Punjabi has a symbol called the addhak ( ੱ ) which doubles consonants. If the word were indeed Khassa, they would have written ਖੱਸਾਂ. Moreover the Punjabi letter Ma has no line on top; it is simply the letter Sa without a line. In fact the Punjabi Sa is identical to the Hindi Ma.
Most of Punjabi audience is stuck to Hindi GEC because there are no good serials available in Punjabi language. If there is good regional channel and a hindi GEC. Audience will obviously choose regional channel because this shows will have more local feel from actors and locations.
I hope i ll be wrong and zee punjabi ll be big success in future...if zee punjabi ll be successful then star ,colors may consider to launch channels in punjabi
I don't think STAR will. Star only wants to launch replica regional channels e.g. SS1 Telugu, NG Telugu or Hangama Tamil. But Colors or even sony might launch punjabi GEC.
Star is least bothered about regional channels outside the four South languages, Bangla and Marathi. Zee has a far better track record, Viacom18 as well. Zee has been successfully running Zee Sarthak in Odisha for more than two years, and the channel was already present under a different ownership since 2010. While much less successful Colors Odia is also there. And Colors Gujarati has a monopoly in the Gujarati market.
Thank goodness they are not using the common packaging template used by Zee Tv and it's Southern counterparts along with Zee Bangla.
For your kind information brother, most of the actors, directors working in Hindi Tele Serials and Movies are Punjabis.
