Mahakavi Series

Mahakavi
Genre Documentary
Created by ABP News
Written by Prabudha Saurabh
Directed by Puneet Sharma
Narrated by Kumar Vishwas
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of episodes 10
Production
Producer(s) ABP News
Running time 60 minutes
Release
Original release 5 November 2016 (2016-11-05)

Mahakavi is an Indian television documentary series, hosted by poet Kumar Vishwas on Hindi news channel ABP News. It premiered on Nov 5, 2016.[1] Prior to the begin of the series, a curtain raiser of the series was aired on Oct 28, 2016.[2] It aims to bring to the audience life-story, poems and never-seen-before facts about legendary Indian poets.[3] The weekly programme chronicles the life sketch of ten Hindi poets of twentieth century.

The TV series is hosted by the renowned poet Kumar Vishwas. The series is directed by Puneet Sharma and scripted by Prabudha Saurabh. The poems of the legendary poets have been treated with the music. While the composition of music has been done by Kumar Vishwas himself, the music has been arranged by his team Band Poetica.[4] It is a unique attempt to present the lives of legendary poets with reconstruction and music. Mahakavi is aired every Saturday 10 pm and Sunday at 10 am and 10 pm.[5]

The series would include 10 legendary poets, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Dushyant Kumar, Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Mahadevi Verma, Baba Nagarjun, Jaishankar Prasad, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Maithili Sharan Gupt and Sachchidananda Vatsyayan Agyey.

The episode featuring the story of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar was aired on Nov 5, 2016.[6] The second episode featured the story of poet Dushyant Kumar on Nov 12, 2016.[7] The third episode was aired on Nov 19, 2016 and carried the story of poet Suryakant Tripathi Nirala [8]

Reception

The series was an instant news maker since its first episode. Several prominent people appreciated the concept and tweeted for it. The list includes TV anchor and RJ Richa Anirudh,[9] Bollywood and TV actor Asif Sheikh,[10] RJ Raunac,[11] Singer Sonu Nigam,[12] Bollywood music director Vishal Dadlani,[13] Bollywood actor Swara Bhaskar,[14] Quiz Master and Producer Siddhartha Basu,[15] Cricketer Ricky Bhui,[16] Television actor Saurabh Raj Jain,[17] Bollywood lyricist Rahat Indori,[18] Tips Industries Limited fame Kumar Taurani,[19] Producer DirectorPrakash Jha,[20] Bollywood lyricist Manoj Muntashir,[21] Roadies (TV series) fame Actor Raghu Ram,[22] Film maker and Journalist Vinod Kapri,[23] Bollywood producer director Shirish Kunder,[24] Folk singer Malini Awasthi,[25] Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia,[26] Author and RJ Neelesh Misra,[27] Electoral Expert CVoter chief Yashwant Deshmukh,[28] Bollywood actor Richa Chadda[29]

Social media

The show was an instant hit and created a lot of curiosity on the internet, so much so that #महाकवि trended on twitter on 1st spot on Nov 6, 2016.[30]

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://kitaab.org/2016/11/04/india-lives-of-renowned-hindi-poets-brought-alive-with-mahakavi-on-abp-news-from-5th-nov/
  2. ↑ http://kavishala.in/mahakavi-dr-kumar-vishwas-abp-news-poetry/
  3. ↑ https://kitaab.org/tag/mahakavi/
  4. ↑ http://www.thenachiketa.com/mahakavi-the-beginning-of-new-era-in-hindi-poetry/
  5. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/programmes/mahakavi/params/tvprogramme/programmeid-30000000550250055/channelid-10000000000180000/starttime-201611061000
  6. ↑ http://abpnews.abplive.in/videos/watch-story-of-ramdhari-singh-dinkar-in-mahakavi-with-dr-kumar-vishwas-491064/
  7. ↑ http://abpnews.abplive.in/videos/mahakavi-story-of-revolutionary-poet-dushyant-kumar-495452/
  8. ↑ http://abpnews.abplive.in/videos/mahakavi-episode-3-dr-kumar-vishwas-narrates-story-of-great-poet-suryakant-tripathi-nirala-who-spent-his-life-like-fakeer-499889/
  9. ↑ https://twitter.com/richaanirudh/status/795107140478189568
  10. ↑ https://twitter.com/iaasifsheikh/status/794823031063359488
  11. ↑ https://twitter.com/rjraunac/status/800028765887680512
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/sonunigam/status/796127492603973632
  13. ↑ https://twitter.com/VishalDadlani/status/794831062664957952
  14. ↑ https://twitter.com/ReallySwara/status/798244729666158592
  15. ↑ https://twitter.com/babubasu/status/799878657216946177
  16. ↑ https://twitter.com/rickybhui/status/796886974871146496
  17. ↑ https://twitter.com/saurabhraajjain/status/799633110786772992
  18. ↑ https://twitter.com/rahatindori/status/794847087854755840
  19. ↑ https://twitter.com/kumartaurani/status/794847737313366017
  20. ↑ https://twitter.com/prakashjha27/status/794841017660735489
  21. ↑ https://twitter.com/manojmuntashir/status/794881144390942721
  22. ↑ https://twitter.com/tweetfromRaghu/status/794896481186697217
  23. ↑ https://twitter.com/vinodkapri/status/794907500881608704
  24. ↑ https://twitter.com/ShirishKunder/status/794909893354344453
  25. ↑ https://twitter.com/maliniawasthi/status/794913606072532992
  26. ↑ https://twitter.com/msisodia/status/794924364936290304
  27. ↑ https://twitter.com/neeleshmisra/status/794976393687945216
  28. ↑ https://twitter.com/YRDeshmukh/status/795019428182327297
  29. ↑ https://twitter.com/RichaChadha_/status/795132348425732096
  30. ↑ http://trendafter.com/date/2016-11-06/india
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