24 and Prison Break to hit the Indian Televisions

Very soon the Indian viewers will be treated to some good thrillers when 2 superhit shows among others from US will hit the Indian screens. I think this is great news for Indian TV audiences and the popularity of these shows will certainly raise the bar in the television industry.

Although I think they should be dubbed or atleast sub-titled in Hindi to get a wider acceptance. Good folks at Indiantelevision.com have this for us - 

Earlier this year Excel Home Video entered the television segment. It released the first seasons of Desperate Housewives and Lost.
Encouraged by the response the company is now looking to add more titles to that list.
Speaking to Indiantelevision.com this afternoon, Excel Home Video MD MN Kapasi says, "Our focus is only on English shows as those in the SEC A and A+ segments watch them. They can thus afford to buy them. We will be releasing the second seasons of Lost and Desperate Housewives. These rights were got from Buena Vista.

"We will now be releasing seasons 1-5 of 24 as well as Prison Break and The Simpsons. These rights we got from Fox. Other titles include Boston Legal and Grey's Anatomy. The Hindi segment is not cost effective. If you want sell a DVD of a Hindi soap like a Saas Bahu then you would have to price it cheap.

"By the end of the fiscal year March 2007 we will have eight English TV DVD titles. For the next fiscal we will add another seven to eight titles. We are looking at specialised content like aerobics and possibly adventure sports." The television venture helps Excel build on the relationship it already has with Fox and Disney as far as films are concerned.

For all the Moviewalah readers in India, I will tell you this, I loved Lost season 1 however season 2 was a bit all over the place. I am currently watching Lost season 3 and am honestly a bit lost:-) 24 is actually very gripping and I know lot of people hate it. I for one  avoided it for a long time and once I rented the DVD, I only stopped after I had seen all 4 seasons. The 4th season was just amazing. Don't miss it....