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... knock kaun hai?

SAT. SUSPENSE: GAWAH
Zee TV, March 13, 9.30 p.m.

Karan Kapoor is a private detective, who owns CDA. Avinash Rai is his associate. One day karan accidentally meets an old friend Ravi Kumar - an inspector with the Mumbai police. Ravi tells Karan about a series of murders in the city. Karan gets involved in the investigation, because of a letter he receives from the killer. He realises that a maniac is killing famous models in the city. As the investigation proceeds, Karan realises who the killer is, but he also discovers that one of the murders has a different pattern. Are there two killers on the loose?

RISHTEY
Zee TV, March 12, 8.30 p.m.

This story revolves around Vishaka, Smita, Uday and Anand. Vishaka, the only working member of her family, supports her younger brother and her mother. She is a very self-assured girl and very good at her work. Her friend Smita who works in the same office admires her and also runs to her for help. Both Vishaka and Smita are around 28 years old and they haven't found anyone to get married to.

Vishaka doesn't like the scores of men her mother has arranged for her to meet and Smita finds her own community very backward in thought. Once while Smita and Vishaka are talking on the phone, Anand gets cross connected into their conversation. Vishaka gets upset by his interference and they have an argument over the telephone. In the midst of their argument Smita lets out Vishaka's number.

Anand, who has liked Vishaka's spirit over the phone, keeps calling her. At first Vishaka gets very upset, but eventually, both start looking forward to talking with each other on the phone and their conversations reach a point where they have to meet. Vishaka views this prospect with trepidation and requests Smita to meet Anand in the restaurant instead of her, saying she would also be there to gauge whether she likes Anand at sight.

At the restaurant, Smita who is posing as Vishaka actually meets Uday, Anand's room mate who Anand has sent to pose for him, for the same reason as Vishaka has sent Smita. This is the beginning of a lot of confusion and does everything get sorted out at the end?

X-ZONE
Zee TV, March 12, 9.00 p.m.


A eunuch village - sometime during the British era. Tara, a masculine looking eunuch, is haunted every night by a ghost dancer in the open courtyard. This phenomenon occurs soon after the disappearance of Chameli, a uniquely feminine eunuch whom the whole community held in awe and particularly worshiped as a Devi.

Tara, meanwhile, is adversely disturbed by the haunting and does not go out in search of Chameli like the rest of his community. Angered by such a lack of feeling for a fellow eunuch, Amma questions Tara about his indifference in the matter. Tara finally, narrates to Amma a series of queer incidents involving him and Chameli, which he thinks may be connected with Chameli's disappearance.

During the narration, he thinks he sees Chameli watching them but, when he pursues the figure, it vanishes into thin air. Tara knew then for sure that something terrible had happened to Chameli. Even worse, he knew he was to blame.

COMMANDO
Zee TV, March 17, 9.30 p.m.

Ajay has a new girlfriend, a glamorous woman named Tina with whom he seems to have really fallen in love. She seems to be the only person who knows about Ajay's movements which no outsider could know. Is she the betrayer? Ajay questions with such ferocity that it could have broken any normal person. But Tina seems to be really innocent.

The mystery deepens when they question Rakesh Sharma's widow, Veena, and his daughter and find that on the morning of the assassination, Rakesh Sharma had disclosed to his disciple, Jaiprakash, the route of his morning jog.

But when the commandos question Jaiprakash and as he is about to reveal something, he is shot at and killed. Every person the commandos reach in order to find out the culprit behind the assassination, seems to die before they can find something definite. The assassin seemed to be always one step ahead of them.

...KNOCK KAUN HAI?
Zee TV, March 12, 10.30 p.m.

A group of four artists land up in Keshav's house. One is a mimic, one a singer, one a musician, the other a dancer. They have come to stay and establish their drama company. Keshav and Gayatri try their best to send them away, but Jai has no business and so he wants to make money out of them. He arranges their shows, for which he sells tickets to the neighbour.

SAAYA
Sony, March 15, 9.00 p.m.


Manoj and Shekhar reach the hospital. They help out the Mehras and visit Bhaskar's wife, Sucheta. Kamiya is out of danger. Mr. Mehra asks Shekhar to drop Sudha home.

Jagat Narayan sees Sudha getting out of the taxi and slaps her. When Shekhar comes to rescue her, Jagat Narayan bangs the door on his face. Prakash intervenes and raises his hand on Jagat Narayan in anger. He escorts Sudha into the house and later finds Shekhar waiting outside who surprises him with an offer.

HUM SUB EK  HAIN
Sony, March 17, 9.00 p.m.

Bharti and her three daughters-in-law decide to start cookery classes after the constant nagging of their husbands who feel they do nothing except just being housewives. Luckily, their classes become very popular and they get so busy coping with them, that they start ignoring their household duties.
Irritated with the situation, all the husbands ask for their wives' forgiveness and plead them to stop their cookery classes.

CID
Sony, March 17, 9.35 p.m.


The owner of an old library Janardhan, brings a torn magazine and has a strange story to tell the CID officers. Somebody has torn out words and alphabets from the magazine. Intrigued, he tried to find out what the words were and when he combined them together, it turned out to be a ransom note! Now the CID have to investigate all the people who had borrowed the magazine in the entire last month and find out who the kidnapper is!

JUST MOHABBAT
Sony, March 12, 8.30 p.m.


Jai looks over the crystal ball that Panditji has gifted and recalls all the efforts made by Raj, Maya, Pia, JP and Desmond to make their future bright.

In class, Mr. Nair teaches the importance of identity and individuality. All the student set out to find a unique and different identity of their own. Raj, Maya, Ishwar and Sumedha are all distressed to find out that they all have an identity crisis. All of them decide to find an identity of their own by finding new challenges at their work place.

At her office, Maya is visited by Sandeepan Sharma, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend. Maya decides to take up the case.

HEENA
Sony, March 12, 9.30 p.m.


Nawab Mirza tells Sameer that Heena is disappointed that the trip has been postponed. He also informs Sameer about Heena's mother's illness. Sameer assures Nawab Mirza that he would go along with Heena to meet her.

Sameer is informed by Akram that he would like to show him, his dream project, but comes to know later that the financiers had backed out. Akram is very disappointed with the turn of events and is in a dilemma.

HIP HIP HURRAY
Zee TV, March 17, 8.00 p.m.

The principal tries to claim the parents down at the PTA meeting. Vinny tries to console Alaknanda who tells the principal that she would like to stay away from school for a few weeks till the matter is solved.

The 12th standard students are surprised to see a new physics teacher. John is sad and goes to find out the problem. During lunch time everyone furiously decides to fight against this anti-Alaknanda campaign that the parents are spearheading. A board meeting is held but no decision is taken.

In class everyone is rude to the new teacher and gives up blank papers at the test. At home John fights with his mother about Alaknanda, so do Kiran and Raghav.

JEANS VS. SARI
DD-1, March 17, 2.30 p.m.

If a girl wears jeans and T-shirts or short skirts, it could be because she finds it comfortable, but she could be accused of being a loose woman. Some are kinder and say it's all right until marriage but not after. Then it has to be a sari. Are western clothes acceptable? Or decent? Can anything match the elegance of the traditional sari? An acrimonious discussion ensues between young people and conservative parents. Participants include a TV actress, young girls, parents and teachers. And of course men who tell us how they look at it.

AAP KI TAREEF
DD-1, March 11, 7.30 p.m.

Who is not afraid of journalists? Tom Alter is not. In this episode, Tom grills top journalists like Suguna Sunderam, Rajeev Masand (Bombay Times), Manoj Soral (Screen), Pammi Somal (Cine Blitz) and Mushtaqe Sheikh. For once the journalists are on the other side of firing line with TV and film star Tom Alter firing away questions that makes them squirm in their seats.