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Thursday, Apr 06, 2006

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Tamil Nadu - Chennai

TV channels running out of fresh movies to air?

Staff Reporter

Films get repeated across channels, but nobody is complaining

CHENNAI: A group of cynics believes that movies are losing out to mega serials: especially when one has to see the same set of movies being repeated in different channels.

Channels dedicated to movies or have dedicated slots for airing movies seem to be running out of fresh movies to air. Many movies get repeated across channels. You see a Karthik or Ramarajan starrer in one channel, and in the next week or two the same movie is being aired in another channel.

But, there is an audience even for these movies.

This could be a set of students taking a break from studies in the dead of the night. Some people surf channels and watch snatches of film to relax for a few minutes before falling asleep.

K. Vandhana, an auditor, helps her father in his business. "There have been times I have seen three movies a day. I watch [films] on Sundays. In the afternoon when I come home for three hours for lunch I watch movies." She has watched Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham 10 times and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 15 times. "I even know the dialogues in Mouna Ragam. I have seen it 15 or 20 times."

Helps beat boredom

When Seetha Raghupathy and Samyuktha Rajappa were in college, television helped them through their projects. "We worked all night on design problems. We had to keep updating our designs and that could get boring after some time. Though you may be working with your best friend you could run out of topics to talk about," says Seetha

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