"Carnac the Magnificent Carnac the Magnificent was a recurring comedic role played by Johnny Carson on ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"". One of Carson's most well-known characters, Carnac was a ""mystic from the East"" who could psychically ""divine"" unknown answers to unseen questions. The character was introduced in 1964. As Carnac, Carson wore a large feathered turban and a cape. The character would emerge from behind the show's curtain accompanied by Indian music, and make his way towards the desk, where he would invariably stumble on the step in front of the desk and lose his balance. On one"
"episode. The Hindu Trinity (Trimurti) consisting of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva along with their consorts (Goddesses Lakshmi, Saraswati and Parvati), is represented here in addition to a host of other mythological characters, primarily classified as Devas, like Indra, AGNI DEV,Narad is portrayed as the prime devotee of Lord Vishnu, and his mischievous exploits across the celestial and earthly realms, along with his best friend Chingu, are showcased here. Narayan Narayan Narayan Narayan — Chulbule Narad Ki Natkhat Leelaye is a mythological comedy television series that airs on BIG Magic, an Indian television station. ""Narayan Narayan"" airs from 8 am to"
"Mumbai, who chose him to play the role of Ravana in the famous series Siya Ke Ram. Karthik appeared in a television soap, ""Ashwini Nakshatra"", portraying the role of an actor Super star ""JK"", that was aired on Colors Kannada. ""Ashwini Nakshatra"" had the highest TRP and was most loved show . In 2015, he was signed to play the role of Ravana in the mythological Hindi television series Siya Ke Ram that would be aired on Star Plus. He was praised for his performance. Times now named him the best onscreen performance as Ravana. He entered reality show Bigg"
"The Great Tantra Challenge The Great Tantra Challenge was the challenge put forward to Surinder Sharma, a tantrik, by Sanal Edamaruku, the president of Rationalist International to kill him on live TV using only the magical powers he claims to possess. The challenge ended after several hours, with Edamaruku surviving unharmed. The event was broadcast live on India TV in March 2008. After a politician made accusations that her opponents were using Tantra to hurt her, India TV put together a panel to discuss ""Tantric Power versus Science"". Sanal Edamaruku was invited to represent the science side while Surinder Sharma,"
"to demonstrate his powers by killing him using only magic. The live show on India TV where the tantrik chanted mantras and performed a ceremony received a large boost in ratings. After his attempts failed, the tantrik reported that Edamaruku must be under the protection of a powerful god, to which Edamaruku responded that he is an atheist. In March 2012, Edamaruku investigated a report that a crucifix at Our Lady of Velankanni church in Mumbai was dripping water from the feet. This incident, though not claimed by the Catholic Church as a miracle, was believed by many to be"
"of the hosts. Each of these four matches would be in a different quarter of the show. When a player won by all the matches it was referred to as a White Wash. This portion of the show featured The Guru – supposedly filmed in the roof space above the studio (Series One) and then a disused lift shaft (Series Two). He would reply to requests for cheats or tips sent in by viewers, and was made to look like a mystic or a druid who claimed to have infinite knowledge. He was a comedy character who would often mock"
"Narendra Babu Sharma Narendra Babu Sharma (known as ""Brahmanda Guruji"") is a Hindu televangelist, actor, TV anchor, self-styled astrologer and spiritual guru. He is also believed to be a godman by many people and is known for his unique way of preaching. Sharma has a degree in electronics and has attained a post-graduation degree with highest honors. He attained a doctorate degree from Allahabad University. He initially acted as a junior artiste in several Kannada movies but, hit it big when he took on the guise of a Guruji and started the religious and so-called astrological programme called as ""Brahmanda"""
"Narayan Narayan Narayan Narayan — Chulbule Narad Ki Natkhat Leelaye is a mythological comedy television series that airs on BIG Magic, an Indian television station. ""Narayan Narayan"" airs from 8 am to 8.30 pm, Mondays to Fridays, and is centered on the humorous pursuits of the sage Narada. The central theme of the show is the intermingling of established mythological characters with contemporary comedy. With the sage Narad and Lord Vishnu as the central characters, the plot revolves around their mentor-devotee relationship with light-hearted humor, mythological devotion as well as moral teachings that are summarized at the end of every"
"fail, good luck can be awakened in a person's life by blessings of Nirmal Baba Nirmal Baba Nirmal Baba (Nirmaljeet Singh Narula) is a controversial Indian godman who is known for his public discourses and following in North India. His discourses are broadcast on multiple television channels across India & several other countries. ""Nirmal Darbar"" is a televised show of the public meeting of Baba Where he addresses his followers and communicates with them. He was mentioned in a list of ""fake sadhus"" released by Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, the apex organisation of Hindu Sants (saints) and Sadhus (ascetics) in"
"in the ratings. It re-runs on Sony Pal, Daily at 5 pm. Suryaputra Karn Suryaputra Karna (English: Son of Surya, Karna) was an Indian mythological epic television series, which premiered on June 29, 2015 on Sony Entertainment Television (India) and Sony Entertainment Television Asia. The show aired Monday through Friday nights at 8:30 PM. Produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary of Swastik Pictures, the series covers the life journey of Karna, a great archer and one of the major characters from the Mahabharata. The show starred Gautam Rode (adult Karna), Vishesh Bansal (young Karna) and Basant Bhatt (teenage Karna) as the"
"2008 film ""Slumdog Millionaire"" was loosely based on the show. The movie's host, based loosely on the actual host Amitabh Bachchan, was portrayed by Anil Kapoor. Kapoor himself has appeared on a celebrity version of the show. Kaun Banega Crorepati Kaun Banega Crorepati (Who Will Become a Millionaire; also simply known as KBC) is an Indian television game show based on the British program ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" It originally aired on Star Plus for the first 3 seasons from 2000 to 2007 and was commissioned by the programming team of Sameer Nair. Since 2010, it has been"
"Vignesh Karthick Vignesh Karthick is an Indian film and television actor, Video jockey, Stand-up comedian Radio jockey and Film director. He started his career by acting and directing Short films and participating in reality shows, including the comedy game shows like ""Athu Ithu Ethu"" in STAR Vijay and Comedy Jodies in Zee Thamizh as a stand-up comedian. He later went on to host of those shows, especially the popular shows like ""Suriya Vanakkam"", ""Thapal Petti En 8484"" and many other shows in Sun TV and STAR Vijay respectively. In 2015, he started to work as Radio jockey with the radio"
"Velukkudi Krishnan Velukkudi Krishnan, sometimes rendered Sri U. Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swamigal or Velukkudi Sri U. Ve. Krishnan Swamigal. is a Hindu religious scholar. His Aacharyan is Sholinghur Sri Doddacharyan Swamigal of the Famous Doddacharyan Sevai in the Kanchipuram Varadaraja Swami Garuda sevai. An exponent of Sri Vaishnavism, swamy delivers lectures in person, distributes them on compact disc and MP3, and broadcasts them on TV channels of Vijay TV, Sri venkateswara bhakthi channal 2 tamil (svbc 2 tamil) and Podhigai TV. His program called 'guru parampari' in svbc 2 tamil is very popular all over tamil Nadu. He operates the"
"Great Tantra Challenge"", was highly publicized and received a high number of viewers. Surinder had to give up and the tantric's reputation was dealt a blow. The story spread across the Internet in many languages. The lead character in the popular 2014 Hindi movie ""PK"" was inspired by Edamaruku's ""Great Tantra Challenge"". The Great Tantra Challenge The Great Tantra Challenge was the challenge put forward to Surinder Sharma, a tantrik, by Sanal Edamaruku, the president of Rationalist International to kill him on live TV using only the magical powers he claims to possess. The challenge ended after several hours, with"
"Pankaj Narayan Pankaj Narayan is an Indian television / film producer and writer from Muzaffarpur, Bihar. His debut TV show ""Om Shanti Om"" is being aired on Star Bharat at Sat-Sun 9:00 PM. Conceptualized by him, ""Om Shanti Om"" gained popularity for its proper amalgamation of Music, Devotion and Spirituality, and bringing Swami Ramdev as main judge for the first time on any talent reality show on Indian television. The first episode of ""Om Shanti Om"" was high on entertainment value, with a rap version of a bhajan by Baadshah, a Ganesh aarti by Ranveer Singh and a dance performance"
"hosting ""Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega"" with Mona Singh. He played the role of Maaya Manther (jaadu tonic) in ""Kya Mast Hai Life 2"". He also had a cameo in ""Shararat"". He is playing the role of Dr. Ranganath, assistant administrator of Dr. Kotnis General Hospital in Sony Entertainment Television's serial ""Kuch Toh Log Kahenge"". Besides this, he is the brand ambassador of Harpic, replacing Hussain Kuwajerwala since 2013. Vishal Malhotra Vishal Malhotra (born 22 July 1980) is an Indian film and television actor and a show host. Malhotra was first seen hosting ""Disney Hour"" on Doordarshan in 1995,"
"Aman Verma Aman Yatan Verma (born 11 October 1971) is an Indian television anchor and actor. As an anchor, Verma is best known for hosting the famous game show ""Khullja Sim Sim"" on Star Plus from 2001 to 2004. His other hosting duties were with Mini Mathur in the first season of Indian Idol on Sony Entertainment Television and Zee TV's Zee Cinestars. He has also acted in Bollywood movies. Verma was also seen in Life OK's show Hum Ne Li Hai- Shapath as ACP Diler Kumar. He also participated in the ninth season of Indian reality series ""Bigg Boss""."
"The TV series attempted to highlight social events inspired by real life incidents. Karwal was next seen on Imagine TV's TV program, Dwarkadheesh – Bhagwaan Shree Krishn, based on the famous Indian history Mahabharata, where he played the lead role of the Hindu Lord, Krishna. The series was telecasted July 2011 ownwards. Vishal revealed, ""This show really got me into acting. I loved doing the show and started enjoying acting."" In November 2012, he participated in celebrity reality TV show, Bigg Boss Season 6 on Colors, as a wild card contestant. Before entering the Bigg Boss show, he said in"
"Hello Kaun? Pehchaan Kaun Hello Kaun? Pehchaan Kaun! (English: ""Hello, who is it? You guess!"") is a mimic show where the contestants mimic a famous celebrity. The show aired on STAR One on Saturdays at 9pm from 27 December 2008 to 5 April 2009. It is basically a mimicry contest. Every week eight artists are called upon to mimic well-known personalities (Johny Lever, Lal Krishna Advani, Manoj Kumar, Salman Khan etc.) and three best are chosen. The show is hosted by well-known mimic Navin Prabhakar, who first shot to fame from his celebrated appearances in the show ""The Great Indian"
"as the Kailash-Parivar together face multiple social challenges and deconstruct many primitive standards for women. Other Shakta deities featured in the show as Parvati's incarnations are Durga, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Bagalamukhi, Chinnamasta, Dhumavati, Matangi, Shitala, Satakshi, Kamakhya and Brahmari. The Goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati too often make appearances as Vaishnavi and Brahmani. In total, 95 episodes have been produced and broadcast. Mahakali — Anth Hi Aarambh Hai Mahakali - Anth Hi Aarambh Hai (English: ""Mahakali - The end marks the beginning"") is a Hindi mythological television show, that aired on Colors TV. The main protagonist of the show is the"
"as the Network Creative Director. With this role, Paritosh looks into the creation of differentiated content for the Company's television and radio business, including Big Magic and 92.7 Big FM. He reports to and works closely with Tarun Katial at RBNL. Paritosh has been the creative mastermind behind some of BIG Magic’s most iconic shows like ‘Har Mushkil Ka Hal Akbar Birbal - India's first Historical Comedy. His unique story telling technique coupled with some of the best known names on Indian television like Kiku Sharda, Delnaaz Irani, Vishal Kotial and Keeshwar Merchantt have led the show to becoming one"
"station BIG FM 92.7. In 2016, he made his acting debut in films with ""Natpadhigaram 79"" and in television with ""Pagal Nilavu"". He made his directorial debut in films with ""Yenda Thalaiyila Yenna Vekkala"". Vignesh Karthick Vignesh Karthick is an Indian film and television actor, Video jockey, Stand-up comedian Radio jockey and Film director. He started his career by acting and directing Short films and participating in reality shows, including the comedy game shows like ""Athu Ithu Ethu"" in STAR Vijay and Comedy Jodies in Zee Thamizh as a stand-up comedian. He later went on to host of those shows,"
"""hard enough to kill me the conventional way"", the umpiring anchor cautioned Sharma to use Tantra only. After several failed attempts to kill Edamaruku, Sharma suggested that Edamaruku must have been being protected by a powerful god whom he served. Edamaruku replied that he was an atheist. After nearly two hours without success, the programme was overrunning the channel's schedule. Sharma asked to stage an ""ultimate destruction ceremony"" which could only be performed at night, and the show was extended to accommodate it. Several hundred million viewers watched that night. A ceremony was performed on an altar under the open"
"from KC College, Mumbai. Meghan Jadhav Meghan Jadhav is an Indian television and movie actor who is best known as his role in Colors TV show Jai Shri Krishna (2008–09) as Shri Krishna. He has also played as Abhimanyu in the mythological serial of Sony Entertainment Television (India) Suryaputra Karn. His performance in Dharma Production's Bollywood film Brothers (2015 film) as younger David was highly praised.Portrayed the role of Kartikey, son of Shiv and Parvati, in Mahakali– Anth hi Aarambh hai Colors Tv. Worked As Govind in Tenali Rama Sab TV. Academically a History graduate and he also has a"
"many actors and actresses such as Kalpana, Aarathi, Leelavathi, Jayanthi, Padma Vasanthi, Srinath, Rajinikanth, Vishnuvardhan, Ambarish, Jai Jagadish, Chandra Shekhar, Gangadhar, Shivaram, Vajramuni, Sridhar, Ramakrishna and Aparna – a TV and Radio Anchor – to showcase their talents. In devotion to Puttanna, Dr.Vishnuvardhan said, ""Puttanna Kanagal Sir was the God-sent teacher for me! And I have been made an actor. I am indebted to guru Puttanaji. He used to conceptualize scenes, narrate them to me, inspire me and extract the potential till then unknown to myself. Acting in a single movie under Puttanna's expertise is an experience of a lifetime."""
"of the worst ventures he ever took in life. He had also done various television shows in Shakthi TV, Sakshi TV etc.He is known as Grand Master Dr. GS Pradeep. G. S. Pradeep Gangatharanpillai Soudaminithankachi Pradeep (Born 15 May 1972 in Kerala) is an Indian television personality and a public intellectual. He born to retired headmaster P.K.Gangadhara Pillai and Late Soudamini Thankachy. He is most notable for appearing on Aswamedham, being featured in the Limca Book of Records. He is also notable for appearance in program named Oru Nimisham aired by All India Radio (Aakashavani). He is also a state"
"Om Namah Shivay (1997 TV series) Om Namah Shivay is an Indian television series portraying Hindu Puranic writings and featuring the divinity Shiva, as well as other god karthik(such as Shakti/Parvati, Brahma, Vishnu, Indra, and Sage Narada). The series is presumably named after the mantra Aum Namah Shivaya. It ""depicts the spirituality, divinity and the moving power with which Lord Shiva governs the destiny of the universe."" The plot centers around Lord Shiva and brings Hindu theology to life in a series of interconnected stories. The serial begins with the creation of the universe and the other Devas, then guides"
"on Kasturi channel. He has performed in astrological shows on various Kannada TV channels such as Kasturi, Suvarna, Zee Kannada, Suvarna News in various names such as ""Brahmanda"", ""Bhavya Brahmanda"", ""Bruhath Brahmanda"" etc. He was a housemate in the first season of the reality show ""Bigg Boss Kannada 1"", in which he finished as third runner-up. This appearance has made him a household name in the state of Karnataka, India. He owns a trusts named ""Sampoorna Varamahalakshmi Welfare Trust"" which conducts various kinds of poojas. Narendra Babu Sharma Narendra Babu Sharma (known as ""Brahmanda Guruji"") is a Hindu televangelist, actor,"
"Karanvir Bohra Karanvir Bohra (born 28 August 1982), known also as Manoj Bohra, is an Indian television and film actor, producer and designer. He starred in the TV shows ""Kasautii Zindagii Kay"", ""Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava?"", ""Shararat"", ""Naagin 2"" and ""Qubool Hai"" and also in the films ""Kismat Konnection"" and ""Mumbai 125 KM"". He participated in the reality shows ""Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 6"", """". Bohra also owns a local clothing brand, Pegasus. He is a contestant on the popular reality show ""Bigg Boss"" in 2018. Bohra was born on 28 August 1982 in Jodhpur to a Marwari family."
"a lowercase ""d"" letter and also has a stage and a video wall. The live show has been the stage of many unusual events. One of them was the live ""trial"" of an alleged spiritual medium, called ""Mrs. Ildiko"". She claimed to possess paranormal abilities when covering her head in a bulky bunch of towels. To prove her capabilities, Diaconescu wrote several times some words on a piece of paper apparently without her seeing or knowing them, and asked her to reproduce them using her medium powers, each time with alleged success. As Mrs. Ildiko was using her ""paranormal abilities"""
"Big Father"" and ""Christian Brothers"" before she took a maternity break. Besides acting, Kanika has ventured into other fields as well, working as a dubbing artiste, playback singer and TV host, proving to be a versatile and talented person. Even at the prime of her career, Kanika moved to ""small screen"", hosting a couple of TV shows, which she believed were a ""refreshing change from movies"". She had first hosted the second season of the popular comedy show ""Kalakka Povathu Yaaru"" on STAR Vijay in 2006, following which she had hosted the popular family based game show ""Mega Thanga Vettai"","
"Balakrishna Guruji Shri Balakrishna Guruji is a Reiki master and hypnotherapist known for his contributions in Alternative medicine. Balakrishna Guruji is best known for popularizing drugless healing sciences like Reiki and hypnosis among health conscious Indians through his TV shows in TV9 Kannada and Kasturi channel. Guruji is a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering with Metal Casting Science as his specialization. He has an Industrial experience of about 20 years, manufacturing various research, developmental and electro-mechanical instruments. During 1989, Guruji evinced keen interest in Healing Sciences and started appreciating the beauty of the nature and its love towards its"
"Arvind Trivedi (Ravana) went on to become members of parliament. Ramayan (1986 TV series) Ramayan is an Indian epic television series, which aired during 1987-1988, created, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar. The remake of Ramayan series was again presented by Sagar Arts and which aired on NDTV Imagine in 2008. Ramayan introduced the concept of Hindu mythology to Indian Television and went on to become a cult classic, it was aired on Zee TV in mid-90's. Also, it was aired on Star Plus and Star Utsav in 2000's. It is a television adaptation of the ancient Indian Hindu mythological"