There is magic in the air
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THIS is our very own Hari Puttar. There may not be Muggles and Hobbits here, but there’s plenty of magic and wizardry. Shakalaka Boom Boom, Monday to Friday at 7.30 pm on Star Plus, revolves around young Sanju and his magic pencil.
Like any other boy his age, Sanju is a normal student until he discovers a pencil by accident. The pencil, as he soon finds out, has extraordinary magical powers. What follows is a tale of Sanju and his adventures with the magic pencil.
Once he discovers its powers, he starts using it to help people. In the process, he develops an everlasting bond with the pencil. They are inseparable through thick and thin and as the story unfolds, it’s a one-way ticket through the fantasy world of children.
However, like all fairy tales, this one too has a dark side. Enter the anti-heroes: Tiger, Sweety, Kalicharan, Changu and Mangu, who are out to grab the pencil. But all their attempts fail miserably, leading to immense mirth and entertainment for the young viewers.
This is a story with the right mix of fun and magic and lots of adventure, a story every kid would relate to and love to watch.
Jasoos Vijay | |
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Title card of the 1st season of Jasoos Vijay featuring Adil Hussain and Om Puri | |
Genre | Action, Thriller, Crime |
Created by | BBC World Service Trust. Executive Producer Drama: Rumu Sen-Gupta |
Written by | Aparajita Saha, Sanjeev Sharma |
Creative director | Devika Bahl |
Presented by | Om Puri |
Starring |
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Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 195 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Rumu Sen-Gupta |
Running time | 22-26 minutes |
Production companies | |
Distributor | Doordarshan |
Release | |
Original network | DD National |
Picture format | NTSC (480i) |
Audio format | Stereophonic |
Original release | June 2002 – September 2006 |
Cast[edit]
- Om Puri as the presenter of the series. At the end of each episode, he addressed the issue of HIV/AIDS by visiting a rural area and talking to the common people there or by answering the letters of viewers. Viewers were invited to write to him and attempt to nail the culprit before Vijay does. There were prizes for the best answers which would include a chance for the viewer to appear on the show and name his or her suspects.[7]
- Adil Hussain/Farhan Khan[A] as Jasoos Vijay - a private detective and the main protagonist of the series. At the end of first season, he was shown as suffering from HIV/AIDS though it was never disclosed how he became HIV positive. He was not given a surname so as to stop the audiences from perceiving him as upper caste or lower caste or from a particular locale or ethnicity.[8]
- Minha Zamir/Purva Parag[B] as Gauri - assistant and later wife of Vijay. She first appeared in the first episode as the sister of the victim Tara. At the end of the first mini-series, she became an assistant of Vijay. She later fell in love with him and married him.[7]
- Vaibhav Talwar as Jeet - assistant of Vijay. He appeared in third season during one of the mini-series and later joined Vijay as an assistant. At the end of the series, Vijay assigned him the role of detective and took a retirement.[9]
- Nupur Joshi as Parvati - another assistant of Vijay and love interest of Jeet. She first appeared in the third season and joined Vijay as an assistant. At the end of the third season, she and Jeet fell in love with each other.[9]
Production[edit]
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Elements of the show[edit]
HIV/AIDS Awareness[edit]
Identify the culprit[edit]
Seasons[edit]
Season 1[edit]
Jasoos Vijay Season 1 Full Episode
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Season 2[edit]
Season 3[edit]
Jasoos Vijay Full Episode 16
Reception[edit]
Awards[edit]
- Thriller of the Year at the 2003 Indian Telly Awards.[6]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- A Adil Hussain[20] portrayed the role of Vijay in the first and second season while Farhan Khan[16] portrayed it in the third season.
- B Minha Zamir[21] portrayed the role of Gauri in the first and second season while in the third season, it was portrayed by Purva Parag.[9]
References[edit]
- ^'Jasoos Vijay'. The Communication Initiative. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ abArvind Singhal & Everett M. Rogers (2003). Combating AIDS: Communication Strategies in Action. Ohio: SAGE Publications. p. 328. ISBN0761997288. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^'Jasoos Vijay back on DD1 from Sept 4'. Bhash Media Private Limited Company. Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ abc'Investigating Jasoos Vijay'. The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ abHong Cheng, Philip Kotler & Nancy Lee (2011). Social Marketing for Public Health: Global Trends and Success Stories. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. p. 350. ISBN978-1449610081. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ abcde'Brand new Jasoos gets prime time slot on DD'. The Hindu. 10 September 2005. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ abcd'Jasoos Vijay to return to DD'. Indian Television.com. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ abcdefg'Jasoos Vijay: Self efficacy, collective action and social norms in the context of an HIV and AIDS television drama'. University of Southern California. Archived from the original on 26 May 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ abcdef'Jasoos Vijay in Manali!'. Telly Chakkar. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ abcd'DD - BBC - NACO partnership'. Doordarshan. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ abc'3rd season of BBC's Jasoos Vijay returns to DD on 4 September'. Indian Television.com. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^'An HIV-positive detective entertains and informs millions'(PDF). BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^Arvind Singhal & Everett M. Rogers (2003). Combating AIDS: Communication Strategies in Action. SAGE Publications. p. 328. ISBN0761997288. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ ab'Beyond preaching'. The Hindu. 18 March 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^'BBC World Service Trust co produces Jasoos Vijay with DD'. exchange4media.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ ab'The vaccine at work'. The Hindu. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^'BBC WST releases music album'. Indian Television.com. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ ab'Detective Vijay series tops the audience ratings in India - HIV and AIDS awareness messages reach 16 million'. BBC. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^Hong Cheng, Philip Kotler & Nancy Lee (2011). Social Marketing for Public Health: Global Trends and Success Stories. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. p. 348. ISBN978-1449610081. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^'Adil Hussain interview'. Independent Movies Limited. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^'Identify the culprit'. The Hindu. 10 October 2003. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
Further reading[edit]
- Andrew Skuse, Marie Gillespie & and Gerry Power Drama for Development: Cultural translation and social change 2011, SAGE Publications, 324 pp. ISBN8132105915
- Arvind Singhal & Everett M. Rogers Combating AIDS: Communication Strategies in Action 2003, SAGE Publications, 425 pp. ISBN0761997288
- Esta De Fossard & John Riber Writing And Producing For Television And Film 2005, SAGE Publications, 278 pp. ISBN0761934006
Jasoos Vijay Full Episode 13
External links[edit]
- Jasoos Vijay at Internet Movie Database