Schedule Alert: Sacred Relationship Rebroadcast Coming Soon To Star Life

Sacred Relationship (Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke) is an Indian drama television series that aired from 18 March 2019 to 17 October 2020 on Star Plus. It is a spin-off of Not Without My family . Produced by Rajan Shahi’s Director’s Kut Productions, it starred Rhea Sharma and Shaheer Sheikh.

Set in Rajkot, the story follows the journey of Mishti Aggarwal and Abir Rajvansh as they question age-old concepts of arranged marriages and relationships. Mishti is a kind and down-to-earth girl who believes in independence and compatibility in a relationship. Estranged from her parents – Naman and Karishma , she was raised by the Maheshwari family. Abir is a cheerful and positive boy who expresses his emotions through his art and poetry.

The series airs daily from 26 May on Star Life replacing Eternal Love.

New Series Alert: Timeless Love Coming Soon To Star Life

Star Life, a general entertainment channel owned by Disney Star that is home to various Bollywood dramas and movies has acquired rights to the Star Bharat series Na Umra Ki Seema Ho which will rollout on the channel as Timeless Love from May 27th.

Timeless Love follows a middle aged self-made businessman, Devvrat Raichand and naive, timid, innocent twenty-something year old Vidhi Sharma fall in love. The couple must face numerous hurdles and societal prejudices in order to be together.

Rachana Mistry stars as Vidhi Devvrat Raichand, Mohammed Iqbal Khan stars as Devvrat "Dev" Raichand, Sneha Wagh stars as Amba "Ami" Mehta, Deepshikha Nagpal stars as Satyavati Shantanu Raichand and Sonali Khare stars as Yamini Roy.

The series debuted on Star Bharat later in 2022 and has over 200 episodes each with a 22-24 minute duration with more episodes currently being televised.

Timeless Love replaces the short lived series Close To My Heart from May 27th in a 30 minute timeslot at 19:30. Star Bharat is also home to Destined By Fate (Woh Toh Hai Albelaa) and the already mentioned Close To My Heart (Channa Mereya).

New Series Alert: Rajjo Coming Soon To Star Life

Star Life, a general entertainment channel owned by Disney Star offering movies, drama series and reality shows from across India is said to be rolling out a new series in place of one of the channel's oldest series Laxmi in the coming weeks titled Rajjo.

Based on the Bengali series Aalta Phoring, Rajjo follows an aspiring athlete from a village and a businessman who meet each other amid a calamity and gradually fall for each other. However, they have to deal with societal boundaries to be together.

Celesti Bairagey stars as Rajjo Thakur, Rajveer Singh stars as Arjun Singh Thakur, Gungun Uprari stars as Manorama "Manno" Dhaki, Pakkhi Hegde stars as Madhumalti Pratap Thakur and Surjit Saha stars as Bunty Chaudhary.

The show was initially promoted with the title Udti Ka Naam Rajjo, before it was modified to Rajjo. It debuted on StarPlus on 22 August 2022 and concluded on 5 March 2023 with a total of 190 episodes each with a 21 minute duration.

Rajjo will soon be one of the few shows on the channel to get a 1 hour allocation (45 minutes) as other shows such as Anupama, Lost In Love and Close To My Heart are currently occupying 30 minutes with rumours of more timeslots getting halved.

Rajjo airs weekdays at 6pm CAT on Star Life replacing Laxmi from 4 May

Review: The Consequences Of 7 Day Viewing On Star Life, Zee World And Telemundo

DStv customers have been complaining about the level of repeats seen across the platform and a few years ago Zee World found a solution which was the 7 day campaign meaning instead of waiting 48 hours for new content you'd only wait 24 hours.

Or in Zee World's case, adding 5 series to the primetime offering every single day including weekends. Sure with load shedding and a busy work schedule you miss out on a day's worth of content but the channel found a way of reducing the volume of repeats.

Before you had to wait at least 6 months to a year for new content but with this strategy you could wait at least 4 months so yeah Zee World did something most DStv channels failed to do throughout their existence.

If anything it inspired a generation of channels such as Telemundo and Star Life to follow in a similar pursuit. Sure this meant less hours of lazy days and more hours of binge watching but as seen in the last months was the pressure put in to retain their status.

Zee World reduced primetime to 6 days meaning almost 48 hours of primetime gone from the schedule. To top it off you have one program viewed in one part of Africa before anywhere else and vice versa as someone thought of causing confusion by dividing feeds.

Someone at Star Life thought it would be good to reduce the hours of some of their shows as they didn't want the affected series to clash with India. I mean hasn't someone here done their homework you have Zee World dividing Twist Of Fate in seasons.

While in India it should have about 2 seasons by now, I mean several brands had already done this if not Zee World's merger of episodes than division. I mean 15-21 minutes is not enough to brief anyone about a show unless it was a sitcom, soapie or a cartoon.

Telemundo doesn't really need to join the ally of Zee World and Star Life. NBCUniversal has been cutting back on original cost spend I think now would be the best time to save up on your options as opposed to throwing it all in the fire and hoping for a miracle.

Sure this new format is getting us more content from the channel on a yearly basis but if they still used the format seen on TLNovelas. It could lead them into having 5 new shows running on a monthly basis and waiting 6 months on more content.

On top of that, it could help build the main feed's catalogue as they wait for more content. On the bright side, Telemundo isn't NBCUniversal centric as you got shows from other regions such as Colombia through RCN Television and Caracol Television.

Despite what me or anyone thinks about the channels, I think these channels are well off when it comes to repeat management. As some channels are only ever able to source out more content on a weekly basis drowning audiences in repeats for 144 hours.

Destined By Fate: Woh To Hai Albelaa And Bohot Pyaar Karte Hai Are Also Rumoured To Be Rolling Out On Star Life

In the last few months, Star Life has been unsatisfying adjustments to their lineup. Instead of pumping the breaks on some of their shows they'd rather cut their airtime even worse take another show for a ride as seen with Closer To My Heart and Lost In Love.

This is only due to the fact that Lost In Love was starting to catch-up to their Indian counterpart so they rather retain the show instead of following what fellow competitors Zee World and Star Life would do by dividing the episodes between seasons.

Now sources have confirmed the presence of another new series, Destined By Fate. It is set to occupy the second half of Anupama's timeslot meaning just like Closer To My Heart and Lost In Love these shows will all be allocated in a 30 minute timeslot.

Compared to most other series, the channel hasn't provided much info about the show but from what our sources conducted it's likely the rumoured shows Woh To Hai Albelaa (He Is Very Unique) or Bohot Pyaar Karte Hai (Love You So Much).

Based on the Tamil series Eeramana Rojave, Woh To Hai Albelaa tells the story of former best friends Balwant Sharma and Dhanraj Choudhary who due to a fight between their children Krishna and Sayuri, their families become enemies.

It stars Shaheer Sheikh as Krishna "Kanha" Choudhary, Hiba Nawab as Sayuri "Sayu" Sharma Choudhary, Kinshuk Vaidya as Nakul Choudhary and Rachi Sharma/ Dharti Bhatt as Rashmi "Rashu" Sharma Choudhary.

Bohot Pyaar Karte Hai tells the story about a girl named Indu who lives with her younger sister and parents. Indu loves a guy named Mahesh and wants to go meet him and propose to him for marriage. She goes to meet him with her dad but finds that he has already married someone else.

It stars Karan Grover as Ritesh Malhotra, Sayali Salunkhe as Indu Raina Malhotra, Kiara Sadh as Zoon Raina Malhotra, Shireen Mirza as Kamna Pankaj Malhotra and Sanjay Swaraj as Pankaj Malhotra.

Destined By Fate will replace Anupama daily at 18:30 from 3 April.

News Shorts: Qhayiya Phato To Debut New Book Noxolo The Bride Later In 2023, Star Life Hits A New Low With The Rebroadcast Of The Inseparables And Abafana Ababi To Make Its Linear Debut On e.tv

Qhayiya Phato to rollout Cinderella inspired novel

Noxolo The Bride follows the titular character on her journey to self discovery. She falls in love with Sandile but has to overcome the demons that prevent her and the groom to be from ever finding true happiness. Production on the novel began began back in 2022 and is anticipated to rollout later in the year.

The author Qhayiya Phato manages the blog Yeah Mzansi! and is also manages several fan accounts for eMedia Investments and MultiChoice.

Sister duo Jeevika and Maanvi are back on Star Life

The Inseparable Is a story of Jeevika Chaudhary and Maanvi Chaudhary are two orphan sisters living in Rishikesh with there grandmother, uncle, aunt and cousin while Viren Singh Vadhera and Virat Singh Vadhera are two brothers hailing from an elite family of lawyers in Chandigarh. The two sisters are inseparable tho there outlook towards life are totally different. Maanvi loves and respects Jeevika as though she is her mother.

The series premieres March 23 replacing Kulfi - The Singing Star.

Robin Hood based comedy to rollout on e.tv

Abafana Ababi a brand new locally produced action comedy starring Thomas Gumede as Thebe, a comical cool cat, Matli Mohapeloa as Gift, a slick ladies’ man and Justin Strydom as Stuard Rembrand, the crime boss. Thebe and Gift are best friends from Orlando, Soweto, who grew up poor with aspirations of being rich. They take the easy road and get into a life of crime, and make it big as two bandits modelled on Robin Hood – stealing from the wealthy (who acquired their money from dirty deals in the first place), and then share their takings with the community.

The film airs Sunday at 20:00 from March 19.

New Series Alert: Close To My Heart Coming Soon To Star Life

Star Life is an international entertainment channel owned by Disney Star which houses several Bollywood productions such as Imlie, Kulfi - The Singing Star, Anupama, Lost In Love and Made For Each Other will soon rollout it's first series of 2023, Close To My Heart.

Close To My Heart (Channa Mereya) follows an ambitious hotelier and vivacious girl cross paths who initially despise each other, eventually, the constant repulsion turns into true love. It stars Niyati Fatnani and Karan Wahi in the lead roles.

The Hindi based drama broadcasted in 2022 with a total of 110 episodes each consisting of 23-25 minute episodes on Star Bharat.

Close To My Heart received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Gayatri Nirmal of Pinkvilla stated "Channa Mereya is a decent watch and brings along a dash of freshness. Niyati Fatnani's optimism & Karan Wahi's rage grips viewers.

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Close To My Heart is said to occupy the second half of Lost In Love's timeslot meaning both shows will air for only 30 minutes from 6th of February.

Star Life has a very broad schedule as some viewers are aware most content such as Anupama, Imlie, Lost In Love and My Desire are still ongoing in India and with no end date in site on the channel they're very much behind on rolling out new shows.

It's led some fans to criticize the channel for its lack of variety and inability to expand their offering. Overtime, we could see more shows taking the plunge in order to accommodate other shows while others like Lost In Love have their airtime reduced.

Conspiracy Theory: Suicide Or Murder??? A Look Into The Mysterious Passing Of Indian Actor Sushant Singh Rajput

Sushant Singh Rajput was an Indian actor who appeared in both Bollywood films and television shows. He made his acting debut in the television show “Pavitra Rishta” in 2009, and went on to star in several successful films including “Kai Po Che!”, “MS Dhoni: The Untold Story”, and “Chhichhore”.

Rajput was a talented and popular actor. He was also known for his philanthropy and dedication to his craft. He was widely appreciated for his versatility as an actor and his ability to portray a wide range of characters. He received critical acclaim for his performances and was widely regarded as one of the most promising actors in the industry.

Tragically, Sushant Singh Rajput passed away on June 14, 2020, at the age of 34. His death was met with shock and sadness by his many fans and colleagues in the entertainment industry. The circumstances surrounding his death are still the subject of the ongoing investigation.

‘Sushant Singh Rajput was murdered’, claims Cooper Hospital mortuary servant

More than two years have passed since the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. Now the person who conducted Sushant’s postmortem claimed that the actor did not commit suicide but was murdered.

The Mumbai Police had termed it a suicide and the family suspected it to be a murder. Now there has been a new twist in this case. Roopkumar Shah, who claimed to have conducted Sushant Singh’s postmortem, has told that the actor did not commit suicide but was murdered.

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He also claimed that he had spoken to his higher officials and asked them to record the postmortem as per rules, but asked them to take pictures and hand over the body to the police. However, questions are also being raised about whether Roopkumar Shah was involved in the team that conducted the postmortem or not.

Sushant’s father on his son’s death

Sushant’s body was found in his Apartment in Bandra on June 14, 2020. Earlier, the case was being investigated by the Mumbai Police. The case was later handed over to the CBI. The investigation report of this case has not come yet.

Sushant’s body was found in his Apartment in Bandra on June 14, 2020. Earlier, the case was being investigated by the Mumbai Police. The case was later handed over to the CBI. The investigation report of this case has not come yet.

Recently during a conversation, Sushant’s father KK Singh told a TV channel, ‘My child cannot commit suicide. He was not stupid, he was courageous, and he was fast-paced. He didn’t have the temperament to commit suicide. We have been watching him since childhood and we know what a brave and bold person he was.

Sushant’s father KK Singh had alleged that his son was murdered and Riya Chakraborty was also involved in this murder. Rhea Chakraborty was questioned by the investigating agencies in the case. Along with the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate and the Narcotics Control Bureau are also involved in this investigation. The case is with the CBI and so far the investigating agency has not disclosed the cause of death.

There were 2-3 marks on the neck

Rupkumar Shah, a mortuary servant of Cooper Hospital in Mumbai, told the TV9 channel, “When Sushant Singh Rajput died, we found five bodies in Cooper Hospital for postmortem. One of those five bodies was a VIP body. When we went to conduct the postmortem, it was found that he was Sushant and there were many marks on his body.

There were also two-three marks on his neck. The postmortem needed to be recorded, but the higher authorities had only asked for pictures of the body to be taken. We did the same as per the order. ‘

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This is not suicide, it is murder

He further says, “When I first saw Sushant’s body, I immediately told my seniors that I think it is not suicide but murder. I even told them that we should act according to the rules. However, my seniors told me to take pictures as soon as possible and hand over the body to the police. This was the reason why the postmortem was done at night. ‘

On the other hand, Dr Sachin Sonawane, who conducted Sushant’s postmortem, has said that Roopkumar Shah was not part of his team.

Sushant Singh Rajput – Tribute from Fans & Justice Awaited!

In the wake of his death, Rajput’s fans and colleagues paid tribute to him, remembering him as a talented and dedicated actor who brought joy and entertainment to the lives of countless people. His death also shone a spotlight on mental health issues and the importance of seeking help when facing challenges and struggles.

Two and a half years after Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, it still remains a mystery. Sushant’s career and life were cut short, and he will be deeply missed by those who knew him and his many fans around the world. His talent and contributions to the entertainment industry will not be forgotten. Fans are still asking the justice for Sushant through various social media campaigns.

Roundups #125: Avatar To Return With New Animated Series On Nickelodeon, Eternal Love Rebroadcast Coming Soon To Star Life And SABC Plans To Launch Indigenous News Channel In 2023

Third Avatar instalment in the works at Paramount

Get ready to show off your element-bending skills as Paramount+ is brewing a new Avatar animated series. The show is slated for a 2025 release and will feature an ‘earth Avatar’ after Aang and Korra. There is also a report that an animated movie will arrive in theaters after the series comes out and will have the same Avatar as the show.

Avatar Studios is building its own universe now, and with many projects booked and planned ahead, there is going to be no shortage of Avatar content for fans. An adult Aang movie is reportedly coming to theaters on October 10, 2025, as well as the much-anticipated on-demand series. Both will be released in the same year – a major launch for the studio.

The movie will be Avatar Studios’ first-ever project, hence this implies that it will come before the animated series, followed by the animated movie. Fans should also not forget that there is a live-action young Aang series coming in 2023.

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Eternal Love is back by popular demand on Star Life

Eternal Love revolves around the lives of Dr. Rohit Sippy and Sonakshi Rastogi, two completely different individuals belonging to completely different worlds unaware of the fact that their worlds, though poles apart, are meant to collide.

It is an Indian romantic drama television series that aired from 17 June 2019 to 14 March 2020 on StarPlus. Produced by Sandiip Sikcand under SOL Productions, it starred Karan Grover and Dipika Kakar as lead actors.

The series aired on the channel in 2021 and makes a comeback as part of The Best Of Star Life from January 9 replacing Forbidden Love.

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Second SABC News channel reportedly in development

SABC News has been exclusive to DTT and MultiChoice's DStv platform giving viewers insights on what's happening in South Africa and across the world. Despite having a bit of rivalry with eNCA remains as another valuable brand to the market.

As seen within their bulletins, it was revealed that the public broadcaster wants to launch its 7th TV channel by next year probably before March which serves as an expansion to the current SABC News Channel offering multilingual content and a possible replacement to SABC Parliament.

Of course, the public broadcaster fails to mention where they'll get the necessary funds to go on such a venture. My guess is the channel will serve as one of the upcoming channels for Openview (Openview Ultra, grain of salt) and DStv.

My guess seeing as this channel may not be tied down like the SABC News Channel is that it will be crawling with repeats from SABC 1-3 possibly dubbed and offer primetime news for about 2 hours.

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Prediction: What To Expect In 2023 On Star Life?

During the year, various sources shared posters to Star Life's upcoming show Laxmi and just like Family Secrets on S3, they mistook the show for the one produced by the SABC. So we composed a demo of what's to come on the channel.

As advised during the time, we had a list of content coming to the channel in the near future and unlike most of the upcoming attractions there wasn't a lot of downsizing involved to compile the list but readers shouldn't be worried as more content will be announced in due course.

Here it is a list of shows that are said to launch on Star Life in the coming year part of which come from previous years and others awaiting release:

Laxmi (Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki) - 26 December
Lakshmi, a middle-class young girl aims at earning money as her mom died of pneumonia and they failed to afford her treatment. Aged 9, she has a crush on and wishes to marry Arjun Agnihotri but he moves to London for 10 years to complete his studies.

New Beginnings (Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali)
The story revolves around a hardworking widowed woman named Pallavi who loves her law family very much and sacrifices everything to fulfill all their needs.

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Pandya Store
The Pandyas are a middle-class family residing in Somnath. Their daily life is dependent on their beloved store and only source to income, Pandya Store. Dhara is married to Gautam, the eldest brother of the Pandya family. Her young brothers-in-law consider her like their mother. After facing several tribulations, Dhara is finally accepted by her mother-in-law.

Stand By Me, My Beloved (Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2)
The Modi family is seen to be heading their way to Surat, to visit Kokila Modi's long lost brother Praful Desai and his family. Gehna works there at the Desai house as a househelper. Gopi learns that her first husband Ahem, who died 5 years ago, was actually alive as Gehna saved him. The Modis retrieve and unite with Ahem, and head back to Rajkot.

Family Ties (Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai)
Akshara and Naitik, both from large Marwari joint families based in Udaipur get married. Initially, they struggle to know each other but slowly begin to understand, support and love each other. Soon, their son, Naksh is born. Naitik falls into a coma due to an accident.

Night Of Resurrection (Qayamat Ki Raat)
In the year 1993, a newly wed couple, Mahender and Suhasini were on their way to seek the blessings of the Lord in a temple situated in a small village, Ramnamgarh. Little were they aware that the temple was now the hub of black magic performed by the evil sorcerer, Kalasur, who had tamed the evil forces to become the most powerful man on earth.

The Story Of Suhani (Suhani Si Ek Ladki)
While he thinks that Soumya loves him, for the rest of the world, it appears as if, he loves Suhani. On his engagement day, he is in for a rude shock, When Suhani  walks down the asile. He tries to clarify the misunderstanding, but fails and is engaged to Suhani against his wishes.

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Banni Show, Home Delivery
Banni, a feisty young girl, with a heart of gold, stands up against the brutalities committed on a tender hearted, but mentally challenged Yuvaan by his own family. But when her family stabs her in the back, she realizes that selflessness is always misinterpreted as weak and trampled upon, so she does the unthinkable. She marries Yuvaan and becomes his shield for life.

Beloved (Channa Mereya)
Aditya and Ginni were so tightly wound around each other that their tense energies led to a dramatic turn of events and they wound up with each other for life. Acknowledging the fact that they were definitely not meant to be with each other, they decide to unwind their relationship. And in the process, fall hopelessly in love.

Sister Sister (Ji Ji Maa)
Uttara-Falguni is a star in lunar mansion as per Hindu astrology.While Falguni is the epitome of the good aspects of the star, Uttara is her stark opposite.

Happily Never After (Saubhagyavati Bhava)
With great hopes of a happy and fulfilled life, Jhanvi marries Viraj. But her hopes and dreams turn into nightmares, when it is revealed that Viraj had obsessive, compulsive disorder.

Soulmate (Saraswatichandra)
A man living in Dubai his life suddenly changes when it's decided that he should get married to his fathers childhood best friends daughter Kumud living in India. But at first Saraswatichandra sends a letter and says he can't get married.

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This Is Love (Ye Hai Mohabbatein)
Follows the story of Raman and Ishita who are connected by their common love for Raman's little daughter Ruhi. Ishita is a Tamilian whereas Raman is a Punjabi.

The Accidental Mayor (Nimki Mukhiya)
Set in a small village in Bihar, the show deals with the life of Nimki, a carefree, materialistic girl who accidentally becomes the Mukhiya (chief) of the village. Nimki is mad about cinema, a dreamer and unaware of the darkness of the world.

Bold & Beautiful (Divya and Drishti)
Tells the story of two sisters Divya and Drishti who have divine powers of seeing and manipulating the future. But, they get separated by an evil witch, Pishachini. However, they vow to be reunited and destroy the witch.

New Series Alert: Laxmi And 4 Other Series Still Awaiting On Star Life (Drafted Version)

During the week, various sources shared posters to Star Life's upcoming show Laxmi and just like Family Secrets on S3, they mistook the show for the one produced by the SABC. So we composed a demo of what's to come on the channel.

Trust me when I say the final list is WAY TOO BIG and this is only a draft of it due to sources mislabeling content as we are planning to publish this alongside Zee World by next month unfortunately that's not entirely the case.

Here's a recap errors committed by DStv in regard to the launch of Moonbug Kids and INX Prime (before and after).

Now, the list of shows supposedly airing on the channel are:

Laxmi (Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki) - 26 December
Lakshmi, a middle-class young girl aims at earning money as her mom died of pneumonia and they failed to afford her treatment. Aged 9, she has a crush on and wishes to marry Arjun Agnihotri but he moves to London for 10 years to complete his studies.

Unforeseen Love (Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali)
The story revolves around a hardworking widowed woman named Pallavi who loves her law family very much and sacrifices everything to fulfill all their needs.

Pandya Store
The Pandyas are a middle-class family residing in Somnath. Their daily life is dependent on their beloved store and only source to income, Pandya Store. Dhara is married to Gautam, the eldest brother of the Pandya family. Her young brothers-in-law consider her like their mother. After facing several tribulations, Dhara is finally accepted by her mother-in-law.

Stand By Me, My Beloved (Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2)
The Modi family is seen to be heading their way to Surat, to visit Kokila Modi's long lost brother Praful Desai and his family. Gehna works there at the Desai house as a househelper. Gopi learns that her first husband Ahem, who died 5 years ago, was actually alive as Gehna saved him. The Modis retrieve and unite with Ahem, and head back to Rajkot.

Produced by Shakuntalam Telefilms, the 2021 series sets out to deal with issues regarding dowry which is still prevailing in India.

Just like Loved By Chance, Laxmi is one of the only shortest shows in primetime as several other shows such as Lost In Love, Anupama and Imlie are still ongoing for audiences in India meaning the only sure way these series could exit is for them to pause production.

Laxmi replaces Loved By Chance from 26 December which is just a day after Christmas and also the Day Of Goodwill.

The History Of Star Life's Predecessor Life OK

Before Life OK this was the channel back in 2001

Star One was a youth entertainment channel owned by the defunct News Corporation which inturn was owned by Star India and FOX International TV channels which are both properties of The Walt Disney Company under the brand Disney Star.

During its run, the channel produced several Bollywood productions including Detective Omkar Nath (D.O.N.), Miley Jab Hum Tum, Shakuntala, Home Shanti Home and shows formerly seen on Star Life like Geet and to some extent Koffie With Karan.

The introduction to Life OK

In 2011, it was announced Star One would be replaced by Life OK from December 18th as part of an attempt to bolster their offering to take on the likes of Sony which was ahead in terms of viewership. With the new channel onboard came a set of original programming.

The channel introduced several shows viewers would have come across in its current form or at the English version which is Star Life like Forever Yours (Your Paakhi) that formed part of the incarnate initial offering alongside other series like Pukaar - Call For The Hero and Dream Girl.

Life OK expansion to Africa, exit in the region and elsewhere

Life OK just like StarPlus and a few other channels expanded to various European markets with Africa fortunate enough to get Life OK as a replacement to Channel V on the StarTimes platform.

Interesting enough, Life OK performed poorly with its audience I mean for a "Hindi" entertainment channel to cater for an English audience made a whole lot of sense especially with StarTimes bulk of Indian entertainment.

In 2017, Life OK was replaced by Star Bharat again still reserved as a youth brand and the reasons for the demise of Life OK were more or less similar to that of StarTimes I mean Bharat also the platform produce a selection of content with reruns of StarPlus series.

Conspiracy theory about Star Life

Although there's sufficient evidence of the channel's connection to Life OK despite both being owned by Disney Star. Pay attention to the wording "Star Life" and "Life OK" I mean it can't be coincidence.

Life OK was often referred to as "Star's Life" OK and as mentioned notice how Life exists on Star Life I mean how would Disney Star have been able to come up with such a name.

I mean the idea of Star Life being based on a reject doesn't seem far fetched I mean Warner Bros. Discovery's Real Time and competitor Zee Enterprise's Zee One were all based on rejects which became relevant to viewers in Africa.

Viewership Stats From The End Of September On Zee World, Zee One, Star Life And Glow TV

Previous stats: click here

ZEE World Africa
Twist Of Fate #rerun - 2.0
Jodha and Akbar #rerun - 1.6
Gangaa #rerun - 1.0
Guddan #new - 2.1
Twist Of Fate #new - 2.5
I Do #new - 2.0
I'm On The Edge #new - 1.6
What Women Want #new - 0.6

Notes
- Twist Of Fate remains as most watched drama even on repeat.
- I'm On The Edge is the least watched drama.
- Gangaa is the least watched drama on repeat.
- Twist Of Fate's reruns and I Do rises up by 0.6 million.

Star Life Africa
Forbidden Love #rerun - 0.4
Kulfi - The Singing Star #rerun - 0.5
Made For Each Other #rerun - 0.6
Love By Chance #new - 1.1
Lost In Love #new - 2.8
My Desire #new - 2.3
Anupamaa #new - 3.0
Imlie #new - 2.1

Notes
- Anupamaa currently most watched drama.
- Love By Chance I'd the least watched drama.
- Made For Each Other is the most watched repeat.
- Forbidden Love is the least watched repeat.
- Lost In Love's viewership rises by over a million viewers.
- My Desire's viewership rises by 0.2 million viewers.
- Anupamaa's viewership rises by a million viewers.

ZEE One Africa
Dance India Dance
Battle Of The Championship #rerun - 0.1
What Women Want #new - 0.8
Indian Food Classics #new - 1.0
Snack Attack With A Twist #rerun - 0.6
Agent Raghav - Crime Branch #new - 1.5
Curse Of The Sands #new - 1.4
Mehek #new - 1.4
Iron Lady #new - 1.2
This Is Fate #new - 1.6
Begusarai #new - 1.5

Notes
- This Is Fate currently most watched drama.
- Iron Lady currently the least watched drama.
- Indian Food Classics currently the most watched reality show.
- Dance India Dance currently the least watched reality show.

Glow TV
This Is Love #rerun - 1.6
Young Love #rerun - 1.2
True Love #rerun - 1.4
Complicated Love #rerun - 1.0
A Touch Of Love #new - 1.8
The Power Of Love #new - 1.6

Notes
- A Touch Of Love currently most watched drama.
- The Power Of Love I'd the least watched drama.
- This Is Love is the most watched repeat.
- Complicated Love is the least watched repeat.
- This Is Love's reruns lost over a million viewers.
- True Love's viewership rises by 0.4 million viewers.

New Series Alert: Guddan Coming Soon To Zee World + Other Developments For Bollywood Fanatics

Guddan is coming to another network

Zee World, the world's first English dubbed Indian entertainment channel curated for Africa home to various Bollywood movies, series, reality and variety shows will soon be rolling out a new drama before the end of the year titled Guddan.

The story revolves around Guddan, a 20-year-old girl, who makes a mess of every opportunity that comes her way and therefore people have lost all hopes on her. Life takes an unexpected turn when she marries an old man and becomes India's youngest mother-in-law. Can Guddan handle her three daughters-in-law, who are older to her, and prove her critics wrong by overcoming all her challenges.

Produced by Ved Raj for Shoonya Square Productions, the series starred Kanika Mann and Nishant Singh Malkani. After a leap it starred Kanika Mann and Savi Thakur. The series formed part of Zee One's initial lineup now fans of Zee World will soon get to witness the drama.

Zee One is getting more foodie treats

Zee One, the world's second English dubbed Indian entertainment channel by the makers of Zee World, Zee Enterprises which serves mainly reruns to content viewed on Zee World will introduce another foodie series to the lineup titled Indian Food Classics.

A talented and experienced chef highlights classic foods in the cuisine of India that are widely known for their flavours and ingredients.

Night Of Doom is back but with a twist

Star Life, a general entertainment channel owned by Disney Star which is home to various Bollywood drama series and movies was reportedly set to air Love By Chance as a replacement to Unspoken Bond but that seemingly won't be the case.

The delayed Night Of Doom is said to replace Unspoken Bonds at the 10pm slot while as Imlie moves to the 6pm slot with Love By Chance nowhere in site or from what is seen.

All that is seen right now is Anupama, Made For Each Other, Kulfi - The Singing Star, Lost In Love, Forbidden Love and Imlie and as far as Night Of Doom is considered it's listed at episode 26 which may or may not be adjusted or an error for Love By Chance no one knows.

More Bollywood insights
- Twist Of Fate was recently added onto Zee World as the eighth season replaced This Is Fate.
- Glow TV loads up on the repeats with Complicated Love.
- Every Girl's Dream replaces My Heart Knows from September 21st.
- Zee World to introduce a new programming block for web shows under the name Zee Rush.

Roundups #91: The Highly Anticipated Series Love By Chance Is Coming To Star Life, MultiChoice To Rollout Spider-Man Pop-Up Channel In Celebration Of 80th Anniversary And Droomvelore To Make A Comeback On eExtra

Destined Love is finally launching on Star Life

Earlier in the year, it was reported that Star Life had picked up rights to Indian drama Love By Chance (initially referred to as Destined Love, Kabhie Kabhie Ittefaq Se) alongside two other series Bold & Beautiful (Divya Drishti) and Unforseen Love (Mehandi Hai Rachane Wali).

Based on the Bengali drama Khorkuto, Destined Love tells the story of a sophisticated upper class girl who gets married to a scholar who lives with a middle-class joint family who educate her about morals and ethics.

The star cast of the show include Yesha Rughani, Manan Joshi, Delnaaz Irani, Yamini Singh and Nishigandha Wad. It airs from September 18th replacing Unspoken Bonds.

M-Net is bringing on the webslinger

To celebrate Spider-Man’s 60th Anniversary, M-Net Movies will be showing all nine Spider-Man movies from Sony Pictures over the course of 10 days, from Friday 23 September – Sunday 2 October on a dedicated pop-up movie channel (DStv 111), streaming on DStv Now and dangling around on DStv Catch Up. The Spider-Man Pop-Up channel 111 will be available to Premium customers and on Add Movies for Compact Plus, Compact Family and Access customers.

Since his debut as a sidekick in Stan Lee and Steve Ditko’s Amazing Fantasy #15 anthology comic book in August 1962, Peter Parker has grown from nerdy high school student to troubled college student and from married high school teacher to single freelance photographer – but his mantra that with great power, comes great responsibility has been a constant as he’s used his web-shooters and ‘Spidey senses’ to save the day for six decades.

Starting in 2002 with the most recent instalment in 2021 , the nine films include eight live-action blockbusters and one animated hit: Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), Spider-Man 3 (2007), The Amazing Spider-Man (2021), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) and winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Channel 111 will also broadcast the 30min documentary – Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home.

Droomverlore coming soon to eExtra

Last year, it was reported that eMedia Investments had acquired rights to the Turkish romcom Droomvelore (Erkenci Kus) starring Can Yaman and with Demet Özdemir's Verdeelde Liefde scheduled to air on eExtra later in the month.

Sanem is a young girl who works at her father's grocery store in hopes to become a famous writer one day. When her parents give her a choice to either get a proper job or an arranged marriage, Sanem gets a job in the advertising agency her sister works in. From there she meets her boss and love interest, Jan.

Droomverlore is rumoured to replace Begeertes once it finishes on eExtra.

Bollywood Updates: Starsat To Welcome Zulu Dubbed Version Of Zee TV's The Heir, Zee World Reportedly Postpones Unfortunate Love And Every Girl's Dream And Star Life Welcomes Back Game Of Love And Adds Imile To The Lineup

The news of The Heir's launch on the StarSat platform has garnered mix reaction from viewers as most want to see something similar through the likes of SABC 1 and Mzansi Magic instead of having another eExtra as the channel St Rise has been positioned in the way of these two channels.

Unlike Mzansi Magic, SABC 1 has dubbed several international content primarily kids shows in a variety of native languages so St Rise hopping on the dub wagon doesn't seem far fetched at this point in time.

In other startling news, Zee World still doesn't have a launch date for Unfortunate Love and Every Girl's Dream. The two series were teased later in July with timeslots already allocated for the shows but it seems as if the shows won't come in their respective slots.

Other developments on the channel includes one of their other shows like My Heart Knows which follows Meet In Love to have it's broadcast reduced to compliment Dance Naija Dance which is a spinoff to Dance Africa Dance.

Last development isn't as much devastating as the other two unless you're looking at fan favourite series returning to Star Life, Game Of Love which is just Zee World's Twist Of Fate or Telemundo's Fearless Heart so yeah you can see how irritable that can be.

Good news for audiences of Star Life, the channel apparently picked up rights to another series Imlie which follows the titular character as she is forced to marry a journalist after they seek shelter in a hut during heavy rains. On reaching the city, she realises that her husband is engaged to be married.

Based on the Bengali drama Ishti Kutum, the series stars Sumbul Touqeer Khan, Fahmaan Khan, Mayuri Deshmukh and Gashmeer Mahajani.

The news of Imlie comes just as the channel unveils new series Pandya Store and Night Of Doom.

New Series Alert: As Expected, Night Of Doom To Launch On Star Life Alongside Rerun Of Made For Each Other

Star Life, a general entertainment home to various Bollywood entertainment from StarPlus like Anupama and Not Without My Family and second English dubbed channel in Africa has picked up rights to supernatural horror, Night Of Doom (Qayamat Ki Raat) as teased last year.

The series was produced by Twist Of Fate's very own Ekta Kapoor and features Karishma Tanna, Vivek Dahiya, Nirbhay Wadhwa, Saurish Singh Athwal and Madhurima Tuli. It will be the first supernatural series in a long while as the last one A Magical Love Story was launched in mid 2021.

Set in the year of 1993, the story begins with a newly wedded couple, Suhasini and Mahendar going to a Ram temple at Ramnamgarh to hand over Suhasini's wedding chain to the idol of Lord Rama and receive the deity's blessings. The train stops at the station and Mahendar's loyal driver Birju comes to fetch them and to drive them till the temple. Not realising that Birju is possessed, they follow him. Suhasini and Mahendar enter the temple when suddenly, Mahendar recalls that they have forgotten the wedding chain in the car so Mahendar goes to fetch it, asking Suhasini to stay here. Meanwhile, Suhasini witnesses strange eerie occurrences in the temple premises while exploring the region which includes absence of a bell as well as any idol of Lord Rama inside the temple and passing of a cat out of nowhere. She trips off a door and falls down the stairs that lead into the temple's basement that happens to be a Tantrik named Kalasur's lair. As soon as Kalasur sees her, he gladly welcomes her inside and offers to spend the night with her and make love. This frightens Suhasini and she yells for help. This is followed by a struggle by Suhasini to escape the Tantrik's clutches and a duel between him and her husband Mahendar. Suhasini runs away screaming for help. While fighting with the Tantrik, Mahendar loses consciousness and Kalasur shape-shifts into Mahendar's form.

Meanwhile, Suhasini reaches the palace of Thakur Prithvi Singh Suryavanshi and asks them to save her husband from Kalasur. Just then, Kalasur arrives there in Mahendar's disguise and Suhasini, scared out of her wits, pleads everybody to get the Tantrik at the temple arrested. As everyone goes in search of the Tantrik, Kalasur takes Suhasini in a bedroom inside the palace and tries making love to her. But luckily Suhasini sees the reflection of the Tantrik in the glass ceiling and pushes him away. As she reaches for the door to exit the house, the Thakur's family returns with the real Mahendar, a priest and few village men because they had found an unconscious Mahendar at the temple instead of the Tantrik. The priest traps Kalasur inside a circular ring of holy ash on the floor. The Tantrik still doesn't accept defeat. He keeps insisting on making love to Suhasini which irks Mahendar to no extent. He threatens to burn Kalasur into ashes, but the latter remarks that his ashes would rise in air and coalesce to resurrect him. Next, Mahendar threatens to bury the Tantrik alive, but he says that his skeleton would rise from underneath the ground to revive him. Mahendar then strangles Kalasur and chokes him, but Kalasur manages to get an upper hand and lifts Mahendar up in the air grabbing his throat. Suhasini requests Kalasur to leave Mahendar unharmed but he pays no heed and insists on having a one-night stand with her. This invokes the ferocity and strength inside Suhasini who lifts up a villager's axe and chops off Kalasur's right arm that had grabbed Mahendar's throat. Next, she cuts the Tantrik's head off. As a result, the beheaded Tantrik curses Suhasini's family that since he couldn't make love to Suhasini, no woman from her family must consummate her marriage hereafter or else death would befall on her. He also remarks that Suhasini would never know the reason why he had chosen her and wanted to make love to her. The priest then orders Lakha, a villager to lock the Tantrik's arm, head and body separately and hide them in different places so that the Tantrik can never assimilate his body parts together and resurrect himself.

Night Of Doom premiered on StarPlus in 2018 and was met with positive reception for its gripping storyline, use of the cast members and ability to balance between good and evil. It managed to pull 5.8 million viewers in its opening week in India.

Night Of Doom airs 23 August at 22:00 replacing Never Say Goodbye with a rerun of Made For Each Other expected to replace Geet. Pandya Store was originally scheduled to replace the Never Say Goodbye but was pulled out.

Viewership Stats For 7 - 14 July: I'm On The Edge Makes Its Debut With Close To 2 Million Viewers While My Golden Home Continues To Sink On Zee One

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Zee World
Twist Of Fate (Rerun) - 1.0 unchanged
Once There Was A King - 1.4
Age Is Just A Number (Rerun) - 0.9
My Heart Knows - 2.1
Meet In Love - 1.9
I Do - 1.4
I'm On The Edge Launch - 1.8
Bridal Material Finale - 1.8
Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- My Heart Knows viewership skyrockets by 0.9 million retaining its status as the most viewed show.
- Meet In Love gets a small increase with 0.4 million.
- I Do sees a major decline losing over a million viewers.
- The season finale of Bridal Material saw the drama perform at its best pulling over a million viewers.

Star Life
Unspoken Bond - 0.9
Lost In Love - 1.8
My Desire - 2.1
Anupama - 2.0
Never Say Goodbye - 0.1

Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Lost In Love sees a small decrease of 0.3 million.
- Anupama sees a decline in viewership after losing over a million viewers.
- Never Say Goodbye remains as the least watched show losing a further 0.4 million viewers.

 

Zee One
Guddan - 1.7
Sacred Ties - 1.2
Mehek - 1.0
The Vow - 1.4
My Golden Home - 0.0

Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Guddan remains as the most watched show on the channel with viewership dropping by 0.6 million.
- Sacred Ties also sees a decline by 0.4 million viewers.
- Mehek loses more than half of their viewers.
- My Golden Home the least watched show continues to sink with the show pulling less than 0.1 viewers.

Glow TV
This Is Love (Rerun) - 2.9 20:00
True Love (Rerun) - 1.0 unchanged
Young Love - 0.6
A Touch Of Love - 1.0
Emperor Ashoka - 1.2

Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- A Touch Of Love and Emperor Ashoka lose 0.2 million viewers.

Bollywood Updates: Fan-Favourite Series Jodha & Akbar Returning To Zee World While Star Life And Glow TV Welcome Respective Series Pandya Store And The Power Of Love

Glow TV fans in South Africa with Zee World and Star Life fans across Africa have even more reasons to celebrate as a reruns of the historical fiction Jodha And Akbar surfaces on Zee World with two additions, the family drama Pandya Store and romcom The Power Of Love.

On Zee World, Jodha & Akbar follows a fiery Rajput princess who is obliged to marry a Mughal emperor, Akbar, for political reasons. Eventually, mutual respect and admiration lead to true love between the two. Rajat Tokas and Paridhi Sharma take on the lead roles.

 

On Glow TV, The Power Of Love (Barrister Babu) follows Bondita, a former child bride, becomes a barrister with the support of her progressive husband. Educated and empowered, she takes on social evils while also tackling obstacles in her personal life. Anchal Sahu takes on the lead.

On Star Life, Pandya Store follows married couple Gautam and Dhara Pandya that manage the Pandya Store. Apart from their business, Dhara also looks after Gautam's three younger siblings. The leads are Kinshuk Mahajan, Shiny Doshi, Kanwar Dhillon, Alice Kaushik, Akshay Kharodia, Simran Budharup and Mohit Parmar.

Jodha And Akbar will take up the repeat telecast of I'm On The Edge at 4pm CAT from 18 July on Zee World. Two days later, Glow TV airs The Power Of Love at 7pm and Pandya Store makes its way to Star Life by August.