M.A.D. (Indian TV Series)
M.A.D. | |
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Genre | Children's, Art & Craft |
Country of origin | India |
Original language(s) | Hindi |
No. of series | 5 |
No. of episodes | 70+ |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Miditech |
Release | |
Original network | Pogo TV |
Original release | 2007 – 2010 |
M.A.D. stands for Music, Art and Dance is an Indian Children's Television Series for Art & Craft produced by one of India's leading television production company Miditech which airs on Pogo TV. It began in 2007 and ran for five seasons. It is a Do it yourself show which used to air on Sundays at 09:00 AM (IST).[1][2]The main host and director of the show is Rob (Harun Robert). He shows how to make different easy and difficult but cool arts. He is also followed by some co-anchors in every season. The series has now over and its previous episodes reruns at 11:00 PM (IST). After the success of the show, Rob has created a YouTube Channel "Mad Stuff with Rob" based on the show.[3]
Cast
Along with Rob, who is the artist and main host, some other co-anchors were introduced in different seasons to perform dance and play music.
Season 1
- Rob - He is the main anchor who makes arts in 'Make It Easy' and two other unnamed sections. He also makes The Big Picture.
- Candy - She is the main female host in the first season. She tells facts and sometimes performs dance in In Motion.
- Palak and Abhas - They both are child anchors, who learn arts from Rob in the second art section and then try them and shows them to Rob in the end of the show. They also tell facts and performs dance in 'In Motion'.
Season 2
- Rob
- Palak and Abhas
- Deepti - She is the main female anchor in season 2. She does the same as that of Candy in season 1.
- Sid - He is a guitarist and the main member of the band shown in the season. He only plays music in 'In Stereo' section and sometimes tells thoughts.
Season 3
- Rob
- Sid
- Chinu - She is the main female anchor of season 3, which contains most number of episodes of all the seasons. She does all the works of Candy, Deepti, Pakak and Abhas.
Seasons 4 and 5
- Rob
- Rumana - She is the main female anchor of the last two seasons of the show. She tells facts and an extremely good dancer. Her original talent can only be seen in 'In Motion'.
Format
The show does not have the simple format as that of other art and craft shows as it not only let kids learn multiple arts but also shows them cool dance, melodious music, interesting facts and let them meet some talented peoples. Each of the episode of every season except Season 5 is based on a theme and all of the dance, music and arts shown in that episode are related to that theme. It also helps children to learn about that theme. The themes are mainly water, space, camera and light etc. In every episode three arts are shown to make in two unnamed sections and in the section 'Make It Easy'. 'The Big Picture' and one of 'In Motion', 'In Stereo', 'In Action' (mostly 'In Motion') are also necessarily shown in every episode. Total sections are following-
- Make It Easy !- In these section, easy to make arts are learned to childrens. Some guest childrens visit in these section and learns them directly from Rob and sometimes even make that art with him.
Note :It ran for every season.
- Unnamed Art Section- In these section Rob shows some arts that are neither more tough nor more easy.
Note : Palak and Abhas used to learn these arts from Rob and then make it themselves and show to Rob. This section was removed from the last season of the show.
- Unnamed Art Section (2)- In these section, Rob shows some extraordinary, coolest and most complicated arts. He is not accompanied by anyone in these section.
Note : This section was also removed from the last season.
- The Big Picture- In this section, Rob along with a team makes an incredible and extreme art, which is mostly a big 3D craft made outside the set of show.
Note : It ran for every season.
- In Motion- In this section, either the female anchor, or kids and other anchors perform a dance based on the theme of the episode.
Note : It ran for every season but not in every episode.
- In Stereo- In this section, either Sid, or the band or any guest musician plays a melodious music related to the theme of the episode.
Note : It was removed from the last two seasons.
- In Action- In this section, Rob performs some different action like flying a kite in the International Kite Festival- Uttarayan of Gujarat.
Note : It is shown for very few times and in only season 2. Note : Mainly anyone of the above three sections was included in a single episode.
- Studio- In this section, a guest person is introduced, who is much talented in any activity related to the theme. Sometimes Rob also makes arts by learning it from the guest.
Some of the main guests are : Himanshu Agrawal, an origami artist, Ashley Lobo, an Indian Choreographer), etc.
- Gallery- In the ending of almost each episode, Rob visits the gallery where he reads letters of kids and watches there crafts. Also in each of the episode except season 1 and 2 the gallery wall appears full of drawings during the ending credits.
- Facts- In first two seasons, a different section was shown for the main anchors to tell facts. However, in other seasons facts were told without any particular section.
- Animate- In this section, some animations either funny or informative.
Note : It was introduced in season 4 and ran for two seasons.
Sections only introduced in Season 5 : Season 5 was completely a different season from others as it wasn't based on any theme.
- Draw It Now !- In this section Rob shows some cool drawings which can be made in five simple steps including- make a rough shape, complete the sketch, make outline using marker, erase the pencil outline, color it.
- Challenge Rob !- In this section, Rumana gives Rob a challenge to make some cool art for her using only the things that she has provided.
- Small Picture- Similar to that of 'The Big Picture', a small picture is made in this section. Some of the examples of small picture are buildings made up of staple pins and an island made from vegetables.
References
- ↑ "It’s a M.A.D. world". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ "Art in a M.A.D. world". Mint (newspaper). Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ "Youtube goes MAD". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 May 2017.