Film
actor Lall, who has recently turned to producer with Strivers and
Achievers on DD 2, will be responsible for the news content on
the channel. She will be reporting to the Mumbai head Rajiv Bajaj.
Strivers and Achievers, which has been conceptualised, produced
anchored by Kunika herself, celebrates the lives, struggle and achievement
of people with physical/ mental/ situational handicaps. Barring,
the DD show that premiered on 13 April, Lall has nil experience
in the production. Apparently Sahara group's managing director Subrato
Roy was convinced of her production prowess, after he caught hold
of a dummy tape for an internal presentation where she was auditing.
Currently seen in Zee's late night show Kittie Party, has
18 years experience in entertainment industry. She has acted in
over 95 films and 17 TV serials, besides singing for two music albums
Lakhon Mein Ek and Kunika (2002 Times Music), says
an official release.
Tentatively called Sahara Samay Mumbai, the Hindi news channel
will have regular news bulletins, talk shows, human interest stories,
style and fashion features, Bollywood news and a breakfast TV programme.
Besides the executive duties, Kunika will also be hosting a daily
talk show on human-interest issues and present some news bulletins
through the week. The lady however will not be hanging her acting
coat as yet. Apart from her management and anchoring tasks, she
will also continue to sing and act in movies albeit if the roles
are good enough.
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