Reporters (Indian TV series)

Reporters
Genre Newsroom drama
Created by Rose Audio Visuals Pvt. Ltd.
Written by Sammeer Arora
Satyam Tripathi
Directed by Goldie Behl
Starring Kritika Kamra
Rajeev Khandelwal
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 132
Production
Producer(s) Goldie Behl
Shrishti Arya
Location(s) Mumbai
Camera setup Multi-camera
Production company(s) Rose Audio Visuals Pvt. Ltd.
Release
Original network Sony Entertainment Television
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release April 13 (2015-04-13) – October 19, 2015 (2015-10-19)
External links
Website

Reporters was an Indian fiction newsroom drama television series based on The Newsroom (U.S. TV series), which premiered on 13 April 2015 on Sony Entertainment Television (India) and Sony Entertainment Television Asia. The show stars Rajeev Khandelwal as Kabir and Kritika Kamra as Ananya, playing television reporters on the show.[1]

Producer Shristi Arya stated that after meeting a reporter she was inspired to make a show based on journalists' life.[2] The show will be seasonal format.[2] The character of Kabir (Rajeev Khandelwal) is based on Rajdeep Sardesai and Arnab Goswami.[3]

Plot summary

Reporters is a story in a newsroom backdrop journalists Ananya Kashyap (Kritika Kamra) and Kabir Sharma ( Rajeev Khandelwal). Ananya is a junior reporter in KKN, the news channel she works for run by Malvika (Megha Chatterjee); the daughter of KL Prasad, the owner of KKN and Khalid (Bikramjeet Kanwarpal). Kabir after working for Delhi Kranti Newspaper, joins KKN as the Editor-in-Chief. Kabir's special news bulletins at 9 pm brings the show to number one in the ratings

Ananya carries an article that had been written many years ago by Kabir in which Kabir defends her father, Sudhir Kashyap, against accusations made about pharmaceutical company corruption. Because of Kabir, Ananya had become a journalist. Ananya gets a call from a farmer-turned-gunman Baghi Madhurnath for an interview, which she wants to do, despite the dangers.Kabir also accompanies her, as this interview can be very useful for their channel(and he secretly also wants to protect her even though they both hate each other). They are abducted by Madhurnath and his gang .After a few episodes the Duo escape thanks to Kabir's quick thinking and skills and escape from the kidnappers, who chase them in the jungle.

The police finally capture them, and Ananya and Kabir make it to KKN Studio, where they do a joint interview on one of Madhurnath's hench men ( who helped them escape from the jungle, after realising how wrong he was about them ). Kabir and Ananya finally become friends, with both falling in love with each other without even realising.

Ananya and Kabir finally realise their love for each other and are brought together. But then Malvika is not happy about this. She steals the video chip and makes Kabir believe that it was lost due to Ananya's carelessness. Kabir shouts at Ananya in front of every body at office. Kabir goes to drop Ananya and after a brief altercation, she fumes out of the car. To apologize to her, Kabir goes to her house and ends up telling Ananya's mother about their relationship, who is now upset; but later agrees happily. Kabir asks Ananya out on a date and they have a wonderful time together. Meanwhile, at KKN he's offered to be a 2% shareholder but with a 3-year lock-in period.

Kabir accepts it after Ananya urges him to and Khalid is relieved. The new Business-Head shows up after the merger deal is closed and everyone is stunned to see that it's Shreya (Ankita Bhargava), Ex-Mrs. Kabir Sharma. Kabir sees through all the trickery and accuses Khalid and KL of conspiring against him to force him to stay. Shreya claims to have joined for purely professional reasons. Although in the beginning Shreya is sweet and polite, especially with Ananya, Kabir doesn't believe her.

Later it is revealed that Shreya is lonely so she came back to India to again continue her lost relationship with Kabir. But by this time Kabir had moved on with Ananya. Soon Malvika resigns (for personal development) and Shreya teams up with Maanav luring him for the position of Co-Editor-in-chief. It is later revealed thar RG was responsible for Ananya's father's death. RG and Shreya team up to kill Ananya and Kabir. But, they get saved and finally Kabir and Ananya accept their love for each other and lead a happy life.

Cast

Main cast
Recurring cast
Former cast

Reception

Rajyasree Sen of Firstpost reviewed negatively saying, "Instead of pretending to be "hard-hitting", maybe it would be wiser for TV producers to stick to what they're good at – emotional family dramas that strike a deadly balance between sexism and over-acting."[15] Daily News and Analysis rated it 3/5 and summarized it as, "Definitely a change from the routine fare on TV, but needs to focus more on news gathering rather than breaking news."[16] Indian Express rated 2/5 saying, "Reporters is all rattling bones with no flesh to sink one's teeth into."[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Rajeev Khandelwal and Kritika Kamra turn 'Reporters'". Indian Express. 14 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 "My shows are bold in thought, says 'Reporters' producer Shristi Arya". Daily News and Analysis. 13 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "My character in 'Reporters' is an amalgamation of Rajdeep Sardesai and Arnab Goswami: Rajeev Khandelwal". Daily News and Analysis. 13 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Rajeev Khandelwal: Was not sceptical about kissing scene on 'Reporters'". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Rajeev Khandelwal: I don't relish success if I haven't earned it". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Kritika Kamra: I don't enjoy saas-bahu dramas". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Kritika Kamra: I’m not a damsel in distress, but a strong, opinionated woman". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ankita to play Rajeev Khandelwal’s ex-wife". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ankita Bhargava enters 'Reporters'". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Ripudaman Handa’s girlfriend in Sony TV's ‘Reporters’". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  11. ↑ "Divyangana Jain Makes An Entry On Reporters". The Hans India. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Alefia Kapadia to be seen in 'Reporters'". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Puru Chibber bags new TV show". The Indian Express. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "I've become good friends with Kritika Kamra: Puru Chibbar". Zee News. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  15. ↑ Rajyasree Sen (15 April 2015). "Reporters Review: Someone send Rajeev Khandelwal's serial DVDs of the Newsroom". Firstpost.
  16. ↑ "'Reporters' Review: The desi newsroom". 20 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "Sony TV's 'Reporters' is all rattling bones with no flesh to sink one's teeth into". Indian Express. 24 April 2015.

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