Satyamev Jayate : Child Sexual Abuse

Satyamev Jayate is the first show ever in the history of Indian Television to be aired simultaneously on a private channel network STAR and a national broadcaster Doordarshan. The show is also dubbed in several languages including three southern Indian languages viz., Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu, along with Bengali and Marathi. Apart from Star Plus, the show will also have simulcast on STAR World (with English Subtitles), STAR Utsav, STAR Pravah, STAR Jalsha, Asianet and STAR Vijay within the STAR Network and other channels including DD National and Eenadu TV.[3] Besides India the show also aired in over 100 countries around the world.[4] On the broadcast of the show, Khan commented, "This show is being launched on a large scale. I had to make complete use of this medium. This is a baby step in that direction."[3]
The show was also dubbed into Kannada, but was however not broadcast in the language, due to an unconstitutional, self-imposed and self-enforced ban by the Kannada Film Industry, which does not allow a dubbed version of any serial or movie to telecast in the state. The Kannada Film Industry, however, does approve Kannada remakes of the same.[5] After the first episode went on air, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray requested the Karnataka government to allow the show to be aired. On the issue, Thackeray commented that "This show must not be tied up in parochial chains or barred from the public. This is our view."[6] Khan also requested Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce to allow the show to be aired in Karnataka.[7] However, the first episode in Kannada was later released into show's official site

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Satyamev Jayate : Female Foeticide

Satyamev Jayate (English: Truth Alone Prevails) is an Indian television talk show that airs on various channels within Star Network along with Doordarshan's DD National.[1] The first season of the show premiered on May 6, 2012 and marked the television debut of popular Bollywood actor and filmmaker Aamir Khan.[2] While Hindi is the primary language of the show, it is also dubbed and simulcast in other Indian languages such as Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu.
Satyamev Jayate received positive response and feedback from both the critics as well as the public. The show was widely appreciated by several film and television personalities, politicians and social activists for its research, format, presentation and content. The show highlighted sensitive social issues prevailing in India such as female foeticides, child sexual abuse, dowry, medical malpractice, honor killings, physical disabilities, domestic violence, pesticide poisoning, alcoholism and untouchability.

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The Dark Knight Rises-3 in Wasseypur

The full series was screened back-to-back at the 2012 Cannes Directors' Fortnight.The commercial release of the two part series in the Indian market has been separated by a gap of little more than a month, each part measuring roughly 150 minutes. The film received an "Adults Only" certification from the Indian Censor Board but is still too explicit for Indian standards as it portrayed realistic lingo and violence as it exists in some parts of India's rural villages. The films songs are a unique and noticeable mix of local slang's and traditional Indian folk songs that tend to be philosophical and liberal with its heavy use of sexual innuendos.

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The Joker of Wasseypur Trailer

Gangs of Wasseypur (stylized as Gangs of वासेपुर) is an Indian crime film series co-written, produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap. Both series centers around power struggles, politics and vengeance between three crime families. The film features Jaideep Ahlawat, Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Richa Chadda as the ambitious crime family from Wasseypur. The story of part one spans from the early 1940s to late 1990s while part two continues till 2009.

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