Hum Sub Ek Hain completes three years
The hilarious sitcom on Sony Entertainment, Hum Sub Ek Hain will complete three years with its 151 episode on July 1. The serial had gone on air on July 1, 1998 and since then has consistently managed to make the audience laugh week after week. The story revolves around a joint family with a backdrop of national integration and represents the Indian joint family system. Conceived and produced by Asit Modi, the serial stars Sudhir Pandey, Geeta Shankar, Rakesh Bedi, Tanushree Kaushal, Dilip Joshi, Mohini, Deven Bhojani, Dimple Shah and Dinyar Contractor in lead roles.

Animated films on Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network has acquired the exclusive cable TV rights of two feature-length animation films Pandavas--The Five Warriors and Sinbad--Beyond The Veil Of Mists. Both the shows represent world-class 3D animation quality based on timeless classic stories. They have been produced using the latest real-time (motion picture) 3D animation technology and have been acclaimed internationally as world-class animated productions. While Pandavas is an adaptation of Mahabharata, Sinbad is the story of a beautiful princess Serena who seeks the help of a dare-devil sailor Sinbad to save her father and her kingdom. Produced by Chennai-based Pentamedia Graphics Ltd., the films will have their Indian television premiere on Cartoon Network in September, 2001. The two films will be presented in an episodic format and will be available in English and Hindi.

Karishma gives away prizes
SABeTV, which is only a year old, is the fourth leading satellite channel after Star, Sony and Zee. Recently, the channel held a contest called Karishma Sabe Shaam Inaam Aapke Naam which ran for a month during the prime time slot between 7.30 and 9 p.m.on SABe TV. The viewers were asked to answer a few simple questions. There were daily prizes, which included short trips for the family, etc. The piece de resistence of course were the mega prizes i.e. a flat in Mumbai or a car or a foreign trip for the family and for the runners up there was either a motorbike or a computer or a diamond jewellery. Well, the channel’s brand ambassador Karisma Kapoor drew the names of the lucky winners and gave away the prizes at events held respectivley in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Lucknow and Delhi.

The human side of policemen
Inspired by the worldwide hit serial NYPD Blue, In House Productions will present C.O.P.S., a drama on the psyche of a policeman. Perhaps for the first time on the Indian small screen, here’s a serial which takes a positive look at their role, aspirations and dreams. Directed by Shahab Shamsi for producer Anirudhya Mitra, the story revolves around the stress of their jobs and its impact on their personal life. It tells the story of the making of a police officer. The makers claim "it’s not a thriller," adding that, "the police have a very bad name in public, which is not fair. Tell us, if they were all corrupt, how would they survive. C.O.P.S. is not a glorification of police, it’s a narration of their real life. As cops, they are also concerned with a girl’s reputation who is gang-raped. We are sure, once the serial is on air, it will be loved by all the law-abiding citizens." Irfaan Khan, Iravati Harshe, Ayesha Menon, Milind Wagh, Abhimany and Mandip Bhullar play lead roles.

Amitabh Film Festival on Sony Max
Starting June 29, every Friday, the Sony Max TV crew will conduct surprise house visit. Anyone watching the Amitabh film on Sony Max, will be given a coupon which makes them eligible for a lucky draw bumper prize. The lucky draw will be held every month till the Amitabh Film Festival ends on September 21. The first prize is a holiday package for two to Australia, second prize is a home theatre system and the third prize is a television set.

Besides the Amitabh films line up, Sony Max will also be featuring related shows. One is Kahani poori filmi hai-Amitabh Specials, every Thursday at 8 p.m., this presents interesting facts like where did the dialogue Mere paas maa hai come from, why Amitabh who was supposed to do Mr. India, not do it finally and much more. Second is Amitabh Fillers wherein Sony Max will feature fillers of Amitabh films based on categories like fight sequences, drunken scenes, comedy and romantic scenes, interesting dialogues and lots more. Third is Trivia featuring interesting nuggets and questions about Amitabh films being shown in the festival, followed by the answers. Fourth is One Two 123 (on June 19 at 8 p.m.) wherein viewers can request for their favourite songs or scenes from Amitabh films. Fifth is Internet activity, wherein requests of songs and dialogues of the film being shown in the festival will be hosted on the Sony Max website at www.setindia.com where viewers can click and listen to their favourites.

American Pie on Star Movies
Star Movies will present American Pie on June 29 at 9.30 p.m. The film is a sex comedy which takes a very bold and realistic look at the wild aspirations and fantasies of the American teenager. The story revolves around a group of friends, fed up with their well-deserved reputations as sexual no-hitters, decide to take action. Each of them tries a different but equally outrageous approach to score with the female sex, who are also just anxious but equally confused, trying to act cool. American Pie became the comedy hit of the summer of 1999. "We all felt that there hadn’t been a really good teen comedy since we were kids and we’d talked for a long time about how we would love to make one and we wanted to shoot it R-rated," explains Warren Zide who has produced the film along with Craig Perry for Zide-perry Films. "To write a movie about sex and not have it be R-rated, you are not giving your audience enough credit," says writer Adam Hertz. The film was shot on locations across Los Angeles.

From Long Beach to downtown, from a lakeside cottage in Westlake village to soundstages in Sun Valley. Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Shannon Elizabeth, Mena Suvari, Seann Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Tara Reid and Natasha Lyonne have come with mind-blowing performance.