MUMBAI: To celebrate Independence Day, NDTV India has planned a bouquet of special shows to be aired on 15 August. The shows include India 60: all through the day, Azad Hamsafar, Sidhu hit wicket, Freedom at Midnight: 60 years of India and Pakistan's Independence and a special episode of Jai Jawan.

India 60: all through the day will trace India's historical 60 years after it acheived freedom.

The one hour programme Freedom at Midnight: 60 years of India and Pakistan's Independence will bring together politicians, soldiers, artistes and ordinary people from both sides of the border. The show will be anchored by Barkha Dutt from Dubai and an anchor from Pakistan live in Dubai, Islamabad and New Delhi.

In Sidhu hit wicket, Navjot Singh Sidhu will meet his various spinoffs like Piddhu the great, a character based on the idiosyncrasies of Sidhu and the Gustaakhi Maaf puppet of Sidhu.

Meanwhile, Priyanka Chopra will visit the historic Tenga, an important location for the 1960 Indo-China war in the special episode of Jai Jawan.