Star One changes to Life OK, with Madhuri Dixit on board
With Madhuri Dixit Nene being the celebrity announcer in a hype-loaded launch, is Life OK the TV channel she was supposed to start after coming back to India? We wonder
There is noise and there is noise, but the noise that the Star-wallahs made while they were launching their new channel has got to have beaten all other noise hollow. Actually, it was not a launch, but a re-launch of Star One, which is now Life OK and believes in the catchphrase Kal ki soch kar dhat teri ki karte reh gaye – toh aaj ka kya hoga pyaare? It happened with a week-long digital engagement plan, as the honchos for the channel said, and an eight-hour-long rockathon for the web, starring Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Euphoria, Agni, Shaa’ir and Funk, and Indus Creed, along with Salim-Sulaiman, Kailash Kher and Shilpa Rao. Programming has begun, each new show introduced by a rather matronly and buxom Madhuri Dixit Nene playing sutradhar (narrator). Which made us wonder – is this the new TV channel she is said to have been starting? And what role will she play in it long-term, if she does? Any which way, things in telly-land could be changing for the better, if the tiny glimpse of the new shows that we got delivers on its promises. There is of course the rather pathbreaking Sach ka Saamna anchored by the dishy Rajeev Khandelwal, and Tum Dena Saath Mera (which makes us want to break out into the old-gold song), with a strong moral message. And then there is Mahadev, with a startled-looking Mouni Roy overdraped in fake jewellery, Meri Maa with a grubby child with a predictable sob story and Smile Please, about a family and its various madnesses. The show that we hope will be truly hatke is Saubhagyavati Bhava, about a young wife married to a deceptively ‘worthy’ man (Karanvir Bohra, who uses his naturally evil looks wonderfully) who abuses her – we look forward shudderingly to an episode where he actually threatens her with a dead (we hope) cockroach! A promising line-up, but only time will tell us whether it will all end up with highly decorated women making halwa!
First Published: 4.57 PM IST 12.19.2011
Maaneetniwi
Posted at 10:30 PM on December 21, 2011
we want GURMEET n DRASHTI in GHSP season 2 or in any other show…plzzzz..life is not okkkkkkk without our GURTI…plzzz give back our belovved GURTI too us plzzzzzzzzzz
soma
Posted at 10:22 PM on December 21, 2011
we wnt Gurmeet n Drashti toghether in GEET SEASON 2 or in any other show…its our humble request…plz bring back our GURTI….
sehar
Posted at 10:18 PM on December 21, 2011
please bring back Gurmeet and Drashti in Geet hsp season 2 or any other show… we love them and miss them alot……….
love Madhuri but want maan and geet back please…
cherry
Posted at 10:14 PM on December 21, 2011
our life is not ok without gurti plzzzzzzz give them back to us each and every day we r dying without them plzzzzzzzzzzzz give us our life back
Ferdouz Khan
Posted at 10:11 PM on December 21, 2011
Please bring back Gurmeet and Drashti onscreen. humble request from fans all around the world.
fatima
Posted at 9:59 PM on December 21, 2011
i have never watch any of Indian serial before but when i saw star one shows new and different i love that Indian channel for the first time and specially geet but u people make a big mistake shutting down this channel i cant digest these kind of shows nothing can inspire me to watch this life of but unless u people bring youth charm back and specially geet 2 with gurmeet and drashti
Kavya
Posted at 9:52 PM on December 21, 2011
please we want Gurmeet and Drashti as leads in Geet season 2 or in any show,,,, we love Madhuri,,,,but we are not interested in this new channel,,without Gurmeet and Drashti
geneiva mathai
Posted at 9:49 PM on December 21, 2011
Starone deceived fans by giving diplomatic and vague answers about the future of geet and ended it abruptly,which was a tragic moment for maneet fans.Hope they rectify their mistake and give us season2 of ghsp.
fizza shahid
Posted at 9:46 PM on December 21, 2011
Star one you have made the biggest crime you have broken the heart of Maaneet fans.. plzzzz bring back gurmeet nd drashti together in a show…..plzzzzzzzzzzzzz we r dying to see dem plzzzzzzzz give us a good news before the year end so that we also can celebrate new year in peace …
mamoona
Posted at 9:46 PM on December 21, 2011
on behalf of millions of GEET SERIAL fans i am requesting to “life ok” plz! start GEET HUI SABSE PARAI SEASON 2 with GURMEET N DRASHTI..
Priyanka loves maaneet
Posted at 9:45 PM on December 21, 2011
We want @gurmeet and @drashti.
U know life ok @gurti/maaneet is 1st starone best hot couple who get best jodi award. U know why. Hum fans ki wajah se. Humne apne show ko hit krne ke liye kya kuch nhi kiya.
Plz we want @gurti back together in any new show or geet season 2
divya
Posted at 9:45 PM on December 21, 2011
v want geet 2 or some other show with GC and DD in star plus
Priyanka loves gurti
Posted at 9:39 PM on December 21, 2011
Plz we want our gurmeet & drashti together in lead role in any new show or geet season 2.
Kya apko hamara pyaar nhi dikhta apne maaneet ke liye. Plz we want gurti
meghna
Posted at 9:39 PM on December 21, 2011
NO GEET THEN NO LIFE OK….
GEET HUI SABSE PARAYII GAVE U NAME AND FAME BUT U ABRUPTLY ENDED IT
GURMEET-DRASHTI WERE THE FIRST STAR ONE COUPLE WHO WON BEST JODI AWARD AT GOLD AWARDS 2010
PLZZ BRING BACH GHSP SEASON 2 WITH GURMEET AND DRASHTI AS LEADS
geet
Posted at 9:39 PM on December 21, 2011
im not intersted in this stupib channel we want gurti
drishti
Posted at 9:38 PM on December 21, 2011
we want geet season 2 with gurti i cant live without them anymore this was starone’s biggest istake by taking out geet wewant geet 2 with gurti. geet geet season 2 back with gurti we want geet 2 with gurti as maaneet geet was the reason for star one being recognized a little bitgurti also got best jodi award that proves everyhthing they were are and always wil be the best for the first time star one got known just becuase of the hottest jodi and the sexiest jodi in the world maaneet uff guti so we want gurti back geet back gurti geet gurti
goshi
Posted at 9:38 PM on December 21, 2011
wao madhuri is a deva n adore her bt sorry yup many of us lik madhuri bt we lov our maan geet(gurmeet drashti)gurti n cz of this revamp n life ok we lost our maaneet/gurti n nt intrested in this new channel unless we ll get our gurti back……….
Rukhsana
Posted at 9:37 PM on December 21, 2011
Star one you have made the biggest crime you have broken the heart of Maaneet fans
Priyanka
Posted at 9:35 PM on December 21, 2011
We want our @gurti(gurmeet & drashti) back in any new show or geet season 2. Plz see our request.
shweta
Posted at 9:32 PM on December 21, 2011
plzzzz bring back gurmeet nd drashti together in a show…..
Nidhi
Posted at 9:31 PM on December 21, 2011
Life OK doesn’t exist for GEET fans till the time any new show or season 2 of GEET with the same leads Gurmeet and Drashi Dhami is not being made part of the channel…..
Lalita Chandra
Posted at 9:29 PM on December 21, 2011
Starone, you have made a huge mistake by ending GHSP.
GHSP was the reason for your fame and popularity.
Gurmeet Choudary and Drashti Dhami are thought of as higher than SRK-Kajol, you have created history; get them back in a season 2 or new show before its too late.
ashi
Posted at 9:22 PM on December 21, 2011
we want GEET season 2 with GURMEET & DRASHTI in Life ok chanel PLZ bring back our serial
Tina
Posted at 8:27 AM on December 20, 2011
why couldnt they just continue pkyek on life ok and sstar one sounds better. pkyek is so much better than the shows on life ok
Kayaa
Posted at 8:24 PM on December 19, 2011
that channel is no more as the youth channel and the shows omg, with just p.k.y.e.k and geet wouldev been enough