gfiles magazine

April 9, 2012

Two make the team


Two make the team
 
Doordarshan has two new bosses: First, Jawhar Sircar as CEO Prasar Bharati and the second, Tripurari Saran as DG Doordarshan. Jawhar Sircar retired as Secretary Culture and knows the art and culture world well. Tripurari Saran is an old hand from the film and art field. Already, Saran has cleared one major mess relating to the sanctioning of Urdu TV projects. He has brought in talented people on the selection committee and the final list of empanelled producers is in the making. Everyone is now hoping that DD operations will get a makeover. BS Lalli, the former Prasar Bharati CEO, ran the public broadcasting medium like his personal fiefdom. If sources are to be believed, DD will no longer be a guesthouse for unemployed producers. The latter were producing ‘c’ category programmes and were mushrooming day by day by paying 50 per cent commission of the sanctioned budget to Mandi House mandarins. Of course, DD is still in a mess and has to regain its old glory. The new Sircar-Saran team are trying to make it entertaining and more informative. One will soon see Aamir Khan, Ketan Mehta, Gulzar, Saeed Mirza and Govind Nihalani as part of DD’s talent pool. There seems to be no doubt that Sircar’s sharp understanding and Saran’s practical knowledge will rejuvenate DD. Now the top bosses of the I&B Ministry have to be patient and not interfere by sending lists of unemployed producers and programmes to be sanctioned. Take a break, guys.g

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