Sunday at 11 am. Satyamev
Jayate, which went off air on 29 July, rated an average of
2-2.5 TVR.
'Lakhon
Mein Ek' will feature stories of real life people who rose
above the ordinary through choices they made - be it a young
girl helping her widowed mother find marital bliss yet again
or a father, who lost his son to ragging, start a sustained
campaign against such abuse or a mother lend her womb to bear
her daughter's child. The person behind the story would be
introduced at the end of each episode. The show will feature
inspiring tales of courage that has the potential to change
entrenched mindsets, the channel said.
Produced
by Big Synergy, the show will be hosted by Pooja Gor who plays
lead in Star Plus' fiction property 'Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya'.
Being the 'Sutradhar' of Lakhon Mein Ek, she will be introducing
each story and guiding viewers with the key message from each
episode.
Star
India CEO Uday Shankar said, "Excellence and distinctiveness
are values that are very often ignored. Satyamev Jayate reinforced
what we knew about our viewers. They have an appetite for
compelling stories that are built around the communities that
we live in and that have a material impact on the kind of
country we want to build and live in. Lakhon Mein Ek is consistent
with that philosophy. The show itself is part of Star's efforts
to use TV's reach and power to shape society's outlook and
mindset by making examples out of individuals who influence
change."
Star
Plus head Nachiket Pantvaidya added, "It's Star doing
its best to deliver content that helps transform mindsets
through programmes that are sensitively made. Lakhon Mein
Ek showcases people who are real heroes and who have dealt
with difficult circumstances. Star Plus is committed to talking
to masses and hence we are coming up with another show that
relates to them. This is a new slot we are investing in and
we want to create an area where we tackle issues that will
touch people's lives in multiple ways."
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