Star Bestsellers
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Star Bestsellers is an India
n television series that was originally telecast on Star Plus
in 1999-2000. Each episode in the series is a separate story written and directed by young and upcoming writer-directors and it carried the special intensity for a different feeling but all about proper human condition and indicating that each person has something great at heart (love, affection etc.).
At that time there was not much of the media hype and so not many people saw it (as its name contains 'Best sellers' indicating commercial
stuff) but the few who watched grew as its fans. It was a nostalgia for the people of 90's, especially those born in the era. These themes were copied onto many serials and movies of that time.
It had stories like - a new student in the class and she is not very extrovert and the protagonist also avoiding her and when she realises phew..., about a shopkeeper having misconception that a woman has that special feeling for him, two persons preparing for IAS and they get a permanent infatuation for a neighbourhood woman in next building, a girl and a boy liking each other secretly but opposed to each other in college and finally hugging; a medical student in jail, accused of murder then a beautiful woman comes to his rescue getting indulged in his story of how he just was testing against AIDS
and hadn't killed anyone and yes she believes in him- why? No we also believe but she is fainting after getting injected by the same syringe, a horror episode which would make shyamalan and hitchcock proud, five/four men loving a girl and she goes with someone else, a fat boy and his mom and girlfriend; and yes a good one - a girl waiting for her would be husband at a marriage registrar office but he did not turn up and she is a lonely girl between strangers at night and then a witness she met in the morning turns up and helps her to stay at night and then gets her a roof and makes her independent and he does not accept before her that he is giving her a lot and when she asks her why, he just tells her no he is not doing any thing for her, neither he is in love with her (he is) but he feels proud in himself (serving her with support and moneywise) , she stays with him for five months and tries to forget her past and then they go to marry but alas! her husband turns up same day and after knowing it was not his fault she sets apart from the witness telling him sorry and that she cannot leave her friend of five years and he lets her go after knowing that she is only not able to go just because he has done really a lot for her. The list is not yet complete neither the down one nor here but yes some stories do touch hearts as they were the bestsellers. If it were aired now it would have gained a lot of T.R.P.s for sure.
Writers and directors who worked in creating the episodes of the series include Anurag Kashyap
, Tigmanshu Dhulia
, Imtiaz Ali
, Sriram Raghavan
and Hansal Mehta.
Others
India
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n television series that was originally telecast on Star Plus
STAR Plus
STAR Plus is a Hindi language general entertainment television channel based in India. The channel is part of the STAR TV network's bouquet of channels...
in 1999-2000. Each episode in the series is a separate story written and directed by young and upcoming writer-directors and it carried the special intensity for a different feeling but all about proper human condition and indicating that each person has something great at heart (love, affection etc.).
At that time there was not much of the media hype and so not many people saw it (as its name contains 'Best sellers' indicating commercial
Commerce
While business refers to the value-creating activities of an organization for profit, commerce means the whole system of an economy that constitutes an environment for business. The system includes legal, economic, political, social, cultural, and technological systems that are in operation in any...
stuff) but the few who watched grew as its fans. It was a nostalgia for the people of 90's, especially those born in the era. These themes were copied onto many serials and movies of that time.
It had stories like - a new student in the class and she is not very extrovert and the protagonist also avoiding her and when she realises phew..., about a shopkeeper having misconception that a woman has that special feeling for him, two persons preparing for IAS and they get a permanent infatuation for a neighbourhood woman in next building, a girl and a boy liking each other secretly but opposed to each other in college and finally hugging; a medical student in jail, accused of murder then a beautiful woman comes to his rescue getting indulged in his story of how he just was testing against AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
and hadn't killed anyone and yes she believes in him- why? No we also believe but she is fainting after getting injected by the same syringe, a horror episode which would make shyamalan and hitchcock proud, five/four men loving a girl and she goes with someone else, a fat boy and his mom and girlfriend; and yes a good one - a girl waiting for her would be husband at a marriage registrar office but he did not turn up and she is a lonely girl between strangers at night and then a witness she met in the morning turns up and helps her to stay at night and then gets her a roof and makes her independent and he does not accept before her that he is giving her a lot and when she asks her why, he just tells her no he is not doing any thing for her, neither he is in love with her (he is) but he feels proud in himself (serving her with support and moneywise) , she stays with him for five months and tries to forget her past and then they go to marry but alas! her husband turns up same day and after knowing it was not his fault she sets apart from the witness telling him sorry and that she cannot leave her friend of five years and he lets her go after knowing that she is only not able to go just because he has done really a lot for her. The list is not yet complete neither the down one nor here but yes some stories do touch hearts as they were the bestsellers. If it were aired now it would have gained a lot of T.R.P.s for sure.
Writers and directors who worked in creating the episodes of the series include Anurag Kashyap
Anurag Kashyap (director)
Anurag Singh Kashyap is an Indian film director and screenwriter. As a director, he is known for Black Friday , a controversial and award-winning Hindi film about the 1993 Bombay bombings, followed by No Smoking , Dev D and Gulaal...
, Tigmanshu Dhulia
Tigmanshu Dhulia
Tigmanshu Dhulia is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter, and casting director. Dil Se, for which he wrote the screenplay, was the first Hindi movie to chart in the UK top ten.-Early life and education:...
, Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali is a former West Indian cricketer who played in one Test against India in 1976....
, Sriram Raghavan
Sriram Raghavan
Sriram Raghavan is an Indian film director and screen writer. He is notable for producing a 45-minute documentary on Indian serial killer Raman Raghav and 2004 Hindi feature film Ek Hasina Thi produced by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Urmila Matondkar and Saif Ali Khan. His second feature film was...
and Hansal Mehta.
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