Gagandeep Singh Sapra
Is this the ‘future of television’? Well, it’s certainly quite an experience
“Pop music was a rage in the 90s but eventually became monotonous and died out. Indie music is doing the rounds now”
Amid pauses longer than his answers, the superstar with a conscience responds to criticisms of his new TV show and talks about measuring success by the number of hearts he touches
“We can never [edit/snip] shows made by Balaji Telefilms. Otherwise, the shows will go to other channels”
...and the splendid isolation of talking heads doing election analysis in TV studios
Saas-Bahu and other television soap operas have transformed Indian lives in ways you can laugh at—or empathise with
Indians are popping up on American television screens in new and still typecast ways, typically for the laughs they get. Watch awhile, though, and you know this is mostly about America coming to terms with emerging realities