M.A.D. (Indian TV Series)

M.A.D.
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 (2007) – 2010 (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

Season 2

Season 3

Seasons 4 and 5

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-

Note :It ran for every season.

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.

Note : This section was also removed from the last season.

Note : It ran for every season.

Note : It ran for every season but not in every episode.

Note : It was removed from the last two seasons.

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.

Some of the main guests are : Himanshu Agrawal, an origami artist, Ashley Lobo, an Indian Choreographer), etc.

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.

References

  1. "It’s a M.A.D. world". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. "Art in a M.A.D. world". Mint (newspaper). Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. "Youtube goes MAD". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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