TRUE LIES

There seems to be a lot of debate in the airing of the program "Sacch Ka Saamna" on Star Plus. The first celebrity episode had its share of controversies with statements made by Vinod Kambli doing the rounds even before it was aired. This definitely gave a boost to the TRPs of the show and I am sure the TRPs would have gone even much more higher if the Kambli episode was renamed as "SACHIN KA SAAMNA".

For those who havent seen the show: "Sacch Ka Saamna" is the Indian version of the popular reality show "The Moment of Truth" where contestants have to tell the truth based on questions on their lives. The questions become increasingly personal and embarrassing in nature as the prize money increases. The truth factor is decided by a polygraph lie detector test done prior to the actual show.

Whenever somebody in India remakes a television program or an English movie, the makers boast that changes from the original were made to suit the Indian audiences, their sensitivity, their culture .. etc etc.

But the makers of "Sacch Ka Saamna" wanted to do something 'different' by sticking to the Western version as it is.

The host of the show Rajeev Khandelwal himself admitted that he would not prefer to be a contestant on the show. Well that sounds OK. We should not expect Amitabh Bachchan or Shah Rukh Khan answering questions on KBC. Should we?

Its really surprising that even when results of lie detector tests are not admissible in a court of law it has generated so much of positive response on a game show.

A search on Google shall reveal sites that tell you ways to cheat a lie detector test. So even if somebody actually wins on this show, do we assume that he/she was telling the truth all the time?

Food for thought !!!!

Let the show and the controversies go on .....

-SB