40-448: Phulwa ( transl. Flower ) (also known as Phulwa Choti Dulhan ) is an Indian television drama on the Colors TV . It is set against the backdrop of Chambal forest near Morena , Madhya Pradesh . The story is loosely based on the life of Phoolan Devi , the dacoit-turned politician. The series revolves around a little village girl named Phulwa (meaning "flower"), living in
80-455: A 74% majority stake, while Star India reduced its participation with the remaining 26% to comply with the regulations set for the uplinking of news and current affairs channels by the Government of India . Star India, subsequently exited from this joint venture in 2012. After the split, the channel was renamed ABP News and operated by Anandabazar Patrika Group. In 2004, Star One was launched
120-526: A Hindi content channel. In 2008, Star Jalsha , a Bengali language entertainment channel and Star Pravah , a Marathi language entertainment channel were launched. In 2009, Star India acquired Kerala-based media conglomerate Asianet Communications, which served Malayalam language content. In August 2009, the Star Group restructured its Asian broadcast businesses into three units – Star India, Star China Media , and Fox International Channels Asia. In
160-517: A bandit-infested part of India. She is a sweet, innocent, and loving girl, but unluckily, gets caught in the middle of a ruthless feud. She loses most of her family, as well as her childlike innocence, at an early age. Phulwa has a much older foster brother named Bhavani, who is a bandit. Shankar, who wants to take revenge against Bhavani, abducts Phulwa. Circumstances make it appear that Shankar and Phulwa are married to each other. The village council ( panchayat ) decides that they have to stay together as
200-486: A contract valued at ₹ 61,384.1 crore (equivalent to ₹ 820 billion or US$ 9.8 billion in 2023). On 13 December 2018, Disney announced Uday Shankar who serves as chairman of Star India would lead Disney's Asian operations and would become the new chairman of Disney India , which became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company, being re-organized under Disney India. On 27 August 2018,
240-408: A couple, though Shankar is nearly three times Phulwa's age. Shankar believes that Bhavani killed his elder brother and sister-in-law. Moreover, Shankar's younger sister Mahua was in love with Bhavani but he left her. Shankar grows fond of the innocent Phulwa and tries to make amends for his earlier actions that spoiled her life. Phulwa idolises Shankar and calls him 'Masterji' out of respect. Sharbati,
280-591: A deal to join the ViewAsia subscription package. Initially the channel was available free-to-air and then subsequently was added to the ViewAsia package on 19 April 2010. Colors was added to Virgin Media on 1 April 2011, as a part of the Asian Mela pack. On 2 September 2013, Colors left the ViewAsia package and became free-to-air on satellite again, as well as moving to Virgin's basic package. On 18 August 2017, this decision
320-487: A deal to merge their streaming and television assets, with the joint venture valued at $ 8.5 billion including synergies. As part of the deal, Viacom18 would be merged into Disney Star with Disney holding a 36.84% stake in the combined entity, which would bring together assets such as linear television entertainment channels StarPlus , Colors TV and the Star Gold Network , sports channels Star Sports and Sports18 and
360-707: A distant relative, wants to marry Shankar, but does not encourage her. The local landlord and politician, Bade Thakur aka Daroga Singh, sends a proposal for Mahua to marry his son, Chhote Thakur. Mahua runs away from the wedding because she still loves Bhavani but is killed by a spurned Chhote Thakur. Later Shankar learns that the Thakur father-son duo, not Bhavani, killed his brother and sister-in-law as well. The Thakurs with Sharbati's help capture Phulwa, her parents, and siblings. Shankar and Bhavani go to rescue them and saves Phulwa and her brother, Babu. However, Phulwa's parents and Shankar are killed. Phulwa and Babu accompany Bhavani to
400-441: A happy life with their twin (a boy and a girl) children. Colors TV Colors , stylized as colors Viacom18, owned by JioStar is an Indian general entertainment (GEC) pay television . Its programming consists of family dramas , comedies , fantasy shows, youth-oriented reality shows , shows on crime, and television films . It was launched on 21 July 2008 by Viacom18 under CEO Rajesh Kamat. In April 2011, Raj Nayak
440-740: A live audience. On 28 August 2017, Star India rebranded its Hindi entertainment channel Life OK to Star Bharat . On 5 September 2017, Star India won the global media rights to broadcast the Indian Premier League (IPL) under a five-year deal beginning in the 2018 tournament , and valued at 163.475 billion. Beating previous rightsholder Sony, the contract included domestic rights for Star Sports, and digital rights for Hotstar . On 14 December 2017, The Walt Disney Company announced their intent to acquire Star India's parent company 21st Century Fox for US$ 52.4 billion. In 2018, Star India renewed its BCCI rights through March 2023, in
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#1733115142399480-410: A publicity stunt, he offers to get Phulwa married to Abhay. Phulwa accepts because it will mean her release from jail. Abhay is already engaged to his colleague Aarti, but on his wedding day, Phulwa replaces Aarti and marries Abhay. It is revealed that Aarti helped Phulwa out of sympathy. Bade Thakur and Abhay are furious but helpless. Phulwa starts staying at Thakur's house as the new daughter-in-law of
520-547: A sale during a third-quarter earnings call, it was announced in December 2023 that Disney and Reliance had signed a non-binding term sheet for a merger. According to its terms, Reliance would hold 51% of the merged company in cash and stock, while Disney would own the remaining 49%. For purposes of the merger, a subsidiary of Viacom18 was created to absorb Disney Star through a stock swap , pending ratification and regulatory approval. In February 2024, Disney and Reliance reached
560-440: A successful surgery, and Abhay is cured, but here Arjun's secret is revealed. Arjun is Shankar's younger brother who has come to avenge his brothers death. He plans to kill both Abhay and Phulwa, mistakenly thinking that Phulwa killed Shankar. Babu tells Arjun who the real culprit is. Abhay with the help of Arjun and Babu traps Thakur. In the end, Thakur is killed by Phulwa. The serial ends on a happy note with Phulwa and Abhay leading
600-537: Is called Aapka Colors (Your Colors) that gives English subtitles on every show and to avoid confusion with now-defunct Colours TV. Amitabh Bachchan served as brand ambassador for the UK and USA launches. Colors launched in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Sky on 25 January 2010. On 9 December 2009, INX Media confirmed that Colors had bought 9XM 's Sky EPG slot on channel 829 and on 5 January 2010, Colors secured
640-472: Is the channel's first original programming. In 2016, Viacom18 now JioStar launched a Nickelodeon programming block named "Nick Hour India" on Colors Rishtey India. On 1 March 2019, the channel was rebranded as Colors Rishtey. JioStar JioStar (formerly known as Star TV , Star India , and Disney Star ), registered as Star India Private Limited is an Indian media conglomerate joint venture . Though Reliance Industries owns 16.34% of
680-400: Is the new ACP in disguise. His real name is Abhay Singh. He arrests Phulwa and her friends. A lawyer named Roshni fights on their behalf in court and argues that Phulwa is innocent and should be allowed to go home. It is then revealed that Abhay is the out-of-wedlock son of Bade Thakur and is fiercely loyal to his father, whom he considers a good man. Bade Thakur is now an aspiring politician. As
720-635: The Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup . On 6 November 2013, Star India rebranded its Star Sports channels, renaming the main Star Sports channel to Star Sports 1, Star Cricket to Hindi-language Star Sports 3, ESPN to Tamil-language Star Sports 4, and Star Cricket HD and ESPN HD to Star Sports HD1 and HD2. In February 2015, Star India launched its streaming service, Hotstar , a mobile and online entertainment OTT platform that features content in 9 Indian languages and broadcasts sporting events. Star also acquired
760-596: The Star Movies channels, alongside Disney International HD will not be affected). The Bangla and Marathi feeds of Star Sports 1 will also close on the same day. Meanwhile, the Star Gold brand would expand with the launch of an HD simulcast of Star Gold 2 that would replace UTV HD, alongside the rebranding of UTV Movies and UTV Action as Star Gold Romance and Star Gold Thrills. Star Movies Select HD, Star Movies Hindi, and Star Movies Tamil will also launch an SD simulcast, becoming
800-624: The Sun Group , for a potential sale of its streaming and linear television assets. In late October 2023, it was reported that Disney was nearing a cash and stock deal with Reliance Industries for the sale of its operations in India, including a controlling stake in Disney Star. The assets Reliance would acquire are reportedly valued at around $ 7–8 billion and a transaction was to be announced as early as November. Although Disney CEO Bob Iger refuted claims of
840-405: The "Fox" name from the studios that had been acquired from 21st Century Fox by Disney. In July 2023, The Walt Disney Company began exploring strategic options, including a sale or formation of a joint venture, for their businesses in India. Between September and October 2023, the company held preliminary talks with Reliance Industries , billionaire Gautam Adani and Kalanithi Maran , owner of
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#1733115142399880-758: The Asian feed would launch in South Korea. On 31 August 2021, Disney announced that it would phase out Hotstar in the US and move all content into Hulu and ESPN+ . Initially, it was announced that the service would shut down in the US by late 2022, until it got moved to an earlier date on 30 November 2021. On 18 October 2021, Disney and Star announced that they would exit from the English general entertainment industry and that they would close down Star World and Star World Premiere in India originally planned by 30 November 2021 (although
920-576: The broadcast businesses of Maa Television Pvt. Ltd to boost its presence in Telugu -speaking markets. In February 2017, Star India and global media conglomerate TED announced a new TV series, TED Talks India – Nayi Soch . The programme starred Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and featured newer TED talks made in Hindi language. The programme followed the signature TED format of prominent speakers voicing their opinions in an 18-minute or less monologue in front of
960-629: The channel Star Life was launched in Africa in English language offering the English dubbed Indian Hindi series from the Indian star channels. On 4 January 2019, Star TV shut down its television operations in USA for the promotion of its digital counterpart, Hotstar. On 20 March 2019, Star India became a subsidiary of Disney India after the US$ 71.3 billion deal in the acquisition of former parent company 21st Century Fox
1000-659: The country. On 30 December 2020, Disney announced that the Star branding would be replaced with Utsav from 1 February in the Netherlands, with the Utsav Gold, Utsav Plus and Utsav Bharat branding launching in the UK on 22 January 2021, Star Vijay's international feed also changed a new logo based with Utsav Network in yellow colour and rebranded as Vijay TV around the world on that same day, Utsav Network would separated to Star Gold, Plus and Bharat,
1040-511: The family. Her aim is to expose the Thakur's misdeeds and take revenge. Abhay and Phulwa grow closer. Bade Thakur reveals that he murdered Abhay's mother and arranges for Abhay to meet with an accident. Fighting for his life, Abhay is in need of a blood transfusion and Thakur agrees to donate only if Phulwa becomes his slave. While Phulwa agrees, the doctor tells them that while Abhay will live, he won't be able to move due to damage to his spine leaving Phulwa shocked. A new surgeon, Dr. Arjun performs
1080-455: The first niche premium English movie channel in India to do so. However, a delay in TRAI's new tariff order, followed by protests from digital cable operators and multi-system operators, caused the plans to be postponed till mid-March 2023. On 14 April 2022, Disney India rebranded Star India to Disney Star . On 27 May 2022, Fox Star Studios was renamed just Star Studios , as part of the removal of
1120-550: The hideout of his bandit group. Phulwa swears to take revenge for the deaths of 'Masterji' (Shankar) and her parents and joins the bandits. Ten years later, Phulwa has grown up into a tough and fearless woman. She helps the poor, fights injustice, and regards the Thakurs as her greatest enemies. Chhote Thakur is married to Sharbati. One day, Phulwa comes face-to-face with the couple and is forced to kill Chhote Thakur in self-defence. Bade Thakur and Sharbati pledge revenge against Phulwa for
1160-444: The joint venture, while Viacom18 holds 46.82% and Disney India 36.84%, the JV is controlled by Reliance Industries . In November 2024, assets of Viacom18 merged with Disney Star to form JioStar. It is the largest television and entertainment network in India and operates more than 100 TV channels and it owns two major streaming platforms Disney+ Hotstar and JioCinema . Disney Star
1200-413: The killing of Chhote Thakur. A stranger named Shatrughan enters Phulwa's group and slowly gains her confidence. Phulwa feels that with the death of Chhote Thakur, she is done with her revenge. However, the head of the bandits, Gayatri, tells her not to put down arms. News spreads that a new ACP (Assistant Commissioner of Police) has taken charge of the area. After a few weeks, it is revealed that Shatrughan
1240-402: The purchase of the remaining 36.4% on 1 January 1993. Star broadcasting operations were run from Rupert Murdoch's Fox Broadcasting premises. It later launched Star Movies , Channel V , and Star News with a limited Hindi offering, and then Star Plus for Indian viewers. In 2001, Star India acquired South India based Vijay TV . In 2003, Star India's Star News deal with NDTV ended. In
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1280-514: The same year, Star Affiliate and CJ Group of South Korea launched CJ Alive (later known as Shop CJ), a 24-hour Indian television shopping channel that used Star Utsav for hosting the television marketing programs in six-hour slots in its initial stage of launch. Star Affiliate exited the joint venture in May 2014. News Corporation launched a film production and distribution business in India through Fox Star Studios India, an affiliate of Star India in
1320-526: The same year, the Indian government introduced a guideline limiting foreign equity in the national news business to 26%. At that time Star India was wholly owned by Hong Kong-based company Satellite Television Asia Region Ltd. As a result, Star India entered into a joint venture with the Ananda Bazar Patrika group (ABP) to form a new company, Media Content and Communications Services Pvt. Ltd. (MCCS), which took control of Star News's operations. ABP held
1360-410: The same year. In April 2012, Star India won the rights to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) through 2018, replacing Nimbus Communications . Valued at ₹ 3,851 crore (equivalent to ₹ 73 billion or US$ 870 million in 2023), the agreement included rights to India national cricket team home matches on television and mobile streaming, as well as domestic tournaments such as
1400-398: The streaming services JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar with Nita Ambani serving as the chairperson of the joint venture, with Uday Shankar serving as vice chairperson with the deal giving 16.34% to Reliance and 46.82% to Viacom18, with the deal being expected to close sometime in late 2024 or early 2025 pending regulatory approval. In March 2024, it was reported that Paramount Global
1440-553: Was appointed CEO, replacing Rajesh Kamat, who left to join CA Media. Over the years, series like Sasural Simar Ka , Balika Vadhu , Uttaran , Bigg Boss , Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and Naagin helped the channel surpass the decade-old market-leader StarPlus in weekly Gross Rating Points (GRPs). On 21 January 2010, Colors became available on Dish Network in the United States , Canada , and Mexico , where it
1480-535: Was closed. Now, Disney India owns television channels of UTV Software Communications and Star India. In April 2020, the Walt Disney Company merged Hotstar with Disney+ in India to form Disney+ Hotstar with Hotstar operating independently and coexisting with Disney+ in Canada and US, since it launched on 4 September 2017; the United Kingdom on 13 September 2018; and Singapore on 4 November 2020, prior to Disney+ in
1520-518: Was founded as Star TV (Satellite Television Asian Region) in 1990 as a joint venture between Hutchison Whampoa and Li Ka-Shing . It launched Hollywood English-language entertainment channels for Asian audiences. Its first five channels included Star Plus (then an English-language entertainment channel), Star Chinese Channel , Prime Sports , Channel V and BBC World Service Television . In 1992, Rupert Murdoch 's News Corporation purchased 63.6% of Star India for $ 525 million, followed by
1560-770: Was later reversed, and Colors left Freeview and became a pay channel again. Golden Petal Awards is an award function to honour personalities and reward them for contributing to Colors TV. It was also broadcast on the channel itself. Colors Rishtey is an Indian general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar that mainly broadcasts re-runs of programming from Colors TV and also airs shows from NDTV Imagine and DD National . International feeds of Colors Rishtey also air dubbed shows and regional shows. Programs of Pakistan channels have been aired, such as Humsafar . Rishtey rebroadcasts series from many other channels as well. The channel also creates original productions. Produced by BBC Media Action , Navrangi Re!
1600-460: Was looking to sell its 13.01% stake in Viacom18 to Reliance, which already owned a 73.91% share via TV18 . Although Bloomberg News reported that the deal was unlikely to close, the deal was confirmed a week later for $ 517 million, its closure subject to regulatory approval and the completion of the joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney. Paramount would, however, continue to license its content to
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