Source: The Hindu | By S. Ravi | Updated: February 26, 2014 16:04 IST
Seasoned theatre and film director Feroz Abbas Khan talks about his maiden television serial “Mai Kuch Bhi Kar Sakthi Hoon”
Renowned for directing Gandhi, My Father and plays such as Saalgirah, Tumhari Amrita, Salesman Ramlal and Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi, Feroz Abbas Khan, is now donning a new role — that of directing a 52-episode trans-media (comprising television, radio, Internet and mobile phones) serial Mai Kuch Bhi Kar Sakthi Hoon (MKBKSH). To be telecast on Doordarshan from March 8, the International Women’s Day, the serial aims to enhance knowledge and change perception and attitudes on social determinants of health to eventually contribute in improving demand, access and quality of reproductive health in India. The neglect of gender issues, like preventing early marriages, early and repeated pregnancies, under-nutrition of girls, domestic violence and sensitisation of boys, too, will be dealt with.
The wide reach and influence of television and the stated objectives of MKBKSH tempted Feroz, also a playwright and screenwriter, to move to the small screen. “I have moved to a bigger idea as I believe that TV should be used for entertaining and social engagement – as that was the very purpose of spreading the network,” says the director. The challenge was to engage “the captive audience of television and portray the truth while telling a good story, which is akin to moving in uncharted territory expecting surprises but also growth of self,” he adds.
The bi-weekly episodes of 30-minutes each to be telecast on................
Read more at http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/radio-and-tv/ready-for-any-thing/article5729140.ece
Seasoned theatre and film director Feroz Abbas Khan talks about his maiden television serial “Mai Kuch Bhi Kar Sakthi Hoon”
Renowned for directing Gandhi, My Father and plays such as Saalgirah, Tumhari Amrita, Salesman Ramlal and Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi, Feroz Abbas Khan, is now donning a new role — that of directing a 52-episode trans-media (comprising television, radio, Internet and mobile phones) serial Mai Kuch Bhi Kar Sakthi Hoon (MKBKSH). To be telecast on Doordarshan from March 8, the International Women’s Day, the serial aims to enhance knowledge and change perception and attitudes on social determinants of health to eventually contribute in improving demand, access and quality of reproductive health in India. The neglect of gender issues, like preventing early marriages, early and repeated pregnancies, under-nutrition of girls, domestic violence and sensitisation of boys, too, will be dealt with.
The wide reach and influence of television and the stated objectives of MKBKSH tempted Feroz, also a playwright and screenwriter, to move to the small screen. “I have moved to a bigger idea as I believe that TV should be used for entertaining and social engagement – as that was the very purpose of spreading the network,” says the director. The challenge was to engage “the captive audience of television and portray the truth while telling a good story, which is akin to moving in uncharted territory expecting surprises but also growth of self,” he adds.
The bi-weekly episodes of 30-minutes each to be telecast on................
Read more at http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/radio-and-tv/ready-for-any-thing/article5729140.ece
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