January 9, 2007
Hyderabad

New Year eve on Zee Telugu saw 'Devadasu' not only winning his ladylove but also setting millions of Telugu hearts aflutter with romance.

The screening had the channel ratings soar to a new high on the GRP sheets only to stop after scoring a double century at 213.77. The movie, which was one of the major blockbusters of the year 2006, replicated its success on the smaller screen when aired as part of channel's MahaMovie slot for as a curtain raiser to an eventful year ahead on the channel.

Having ushered in to the New Year with a bang, the channel is set to keep viewer's tryst with romance on the small screen with similar fare.

Of the top six movies that were declared runaway success at the Boxoffice last year, Zee Telugu has already acquired the satellite rights of four: 'Devdaasu', 'Bomamarillu', 'Godavari' and 'Andala Ramudu'.

For the viewers, the feast has just begun. The channel has lots more to offer.

Programmes for kids on Zee Telugu:

MATH-A-FUN
Mathematics has been always tough to handle for most kids. But here are simple ways of solving the complicated calculations. Vedic Mathematics is becoming increasingly popular as more and more people are introduced to the beautifully unified and easy Vedic methods.

Math-a-Fun is a course in Vedic Mathematics introduced for the first time on television by Zee Telugu in association with KidZee.

Math-a-Fun: Mathematics made easy ...
Math-a-Fun helps in speed and accuracy to solve numerical problems, thereby preparing School children to overcome the “fear of Mathematics” and to help the teenagers succeed in competitive exams.

BENEFITS OF VEDIC MATHEMATICS:

• Math-a-Fun helps students solve mathematical problems about 15 times faster.
• Aids in intelligent estimation (Knowing the answer without solving the problem)
• It reduces burden on the student as he/she has to know tables up to nine only.
• Math-a-Fun reduces finger counting & scratch work to improve mental calculation.
• Improves concentration.
• Logical thinking process gets enhanced.

Topics covered:

• Addition
• Subtraction
• Division
• Multiplication
• Square
• Square Root
• Cube Root

During these sessions theory and practice across various topics are covered. At the end of theory sessions, work sheets/assignments are administered to evaluate the extent of understanding. The course is useful for all students of 8 years and above.

Mr. Govind K. Bahroos, an expert in Vedic Maths from Mumbai, conducts the programme. He has been conducting classes of Vedic maths in Mumbai and teaching children above the age of 10 years.

Every Sunday: 0900-0930am

CARTOON-CARTOON Mon-Fri: 1800-1830)
An animation series portraying variety of interesting stories exclusively for kids for half-an-hour on weekdays.

SCRUFF
“Scruff” is the first such series with 65 episodes that is being telecasted since from 18th Dec06.

A family of tourists loses their puppy. After being lost for a long night in the forest, the puppy is found by Peter, a young country worker who adopts him and takes to his uncle's farmhouse.

Naming him "Scruff", he lives among the farm animals and a couple of other dogs called Sanda and Tricks, who will all be his new family. The farm dwellers find that they don't really know what to do with Scruff - he is no good at hunting, nor a watchdog - although they soon find out that he does have some very special qualities.

Scruff is a journey of enlightenment, with each new episode bringing a new adventure for him, a little naive and trusting puppy. He wants to learn about the farm through the farm animals and pets, and about the forest with its wild animals - and perhaps the most complicated of all, the ways of humans.

FAIRYTALES
A collection of 50-minute single episode meant for Sundays at 9.30AM.

The list includes: Easter in Bunny Land, Cinderella, Anastasia, Beauty and the Beast, The emperor's new clothes, The pied piper of Hamlin, Pocahontas….

GAME SHOWS (Coming Soon….)

Dabbu to the Power of Dabbu (Family game show)
(Money to the power of money)

• If you think you and your family are smart enough to answer simple questions and win attractive cash prizes, “Dabbu to the power of dabbu” is the just the right family game show where you need to be playing.
• 2 families, each of strength 4, would be selected from a set consisting of 3 families through round-1.
• A war sans weapons between 2 families from round-2, where 1 member would be nominated per round to play on behalf of his/her family to play till round-5.
• From listing maximum possible things related to a given title to answering questions of increasing complexity as one proceeds from round-2 to round-5, the show would reward the smart brains.
• The wrong answers would be penalized while right ones would maximize your prize money; the audience have a chance to answer the passed questions from the participants.

1-2-3 Go:

• An exciting fun-ride for kids between 8 and 12.
• 5-6 teams from different schools, each comprising of 2 participants.
• Mounted participants on giant-wheel who meet masked anchors when it stops, will have the choice to select their opponents.
• Winners of round-1 move to inner wheel having more games to play.
• Each team will get to play 5-6 rounds in all, while winners can will gifts like video games, cricket kits, bicycles, etc; losers would be punished by dummy devils.