Channel V to launch two new shows; The Buddy Project comes to the end

It’s time for some programming changes in the popular Youth GEC Channel V.

Channel V which started off as a music channel and adopted the fiction genre in the year 2012, and since then there has been no looking back. From hosting the country’s first reality show, V Viva, to becoming a rage with some of the top youth shows in India, Channel V has definitely come a long way.

With shows like Dil Dostii Dance, The Buddy Project, Sadda Haq, Paanch and Gumrah, the channel has managed to hook a loyal audience, which sees a rise every passing day.

Come April end, the channel will get a new impetus with the launch of two new shows, – Jhalli Anjali Ke Tootey Dil Ki Amazing Story and Yeh Jawani Ta Ra Ri Ri. The shows look as interesting as their titles. Jhalli Anjali will talk about Anjali’s life post her first break up while Yeh Jawani would be about three young brothers and their bonding.

Jhalli Anjali will be jointly produced by Rose Audio Visual Films and lyricist Niranjan Iyengar. As for Yeh Jawani, the show is being helmed by Vaibhav Modi under his banner Bolt Media Ltd. Vaibhav has previously headed the non scripted entertainment section at Endemol apart from working with Sony Entertainment Television.

The shows will be bi-weekly. Jhalli will air from 28 April every Monday-Tuesday. Yeh Jawani will entertain masses from 30 April every Wednesday-Thursday. Both will take the 5:30pm slot at their respective airing days.

The two new shows and season 3 of The Buddy Project will be completely on the lines of Channel V’s new funda of showcasing the youth attitude, through their Correct Hai tagline.

We called up producer Sudhir Sharma but he remained unavailable.

Lavanya Anand, creative head, Channel V confirmed about the two new shows whereas Prem Kamath, EVP and GM of the channel, asked us to call later.

Currently, the time slot of 5:30 is taken by The Buddy Project season 2 (Sunshine Productions) which has been one of the most successful shows of the channel and has also received the best youth show award at The 12th Indian Telly Awards.

So what about future of The Buddy Project?

Earlier, it was decided that there will be a new season of The Buddy Project, and this time, new episodes would air 2 days a week. However, Fans have been giving a mixed response to the news of Channel V’s popular show The Buddy Project coming up with a new and revamped season. The Sunshine Productions show was to bring a completely fresh storyline sans the girls and just the lead boys being retained from season two.

But here comes a shocker!

With just a few days to go for its airing (2 May), we have got to know that the season three of the show has been scrapped.

Yes, you heard it right! There will be no more of KD, Kiya, RV, Panchi, Piddi or Jaitley on your TV screen.

The show has been ruling hearts of the youth with the tale of a bunch of friends who have grown up together and now with them graduating from college, the characters were supposed to be shown settling down in their individual careers and opting for a new start in their lives.

We wondered if the decision to axe the show was the channel’s call, which is trying out new plots for its various shows, or by the production team who did not want happenings to go mundane in the show. Also with only few characters being retained, the audience seemed not really keen to watch the show anymore.

When we buzzed producer Sudhir Sharma he said, “All I can say is that it is a mutual creative decision between the channel and production team. The Buddy Project has enjoyed a successful run of over 400 episodes and been number one on the channel for a long time. We at Sunshine Productions are very happy and proud to have this association with Channel V. We will soon come up with more fresh and interesting shows.”

With this new development, Channel V will continue with the launch of the other two bi-weekly shows- Jhalli Anjali Ke Tootey Dil Ki Amazing Story and Yeh Jawani…Ta Ra Ri Ri in the 5:30 pm time slot. These shows will go on air from 28 April and 30 April respectively as earlier reported by us. The slot given to The Buddy Project will be covered by repeats of shows as of now till a new show gets sanctioned.

Prem Kamath, EVP and GM of the channel did not want to comment on the developments.

It would surely be a hard time for the fans to not be able to watch their favourite show and characters, but we are sure as Sudhir says there will be more interesting shows lined up for all.

Till then enjoy the two new fresh shows on the channel.