SHAILESH KAPOOR

Shailesh Kapoor: T20 World Cup: Learning For Reality Television Posted on 31 Mar,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR The games that won our hearts have been characterised by elements most reality shows should aspire to have, if they have to acquire cult status and blockbuster viewership, writes Shailesh Kapoor

Naagin: The Myths & The Truth Posted on 18 Mar,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR Truth be told, Naagin, captures a very significant ‘change’ in Indian television, writes Shailesh Kapoor

Shailesh Kapoor: Time For Cricket To Take Over… By Default Posted on 11 Mar,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR The lack of excitement in mainstream television is also bound to help this year’s IPL, especially if it comes on the back of an India win in the T20 World Cup, writes Shailesh Kapoor

India is waiting to be Tickled Posted on 04 Mar,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR It’s a crisis out there with comedy content on television and in cinema, writes Shailesh Kapoor. The quality (and quantity) has been down!

Shailesh Kapoor: PRDP… And the search for blockbuster ratings Posted on 26 Feb,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR The huge success of films and also Naagin on weekends makes one wonder why weekday shows aren’t rating at weekend levels despite more audience availability, asks Shailesh Kapoor

Shailesh Kapoor: Televised Events: The Best Season Ever Posted on 19 Feb,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR This has been the best season for award shows on television, both in terms of quality of content and ratings, writes Shailesh Kapoor

Shailesh Kapoor: Kapil Sharma And The Loss Of Innocence Posted on 05 Feb,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR He is a comedian of immense talent, the best mainstream Indian media has seen ever. But it’s not his talent they have to harness, writes Shailesh Kapoor, adding: they have to make the man find himself again

Shailesh Kapoor: T20 Cricket: India’s ‘Second Sport’? Posted on 29 Jan,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR Cricket 2 is T20, be it nation v/s nation or leagues… it’s entertainment first and sports later, writes Shailesh Kapoor

Shailesh Kapoor: ChaubeyJi: The New Face Of Patriarchal Patrakaars Posted on 22 Jan,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR Bhupendra Chaubey came across as blatantly misogynistic and applied a culture and values framework to steer the interview. Our politicians do this all the time. But Chaubey is a journalist, and should have known better, writes Shailesh Kapoor

Top 10 Hindi GEC Characters For 2015 Posted on 15 Jan,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR So which character of a fiction-non-fiction show came out tops last year? Here’s Shailesh Kapoor’s list based on Ormax Characters India Loves

Shailesh Kapoor: Top 5 Channels that made the Maximum Impact in 2015 Posted on 08 Jan,2016 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR Shailesh Kapoor picks his Top 5, standing out in a crowd of 500+ channels as true success stories

Top 5 “Gamechangers” on Hindi GECs in 2015 Posted on 24 Dec,2015 | under SHAILESH KAPOOR Most new launches failed to get going in the year, many of them wrapping up even before the year ends, writes Shailesh Kapoor