BWI: India's only Online Stand-up Comedy and Late Night Show Jayhind.tv Hacked by Anti-India Fundamentalists

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Source: Undercover Productions
Tuesday, July 05, 2011 02:49 PM IST (09:19 AM GMT)
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India's only Online Stand-up Comedy and Late Night Show Jayhind.tv Hacked by Anti-India Fundamentalists


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, July 05, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Being the World's first full format TV show online, Jay Hind! has always made news for its pioneering efforts in the entertainment space. The show is hugely popular among Indians across the world and is nearing 100 million hits online. The growing popularity of the show led to the show's website - Jayhind.tv being hacked by anti-India fundamentalists. The website went down after an attack by 'Free Kashmir' Islamic fundamentalists killed the original show links and posted their own subversive messages and pictures on the site's homepage.

Speaking about the incident, Abhigyan Jha, Creator & Director of Jay Hind! and Founder & CEO of Undercover Productions Ltd. said, "Jay Hind! is uniquely scripted, uncensored and has an unabashed humorous take on fundamentalism of all kinds, across the board. Although this has been a major factor in its unparalleled success, we were getting some threatening messages over the last few months. We also recently enhanced the format of the show with one episode each month being completely in English. This International edition called BLTN caters to our global audience and could have probably triggered this attack."

Jay Hind! has probably become the first Indian entertainment entity to face hacking. But in the show's signature tongue-in-cheek style humor, the official @Jayhind tweet announcing the hacking said: "Jayhind.tv was hacked today by anti-India fundamentalists. If we were Arindam Chaudhari, we'd have sued the World Wide Web."

On a serious note however it would make sense for the host of the show Sumeet Raghavan to get round the clock police protection to negate any untoward incident. He said, "It's unfortunate that people find a way of bringing negativity even in something which is intended to make people laugh. We will continue our efforts to add humour to the lives of our fans across the world."

About Undercover Productions & its founders:

Undercover Productions Ltd. is a boutique production company founded by Mrinal Jha and Abhigyan Jha. The production house launched its first production 'Sacred Evil' in the year 2006 in association with Percept Pictures & Sahara One Motion Pictures, which was written and directed by Abhigyan himself. Mrinal has scripted for serials like Rajani, Kahin Kisi Roz, Kya Haadsa Kya Haqeeqat, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahoo Thi, Banoo Main Teri Dulhann, Maayka and Zee's leading show, Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo as well as the stunning Drama Kaali - Ek Agnipariksha. Abhigyan Jha as a scriptwriter has penned over 1500 episodes of various popular television shows including Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahan, Maano Ya Na Maano, Yeh Hai Raaz, Rajni & Commander. The greatest success that Abhigyan achieved was as Executive Producer and Script-Head, for over 500 episodes of the hugely popular Movers & Shakers, one of the most path-breaking shows in Asian television.

Undercover Productions Ltd. wasthe Creator & Co-producer of Kaali - Ek Agnipariksha. The show was a far cry from the other soaps on Television, a classic drama series about the fight between good and evil. The show aimed at increasing social awareness about the growing number of cases of sexual crimes against women. The unique subject and superlative performances from the talented set of actors - Ashutosh Rana, Mrinal Kulkarni, Sonali Kulkarni & Arif Zakaria, made the show a big success.

Undercover Productions Ltd. was also the Creative Producer of Zee TV's Sanjog Se Bani Sangini which starred Iqbal Khan, Binny Sharma and Aruna Irani among others. The story of Sanjog Se Bani Sangini was a rich moving tale about a simple family trying to live a dignified life in a cruel world, juxtaposed with the passionate drama of two people in love. The story had a heady mix of love, drama, passion and emotions, interwoven with a subtle thread of spiritualism.

In 2009, Undercover Productions Ltd. came up with yet another scintillating format - Jay Hind! A late night stand up comedy show exclusively for the Internet! Starring the versatile Sumeet Raghavan, it is also the world's 1st ever full format TV show made exclusively for the internet platform and India's 1st late night stand up comedy show on the internet: www.jayhind.tv From May 2011, there was a new addition to the format of the show with one episode each month being completely in English. Called BLTN (pronounced Bulletin), an acronym for 'Better Late Than Never', the international episode is loaded with international content making headlines worldwide, making it the World's First GLOBALocal Late Night Show! Undercover Productions Ltd is also currently raising funds through Private Equity, to scale up operations as the World's First TV Entertainment Chanel Exclusively For The Internet & Mobile.




CONTACT DETAILS
Padma Rao, Foresight Communications, +91 9833180409, padma@foresightindia.in
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