All about Time Bomb 9/11
Time Bomb 9/11
Format Drama - Action - Thriller
Created by Zee Telefilms Limited in association with Maya Movies Pvt. Ltd.
Directed by Ketan Mehta Starring
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes approx. 20
Production Running time approx. 53 minutes
Broadcast Original channel Zee TV
Picture format 480i (SDTV),
Original run June 20, 2005 - December 25, 2006
"Time Bomb 9/11" or just "Time Bomb" was a Hindi political thriller that aired onZee TV from June 20, 2005 to December 25, 2005. It used to air every Monday at 10:00pm, and the show had a similar format to "24". The story focuses on Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group aiming to destroy the city of New Delhi on September 11 as well as assassinating the Indian Prime Minister who was played by Kay Kay Menon. A RAW group led by Field Officer Varun Awasthi (played by Rajeev Khandelwal) has to protect the Prime Minister and more importantly, the city.
Time Bomb is an international political thriller of global terror with its epicenter in South Asia. Although very realistic and contemporary in its details, this story is set in the near future. New Delhi: MidnightOur protagonist Varun is a special agent of an exclusive, secret, multi-disciplinary intelligence agency created under the PMO to deal with terrorism and related matters known to the very few as - A.C.T. - Agency to Counter TerrorismThe young and dynamic Prime Minister of India, Aniruddha Prakash, is woken up from his sleep. Varun is waiting to inform him about an imminent crisis:As per the latest intelligence report there is reason to believe that there will be an assassination attempt on the Prime minister of India anytime soon...could be today.Varun requests the Prime minister to cancel all his appointments and engagements for the day.The PM rejects the request. India will not succumb to terrorists' threats. The Prime minister will stick to his programme.Then Varun gets a informer's message which shakes him up further: The terrorist has planned to commemorate the attack on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon, and is planning a terrorists act much grander in scale. He wants to create simultaneous chaos across the globe. He is promising "a change in the World Order".This creates additional pressures for the security agencies. They have to protect the Prime minister of India from the unknown assassins, simultaneously they have to try and stop the terrorists from carrying out their plans to destabilize the world.Varun soon realizes that the plot to assassinate the Prime Minister is only a distraction ploy to keep the intelligence agencies busy. He realizes that the actual plan of the terrorist was to simultaneously explode nuclear devices in Washington, London, Tel-Aviv and New Delhi. These explosions will destroy the four capital cities, and the entire global power structure will collapse.Despite the political tangles, bureaucratic hiccups, inter-departmental rivalries and personality clashes, the Indian intelligence agencies rise courageously, race against time to meet the challenge and backup Varun and the Special Operations Cell to over come the crisis and stop the terrorists from detonating the bombWoven along with this edge of the seat thriller are the personal lives of the main characters with their individual crisis and emotional traumas. The lives of all those who come in contact with this whirlwind change forever as if the terror in the world outside is unleashing the terror within.
Cast
Kay Kay Menon ... Prime Minister of India
Rajeev Khandelwal ... Field Officer Varun Awasthi
Rajat Kapoor
Akashdeep Saigal
Amrita Saluja Raichand ... Roma
Akashdeep
Amruta Khanvilkar ... Anu, Prime Minister's Daughter
... Aditi
... Tejpal
... Osama Bin Laden
... Usmaan
Story By
Uttam Gada
Deal Ya No Deal
Deal Ya No Deal is the Hindi version of Deal or No Deal. It is based on the International Format Deal or No Deal owned and produced by ayesha International.
It premiered on November 23, 2005 on Sony Entertainment Television and aired on three nights each week. The first series had a set similar to the UK version, and the theme song and music cues were the same as those used in the Dutch version. Contestants held the cases. There is a top prize of 10,000,000 rupees (about $255,000 USD), and the lowest prize was originally a breath freshener, called aChlormint, but the lowest prize was later 25 paise (a paisa is the Indian counterpart to a cent/penny), although the Chlormint would remain as a prize throughout the entire series. It was hosted by Madhavan, but he quit after fulfilling his 35-episode contract, and was replaced by Mandira Bedi.
The second series premiered in late January 2006 and had a set virtually identical to the Australian version, except there were 22 briefcases. In this series, when the contestant picked a case, the contestant that held the case could guess the amount in it. If they guessed correctly, they would win Rs. 50,000.
After the second series, Mandira Bedi quit, citing time constraints as the reason for her departure. The third series, which premiered in April 2006, has a new host,Rajeev Khandelwal, and airs once weekly. The third series features a new set and new graphics that are virtually identical to those used on the US show. Even though it was a lot similar to the US version, the third series did not have any games that carried over and did not show previous offers when it was time for the offer. Models were also introduced to hold the briefcases, instead of the contestants in series 1 and 2. In this series, once Rajeev, the host, calls out the name of the contestant, he asks them a question with 2 possible answers. If they give the correct answer, they will get to play. At the end of most episodes of series 3, Rajeev ended by saying, "Keep Smiling!" This version ended in July 2006, as it was believed viewers couldn't connect with the concept.
Trivia
The show was referenced on the second-to-last episode of the American version's second season, when a contestant from India was playing (it was referenced only a second before the contestant's family surprised him). Unfortunately, the contestant only left with $100 (or about 4,000 rupees).
The last banker's offer of the episode aired on June 2, 2006 was 35 paise, which was very likely the lowest offer ever, with the lowest two values in play (25 paise and Chlormint). The contestant refused the offer and revealed Chlormint in his case.
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