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STAR One - packed to thrill Watch out for brand new series - India Calling and Darna Mana Hai, on STAR One. They are all set to hit your television screens from Monday, 14 November 2005. STAR One, the exciting channel from the Star Network, is launching two new shows - India Calling and Darna Mana Hai, starting from Monday, 14 November 2005. These shows have been packaged uniquely, and have something to look forward to for everyone. India Calling Set against the backdrop of a leading call center, India Calling, is the story of the victory of a small-town girl - Chandni, over the hip city dwellers in the fast paced city, Mumbai. Chandni lands in Mumbai in search of her sister and circumstances lead her to take up a job at India Calling. The story takes us through Chandni's life at India Calling and her relationship with Aditya, the owner of the call centre. Packed with mass appeal, this show promises to be a unique daily drama filled with emotions, romance, laughter and much more. India Calling is scheduled to go on air from November 14, 2005, Monday-Wednesday at 9:30 PM. Darna Mana Hai This second addition on STAR One is India's first ever television adaptation of a Bollywood Blockbuster. Each episode is packed with a gripping new horror stories. Each week, the story begins on Mondays and leads to a climax on Thursdays. The show guarantees to keep audiences hooked. This spine chilling horror is set in a very urban contemporary and identifiable milieu, which the audience can immediately relate to. Darna Mana Hai, features a star cast of popular faces from film and television. An acclaimed panel of directors like Saurabh Shukla, Pawan Kaul, Saurabh Narang and Vivek Agnihotri and is producted by K Sera Sera. The show is scheduled to go on air from 14 November, 2005, Monday-Wednesday at 10:00 PM. So tune into STAR One for thodi masti, thoda romance, thoda adventure and non-stop entertainment!

Scare series on small screen

BE AFRAID: Rajesh Tandon and Rajeshwari in Total Dhamaal, the first story of Darna Mana Hai
It's the mother of all screen switches. In a first of its kind for Indian viewership, a TV series is being inspired by a feature film. The bizarre Ram Gopal Varma 2004 production Darna Mana Hai, starring everyone from Sameera Reddy and Vivek Oberoi to Saif Ali Khan and Shilpa Shetty, has sparked a new series on the small screen.

To air on STAR One from next Monday, the new TV series, also called Darna Mana Hai, will feature a gripping new horror story every week, beginning on Monday and climaxing on Thursday, at 10 pm.

Interestingly, the entire series is being produced by K Sera Sera, the same team that co-produced the six-episode film along with Varma's Factory.

"We want to spread the brand called Darna," Kacon Sethi, CEO of K Sera Sera, tells Metro. "We started with the big screen and will now move on to television, then the broadband and finally wireless."

So what exactly is Brand Darna? "Darna is the philosophy of fear," explains Sethi. "Day-to-day fear is something which is bigger than any scare. That's what we are trying to show through all the episodes. We are also making the sequel to the film, called Darna Zaroori Hai."

While Darna Zaroori Hai has some of the biggest names in the TV and film industry — Ram Gopal Varma himself, Prawaal Raman (who directed all the six episodes of the first film), actor-turned-director Sajid Khan — directing the six episodes, the TV series too has known names calling the shots.

Everybody from Saurabh Shukla to Sourabh Narang (Vaastu Shastra) to Rajat Mukherjee (Road) will be directing the four-episode stories of Darna Mana Hai.

STAR One hopes that Darna Mana Hai will cash in on the prime-time popularity of the channel with hit shows like Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai, The Great Indian Comedy Show, Remix and the recent rage Nach Baliye.

Says Sameer Nair, COO of STAR TV: "The two new shows, along with India Calling, will be woven into the exciting line-up of programmes that will make prime-time viewing a whole new experience."

The series will kickstart with a story called Total Dhamaal. Directed by Sourabh Narang, it delves into the fear within parents Radhika (Rajeshwari Sachdev) and Mohit (Rajesh Tandon) when seven-year-old son Yash is ready to jump from their seventh-floor apartment under the influence of a friend.