Friday, July 22, 2005

No Antakshari From Today

Well, the twelve year procession has ended. No more the familiar sight of talented Annu Kapoor enthralling the audience with his antics. That also means that no more of the supporting cast - Durga Jasraj, Renuka Shahane, Pallavi Joshi, Rajeshwari Sachdev, Richa Sharma, or Sagarika Gosh!

No doubt the program had lost the much of its charm, courtesy bad production values but still this longest running program ever in the history of Indian cinema was the best bet amongst the rest of the copy cats. It started in 1993 or thereabouts.

Annu Kapoor's knowledge and presence of mind is unparallel. The way he connected to audience was very child like. Sometimes, though, I did feel he went overboard. Most of the co-hostess were also equal to the task, except perhaps, Sagarika. She was left clueless most of the times, and struggled hard to keep up the pace with the Kapoor.

I will miss this one. Not many I would on Zee TV.
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