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Shekhar Suman Recalls National Awards Show’s Live Broadcast Disaster
Shekhar Suman talked about working with Jaya Bachchan in television and live events.
Jaya Bachchan’s company helped produce Dekh Bhai Dekh, which became an important show for him.
Shekhar first did not want to work in television.
He changed his mind after hearing the script for Wah Janaab.
Later, he agreed to consider Dekh Bhai Dekh because Jaya was producing it.
He said Jaya often visited the set and helped supervise the show.
Jaya also asked him to participate in the first live National Awards show organized by her company.
The broadcast went badly because the electricity failed and private conversations containing abuses were aired.
Despite the problem, Shekhar remembered spending time with Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan while planning the event.
Shekhar Suman recalled that his first live National Awards show was disrupted by an electrical failure.
Abuses from the Outside Broadcast van were accidentally broadcast during the event.
The awards show was organized by Jaya Bachchan’s company, according to Suman.
Suman said he spent time with Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan while developing the event.
He also described Jaya Bachchan’s hands-on support for the television sitcom Dekh Bhai Dekh.
- Who
- Actor Shekhar Suman recalled his work with Jaya Bachchan and Amitabh Bachchan.
- What
- Suman described technical problems and accidentally broadcast abuses during his first live National Awards show.
- Where
- The event’s location was not specified; Suman said he and the Bachchans discussed ideas at their Gulmohar Park home in Delhi.
- When
- The National Awards show took place at an unspecified time; Suman’s work on Dekh Bhai Dekh was in the early 1990s.
- Why
- Jaya Bachchan’s company organized the first live National Awards show, while Suman said the broadcast failed because of an electrical problem and open-microphone comments from the Outside Broadcast van.
Key facts
- Speaker
- Shekhar Suman
- Producer involved
- Jaya Bachchan
- Show discussed
- Dekh Bhai Dekh
- Television debut
- Wah Janaab in 1984
- First Bollywood film
- Utsav in 1987
- Main broadcast problem
- An electrical failure
- Additional incident
- Abuses from the Outside Broadcast van were broadcast
- Delhi location mentioned
- The Bachchans’ home in Gulmohar Park
Quotes
Shekhar Suman
Actor recalling Jaya Bachchan’s first live National Awards show
“Jaya ji‘s ABCL office was just a floor above. She was completely hands on. She’d come on the set and supervise. She took personal interest in it, which was very encouraging to see. She’d laugh her guts out at all kinds of idiosyncrasies we’d do. So ya, happy times.”
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“It was the first time we were going live. It was a huge disaster at the time — there was an electrical failure, and there were abuses going around in the OB (Outside Broadcast) van, which were being broadcast.”
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