Preview

Shaktimaan
February 6, 12 pm
Kasim is praying in his house. Dakoda, the agent of the Evil King of Darkness, Killwish, enters Kasims’ house. He sees the portrait of Ranjit Singh that Kasim had painted and takes on Ranjit Singh’s form.

Kasim finishes his prayer and sees Ranjit Singh (actually Dakoda) standing besides the painting. He is delighted. Kasim informs Ranjit Singh that he had painted this portrait for Shaktimaan to enable him to discover his past. He also tells Ranjit Singh that his son, Shaktimaan, stands for truth and is always in the forefront in the battle against Evil Darkness.

But, Ranjit Singh (Dakoda) states otherwise. He tells Kasim that Shaktimaan is a demon and his aim is to spread Evil Darkness. Kasim is surprised. Ranjit Singh then ignites the portrait, sees Kasim on fire and walks out. He then sets the house ablaze. Kasim dies, but his wife and children manage to escape. People in the neighbourhood try to stop the fire, but to no avail.

Gangadhar and Nisha arrive at the scene. They find Kasim’s house ablaze. Some journalists quiz Kasim’s wife. She states that Shaktimaan’s father, Ranjit Singh set her husband on fire and killed him. Gangadhar is shocked. He then reads the message that Ranjit Singh had left behind. “Shaktimaan is my son, the son of a demon. His aim is to spread evil darkness in the universe. Until and unless he becomes the agent of the Evil King of Darkness, Killwish, I will continue setting the city on fire!” Gangadhar cannot believe his eyes.

Abhimaan
February 2, 9 pm
Tyagi’s house. Inspector Siddhant arrives to serve him a notice. Tyagi will have to appear before the inquiry commission after two days. Sehgal’s house. Tyagi arrives and Sehgal exclaims, “at last you have to come here!.” Tyagi says, “I came to remind you that if they start inquiry against me then all that remained undisclosed so far will be revealed. Tyagi arrives and meets the DIG. He knows a lot about Sehgal. He knew the places where he might hide. Naresh might have hidden among those places and he might help him in tracing Naresh. Inspector Siddhant and Tyagi were in a room. The phones in Sehgal’s house were being tapped. Siddhant says that there was a call from Mirzapur for Sehgal house. Sehgal reacts when Rajeshwari says that Naresh had called and he was very depressed and shattered. He would call again. He wanted to speak to Sehgal who is very upset. Why had he called here?

Meethi Meethi Baatein
February 6, 10 pm
Amar’s in-laws become a pain in the neck for him and the children as well. Ritu complains that they have destroyed the peace of the house ever since they came and stayed with them. Amar tries to pacify her saying they have to bear with them as they are too young to be left alone in the house after he goes to work. But Ritu insists on their being sent back to their home. So Amar packs them off. Even at work, he is very worried about them as they are all alone - unprotected. He requests Chandrika to leave him early. But she not only turns down his request, makes him sit late in the evening and instructs him to attend to some other work till late in the night. Amar curses her a lot while following her orders - decides to fire her for being so inhuman. But when he reaches home to his utter surprise finds that his boss was doing the baby sitting for him. The in-laws also return in the end - thanks to his boss who made Ritu call them back.

Janam
February 7, 9.30 pm
Dr. Vyas says that Gautam is only just alive. Sarita breaks down. Girish takes Sarita to the ashram to rest. Vasuda confides in Shilpa what Sarita has told her. Shilpa calls Mausi at the ashram to find out how the children are. Gautam gets serious. Vasuda runs in with Dr. Vyas. Gautam grips Vasuda’s hand.

WaarisF
February 2, 8.30 pm
Ritwik goes to Farida’s house to destroy all the evidence and does not find any paper. Patwardhan and Aru comes to Farida’s house. Das comes to Nandita’s house to tell the truth about Ritwik but cannot do so as Ritwik comes in. Ritwik lies to Nandita about the IT investigation and says Aru is behind all this. Abhi comes to take Aru for a date and Nandita walks in.

Agnichakra
February 8, 10 pm
At the Onam festival, the biggest in Kerala, everyone was celebrating. Country liquor was being freely consumed when suddenly the celebration turned into a tragedy. People started falling down writhing in great pain. Some vomitted blood, others found their eyes were affected. Then they began twitching and dying. In all, 75 people died and 25 lost their eyesight. The booze had been bought in bulk and was manufactured by a particular company. The police investigaged and found that the hooch was adulterated by the manufacturing company itself with methyl alcohol, a lethal chemical. Finally, the culprits got six to seven years RI. They appealed to Supreme Court, which found the sentence too mild, and changed the sentences to life imprisonment.

Vishnu Puran
February 6, 10 am
Dharti introduces herself to the viewers and starts narrating the story of the creation of the universe.

Before the beginning there was an end, it says and then reveals how the universe was created by the Supreme God Lord Vishnu who appeared on our planet as a child floating on a leaf in the ravaging deluge - after the world had come to an end. He then created Brahma and Mahesh and viewers learn that in the Hindu trinity of Gods, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, Vishnu is the protector of the cosmos who preserves life, Brahma is the creator and Mahesh the destroyer, between them they maintain the sacred, moral and ethical order of Dharma to ensure harmony in the three worlds. Along with Lord Vishnu, viewers also see his wife goddess Laxmi, who asks the Supreme God why was she created.

Lord Vishnu enlightens her on this issue and tells her that a woman is the symbol of emobdiment of love and power and that without her only hatred would have prevailed here.

Before Brahma created the first man Manu and his companion Shatrupa, he created nature and knowledge about it.

Raahein
February 8, 9.30 pm
Preeti comes out of the wedding hall and finds Rohan standing besides the car waiting for her. Rohan is angry with her for not taking him along with her for the party. But Preeti tells him that it was necessary for her to go alone. Back at home, the professor and Deepa are worried because Preeti is still not returned from the party but finally when she arrives she tells them what had happened at the party, goes into her room and cries. On the other hand, Rajkumar and Lata are discussing Preeti’s behaviour at the party and are upset because Preeti had returned the sari gifted to her. Suddenly the door opens. They look at the door.

Amanat
February 3, 8.30 pm
Lahori, Ahmed with Dinky go to Sapna’s house, where there is a showdown. Amit leaves saying he will not resign. Outside, as he exits on his motorbike, a car moving from the opposite side crashes into him and he is flung. The driver of the car is Chander. Getting news of the accident, the others rush out. Narang takes charge and doesn’t allow anyone near Amit. Sapna is aghast at Narang’s behaviour. Sapna talks to Chander about Narang and learns about Narang’s foul game. Dinky calls Santosh and explains what happened. Lahori and Ahmed search all the hospitals but cannot locate Amit. Kapoor’s family, with Dinky, go to Chander’s house in time to see him being arrested by the police. They follow the police car. At the police station Ahmed and Lahori have also come to lodge a complaint about their missing son-in-law Amit.

Aashirwaad
February 4, 8.30 pm
Radhey meets Sangeeta in the garden and gives her a rose. She hugs him and says that it was the most valuable gift in the world. Then Radhey hands over a gold necklace to her and says that he was taking her test in which she passed. Vijay arrives with Preety to thank Chowdhary for his kind gesture and apologises for his behaviour.

Radhey comes to know that Chowdhary has repaid the loan. Gajendra, Subhash and Geeta also react when they overhears the conversations. Radhey, Subhash and Geeta entere and tell Chowdhary that Subhash has an option to marry Ruma and settle in life but Vijay didn’t have any. Subhash says that he has no intention of marrying Ruma in return for which Aparna asks him why he had spent the night with her. Hearing this, Chowdhary is shocked. l

Wild; Grizzly River (aka McNeil River Bears) February 2, 5.30 pm
This stunningly unique film portrays grizzly bears, not just as awesome predators, but as individuals, with personalities and problems, the same as humans. We become acquainted with Wolfy the mightiest bear on the river. Can he maintain his leading position in society for yet another year, in the face of challenges from younger, fitter males? One year old son, Tuffy is mischievous and adventurous. How will he find his place in this tough, competitive environment, as the bears gather together at the river to feed on spawning salmon? Tuffy’s mother Teddy’s main duty is to protect her young cub, while at the same time ensuring that she gets her fair share of the salmon harvest! Teddy’s daughters, Jewel and Helen are also bringing up cubs, and are wary of Tuffy’s antics, but are more nervous of the potentially murderous impact of the big males when they come down from the hills to feed. We also follow the fortunes of the Salmon themselves. From the ocean where they are predated by humans and the salmon shark - a relative of the great white shark - to their eventual battle to avoid the jaws and claws of the grizzly bear.

Ocean Worlds: Shipwrecks: A Natural History
February 2, 9.30 pm
Examines three shipwrecks off the coast of New Zealand, including the Greenpeace ship “Rainbow Warrior”, which was sunk by French government agents. Focussing on the natural history of a shipwreck, the programme shows how wrecks turn into artificial reefs and attract a wide variety of sponges, fish, and small sea creatures.

Submarines and Spies: A matter of national security
February 3, 6.30 pm
This February, Thursday nights are submarine and spy nights on the National Geographic Channel where viewers can get insights on the largest and riskiest espionage missions and solve undersea mysteries. Hear about the riveting tales behind the mysterious crash of a Soviet ballistic submarine on the bottom of the ocean floor, and investigate the catastrophic accidents that overtook submarines and their crew in two tragedies of the Cold War.

In the spring of 1968, 750 miles off the Hawaiian coast, a Soviet ballistic submarine crashed mysteriously on the bottom of the ocean floor. The submarine may contain nuclear warheads and top secret materials that could prove powerful or fatal for either the US or the Soviet Union. This is the riveting tale of this truly historic espionage mission. Amidst the background of political tension, the Watergate scandal and the historic US-Soviet SALT talks, the Jennifer Project was the largest and riskiest technical spy mission ever attempted. The details of the project and the results of what were found have never been revealed... until now.

Science Adventures: Rediscovering the Past
February 4, 6.30 pm
This fast-paced series continues this month with more premier episodes. Visit all corners of the planet exploring the extremes of discovery. Natural history, the environment, archaeology, ecology, natural medicine and anthropology are amongst the subjects investigated.

The Tanis Man - I : Tanis, mentioned in the Bible and one of the biggest towns of ancient Egypt, is also one of Egypt’s most tantalising mysteries. The site, covered with hundreds of massive monoliths, was once thought to have been the capital city of the Pharaoh Rames II. Phillippe Brissaud has spent 25 years working tirelessly on the Tanis site and is considered its greatest expert. He has re-interpreted the role of Tanis in ancient Egyptian history and now offers us some answers to the enigmas that the site never ceases to pose.

Kharga Mummies - 2 : In the Egyptian desert, from from the Royal tombs, archaeologist, Francoise Dunant and anthropologist Jean -Louis Heim have closed off a popular necropolis where several mummies lie. A small laboratory has been installed at the spot in order to study, radiograph and analyse the bodies that alone can give us information on how this rural population lived and died. The problem? The Egyptian authorities have only given the team a few days to carry out their analysis before they must return the mummies to their tomb. It is a race against time.

The Tautavel Man - 3 : Some of the oldest Europeans were alive 450,000 years ago in the French region of Rousillon. Henri de Lumley, palaeontologist, heads the excavations which have been on going for more than 30 years in this famous cave, known as “The Arago Cone”. It continues to turn up palaeontologicla remains, which sometimes date back to more than 600,000 years ago! Forty people working on this archaeological site go back in time and learn how to fend for themselves as the Tautavel man did.

Troglodyte People - 4 : We follow Jean - Paul Loubes, the architect who for many years, has been interested in underground homes all over the planet. With him, we discover flourishing villages built entirely in shafts dug out of the rocky plateau of Matmata. While visiting some of these families, Jean-Paul Loubes lets us discover how these habitats are built and why living underground is a sensible choice.

On The Edge: Touching Space
February 5, 6.30 pm
The exclusive story of the first successful circum-navigation of the globe by balloon. On March 21, 1999 Pilots Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones stepped from their pressurised capsule into the bright Egyptial sunshine. After 20 days and 26,000 miles they had not thought possible - a non-stop flight round the world by balloon. This one-hour docu special tells the behind the scenes story of the old style adventures who flew into the history books. Using exclusive on-board footage, Touching Space catalogues every heart-stopping moment of the Breitling Orbiter’s triumphant success.