Star Mahila
| Star Mahila | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by | Suma Kanakala |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Telugu |
| No. of episodes | 3,181 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Andra Pradesh, Telangana |
| Running time | 40 - 45 minutes |
| Production company | Mallemala Entertainments[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | E TV Telugu |
| Release | 9 August 2008 – 26 January 2019 |
Star Mahila was a Telugu game show for women, hosted by Suma Kanakala.[2] The show aired on E TV Telugu at afternoons.[3] It is the second longest Indian game show with a total of 3,181 episodes. The last episode aired on 26 January 2019.[4][5]
Background
Female contestants participated in a fun game show consisting of a series of challenges in order to win attractive prizes. At the end of each episode, the anchor gave free gifts to the participants for their participation.
In this show a total of six players participated. Initially, each participant had zero points. The anchor would make the player play some fun games and ask questions. Clearing those, the participants received points. The participant with the highest point won the title of Star Mahila.
Production
The show completed 2000 episodes on 23 January 2015 in which actors Pradeep, Ravi, Kaushik, Lasya, Shilpa Chakraborty and Rajeev Kanakala were the guests.[6][7]
Suma Kanakala announced the ending of the show in September 2018.[8]
Star Mahila, hosted by Suma Kanakala, featured a special farewell week on the Sankranthi season of 2019 from 14 January 2019 to 19 January 2019.[9]
Reception
The show completed its 3000th episode in April, 2018 after which it entered in the Limca Book of Records as longest running women's game show hosted by a single anchor.[10] It became her flagship show.[11][12]
See also
References
- ^ "Star Mahila's selections to be held in Andhra region". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Star Mahila on ETV – A show for women | News". Metromasti.com. 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Star Mahila acts as laughing therapy for Suma". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Anchor Suma creates new record". gulte.com.
- ^ "STAR-MAHILA-Is-Going-To-Be-Stop-Says-Anchor-Suma". Tupaki.com.
- ^ "Suma Kanakala on cloud nine". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Star Mahila to complete 2000 episodes". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Watch: TV host Suma Kanakala turns emotional bidding farewell to Star Mahila after 12 years". The Times of India.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "star-mahila-farewell-week-promo-is-out". Times of India.
- ^ "Suma enters Limca Book of Records for Star Mahila!". The Times of India. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- ^ "Father's Day special on Star mahila".
- ^ "Star Mahila to complete 2000 episodes". timesofindia.com.