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Television A
TV show within a
TV show which not just brings out the resolute human spirit but an
indomitable will to achieve things that we all take for granted. Afghan
Star on Tuesday at 9 P.M. on the National Geographic
Channel is an inspiring and brilliant film, by British filmmaker
Havana Marking. It follows Afghani hopefuls at a reality TV show
as they vie with each other to become the country’s pop idol —
akin to the Indian and American Idols. Such a competition would
have been unthinkable in the Taliban rule. People caught singing,
dancing or even listening to music in Afghanistan risked
imprisonment or even death. Now with a semblance of sanity
returning, the country is opening up its cultural life as well.
Viewers experience the birth of a new, optimistic Afghanistan
through the eyes of young, talented and ambitious pop hopefuls all
competing to become the next singing idol. The show features Rafi,
a 19-year-old charismatic singer, Lima, a 25-year-old woman from
Kandahar, who has to practice her music in secret and rebellious
21-year-old Setara, who sees music as a vital part of her
self-expression. Catch up with all the drama from this
much-awarded docu-drama. The near-human
cousin FOR
a quarter of a million years, Europe was home to a different
species of humans. Their world was harsh and unforgiving, ravaged
by Ice Ages and stalked by cave lions, bears and leopards. Yet
they thrived, perfectly in sync with their environment. They were
the Neanderthals. Neanderthal on Sunday at 10 P.M. on the
History Channel showcases the harsh existence of this near-human
beings which existed 40.000 years before the modern man arrived in
Europe. They suddenly disappeared just leaving behind bones and
stone implements. Historians are still baffled at their
disappearance and are groping for answers ever since thousands
upon thousands of bones and skulls were discovered in Britain,
France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal and a number of other
European countries. The drama documentary shares the story of
modern man’s closest human relatives and tries and find answers
to one of history’s most tantalising mysteries.—NF
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