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Rajya Sabha TV, which is fully owned and
operated by the Upper House of Parliament, is planning to
get into commercial production of TV serials and films on
nationalistic themes.
In a new move, Rajya Sabha TV will sell the content to
other television channels and release them in theatres. The
channel, which airs the Parliamentary proceedings as well
as knowledge-based programming, will venture into
commercial production for the first time.
“We are producing feature films, besides a series of TV
episodes and documentaries. We will sell these to other
channels, go for theatre releases. It’s the first time that we
are venturing into commercial production,” Rajya Sabha TV
CEO Gurdeep Singh Sappal told The Sunday Express.
Interestingly, the success of the 10-episodic series on the
making of the Indian Constitution, which Rajya Sabha TV
produced last year, got the channel interested in getting
into commercial production.
The channel has already got Bollywood directors like
Benegal, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vinay Shukla on board.
Dhulia will direct a film and a six-episode TV series on
Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA trials conducted at Red
Fort in Delhi, while Shukla will direct a film and a 10-
episode series on Patel and the integration of princely
states.
Benegal will direct a feature on the history of the Indian
Army. These films are in the phase of casting, and are
likely to see theatre release by the end of 2016.
Sappal said, “We have not documented the history of last
70 years. I do not know any single TV series on the Hindi
language. It is our national language, also a political
movement.”
There will also be an off-beat TV series on ‘100 Editors of
India’—from Mahatma Gandhi to S Nihal Singh.
Incidentally, Sappal was a scientist with CSIR before he left
his job and travelled across the country to know the
‘ground reality’. Four years ago, he approached Rajya
Sabha with his idea of a channel and became its founder-
editor.
The channel, which does not fall under the Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting and is therefore completely out
of government control, has got permission for using the
revenue earned by selling its programmes. As of now, its
revenues go to the India consolidated fund.
Rajya Sabha TV to venture into commercial production of films and TV series | TelevisionPost.com
operated by the Upper House of Parliament, is planning to
get into commercial production of TV serials and films on
nationalistic themes.
In a new move, Rajya Sabha TV will sell the content to
other television channels and release them in theatres. The
channel, which airs the Parliamentary proceedings as well
as knowledge-based programming, will venture into
commercial production for the first time.
“We are producing feature films, besides a series of TV
episodes and documentaries. We will sell these to other
channels, go for theatre releases. It’s the first time that we
are venturing into commercial production,” Rajya Sabha TV
CEO Gurdeep Singh Sappal told The Sunday Express.
Interestingly, the success of the 10-episodic series on the
making of the Indian Constitution, which Rajya Sabha TV
produced last year, got the channel interested in getting
into commercial production.
The channel has already got Bollywood directors like
Benegal, Tigmanshu Dhulia and Vinay Shukla on board.
Dhulia will direct a film and a six-episode TV series on
Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA trials conducted at Red
Fort in Delhi, while Shukla will direct a film and a 10-
episode series on Patel and the integration of princely
states.
Benegal will direct a feature on the history of the Indian
Army. These films are in the phase of casting, and are
likely to see theatre release by the end of 2016.
Sappal said, “We have not documented the history of last
70 years. I do not know any single TV series on the Hindi
language. It is our national language, also a political
movement.”
There will also be an off-beat TV series on ‘100 Editors of
India’—from Mahatma Gandhi to S Nihal Singh.
Incidentally, Sappal was a scientist with CSIR before he left
his job and travelled across the country to know the
‘ground reality’. Four years ago, he approached Rajya
Sabha with his idea of a channel and became its founder-
editor.
The channel, which does not fall under the Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting and is therefore completely out
of government control, has got permission for using the
revenue earned by selling its programmes. As of now, its
revenues go to the India consolidated fund.
Rajya Sabha TV to venture into commercial production of films and TV series | TelevisionPost.com
