TUC The Lighter Side of Life

TUC The Lighter Side of Life

Promotional poster
Genre Talk show
Created by TUC
Directed by Sabiha Sumar
Shahbaz Sumar
Creative director(s) IAL Saatchi & Saatchi
Presented by Mahira Khan
Opening theme Digitz Media
Country of origin Pakistan
Original language(s) Urdu
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Sami Wahid
  • Naveed Shigri
  • Ali Amjad
  • Muhammad Adeel
Producer(s) Abdullah Kadwani
Asad Qureshi (7th Sky Entertainment)
Running time 50 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel
Original run December 14, 2013 – March 8, 2014
External links
7th Sky Entertainment

TUC The Lighter Side of Life is a talk show for famous celebrities presented by TUC Pakistan. This show is centered on the guest’s personal life, careers and relationship with the paparazzi amongst several others, allowing viewers to receive casual and light-hearted insights into the lives of their favorite celebrities. First episode of season 1 was aired on Hum TV hosted by Mahira Khan on 14 December 2013 starring Ali Zafar as a guest while the last episode of season was aired on 8 March 2014 in which Fawad Afzal Khan appeared as a guest.[1]

Overview

The Lighter Side of Life is the production of 7th Sky Entertainment. The show airs every Saturday at 9:10 pm exclusively on Hum TV. Other media partners are PTV Home, A-Plus and Apna TV.[2] Different guests are invited who may be actors, singers or even cricketers and interviewed about their personal life while keeping the mode of show light. Mahira makes this show interesting by asking the guest to act out a scene, by making them sing and having a segment known as turqi ba turqi in which guests have to answer rapidly and later there is a picture segment where the guest have to say the first thing flashing in their mind after the respective picture is displayed.

Guests

The guest list of season 1 includes Bushra Ansari, Zeba Bakhtiar, Hareem Sheikh, Saba Hameed, Shehreyar and Adeel, Ali Azmat, Shoaib Malik, Fawad Afzal Khan, Ali Zafar, Shoaib Akhtar, Javed Shaikh, Sanam Saeed, Ayesha Omer and a lot more.[3][4]

Season 1

Episode # Date Guest(s) Ref
Episode 1 14 December Ali Zafar [5]
Episode 2 21 December Bushra Ansari [6]
Episode 3 28 December Shoaib Malik [7]
Episode 4 4 January Talat Hussain [8]
Episode 5 11 January Shoaib Akhtar [9]
Episode 6 18 January Adeel Hussain, Sheheryar Munawar [10]
Episode 7 25 January Saba Hameed [11]
Episode 8 1 February Ayesha Omar, Sanam Saeed [12]
Episode 9 8 February Javed Sheikh [13]
Episode 10 15 February Zeba Bakhtiar [14]
Episode 11 22 February Faisal Kapadia, Bilal Maqsood [15]
Episode 12 1 March Ali Azmat [16]
Episode 13 8 March Fawad Afzal Khan [1]
Episode 14 15 March Gulfam Ramay [1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Fawad Khan to appear on ‘The Lighter Side of Life’ season finale". Daily Times. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  2. Mariya Shuja. "The Lighter Side of Life with Mahira Khan by TUC". NewsMedia247. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  3. Mariam Shafiq. "Lighter side of life - first look at celebrities". Reviewit. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. Zubia Rizvi. "First Look – TUC The Lighter Side of Life with Mahira Khan". Blush. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  5. "Ali Zafar on ‘Lighter Side of Life’ with Mahira Khan – Episode 1". NewsMedia247. Nimra Alam. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  6. "Review: Bushra Ansari in TUC The lighter side of life". Desi Rants and Raves. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  7. "Review: Shoaib Malik in TUC The lighter side of life". Desi Rants and Raves. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  8. "TUC The Lighter Side of Life with Talat Hussain". Awaz.tv. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  9. "Shoaib Akhtar to appear on ‘TUC: The Lighter Side of Life’". Daily Times. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  10. "TUC Lighter Side Of Life By Mahira Khan With Adeel Hussain & Sheharyar Munawar". Showbiz Spice. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  11. "TUC Lighter Side Of Life By Mahira Khan With Saba Hamid". Showbiz Spice. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  12. "TUC Lighter Side Of Life By Mahira Khan With Sanam Saeed & Ayesha Omer". Showbiz Spice. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  13. "TUC Lighter Side Of Mahira Khan With Javed Sheikh". Showbiz Spice. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  14. Tooba Altaf (17 February 2014). "Tuc the lighter side of life with Zeba Bakhtiar on 15 February: full video and review". The News Tribe. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  15. "TUC Lighter Side Of Life By Mahira Khan With Bilal & Faisal (Strings)". Showbiz Spice. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  16. "TUC Lighter Side Of Life By Mahira Khan With Ali Azmat". Showbiz Spice. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

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