Silver screen to small screen

It was the year 1988 that a young charming man was first seen by the audiences in a television serial displaying the life of the Indian military. The serial was ‘Fauji’ and the man in question is the current superstar of bollywood Shah Rukh Khan a.k.a King Khan. The serial was a very real life adaptation of how new individuals enter the armed forces as budding adolescents and emerge out as groomed men. The character Lt Abhimanyu Rai played by SRK was this determined novice officer who with his serious yet peppy mannerisms bowled the serial viewers. It was the success SRK achieved from this show that helped him in his future ventures as a developing actor with his ultimate dream of being a superstar. A period in time when conventional actors such as Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Sunny deol were dominating the screens, it was a wave of fresh air for people to once see an antihero climbing the ladder of potential stardom.

This was by far the biggest success story of that time as the golden transition from TV to movies was the path which every budding actor wanted to emulate. There was many actors who made a significant mark on the small screen  such as Amar Upadhay of the Kynki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi fame to Aman varma, Ronit Roy, Milind Soman as well as the singer Sonu Nigam, and tried their luck to hit the penultimate jackpot of being an A-list bollywood hero, but unfortunately all of them failed in their bleak attempts.

At the same period in history,  iconic Amitabh Bachchan was roped in to play the host on the Indian version of ‘Who wants to be a millionaire’called ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’. The show ,a brainchild of the suave quizmaster Siddharth Basu first aired in the year 2000 and broke all previous TRP ratings held by the usual dramas churned out by Television channels. The reality show was so successful that it led to a storm of reality shows being conceptualized by channels and made way for a new transition, Silver screen to small screen. This was followed by the return of SRK to his roots by appearing in KBC 3 and ‘Kya aap panchvi paas se tez hain’. The English reaity show Fear factor was then remodeled into Khatron ke Khiladi with Akshay as the host and Big Brother got its Indian version Big Boss with shilpa shetty as the dark complexioned winner.

Most recently, the sexy siren Priyanka Chopra joined the ranks of being a TV host for Khatron ke khiladi 2 and the show’s phenomenal opening has just proved the certain appeal and bankability the bollywood stars have on the Indian audiences.

 So, its fair enough to conclude now that the way our media is transforming into new forms and opening up new avenues, it is really not suprising to see how great movie thespians are moving towards their small medium counterparts.