TUC The Lighter Side of Life

TUC The Lighter Side of Life
Promotional poster
GenreTalk show
Created byTUC
Directed bySabiha Sumar
Shahbaz Sumar
Creative directorIAL Saatchi & Saatchi
Presented byMahira Khan
Opening themeDigitz Media
Country of originPakistan
Original languageUrdu
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producers
  • Sami Wahid
  • Naveed Shigri
  • Ali Amjad
  • Muhammad Adeel
ProducersAbdullah Kadwani
Asad Qureshi (7th Sky Entertainment)
Running time50 minutes
Original release
Network
Release14 December 2013 (2013-12-14) –
8 March 2014 (2014-03-08)

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 1 was aired on 8 March 2014 in which Fawad 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 Shoaib Akhtar, Bushra Ansari, Zeba Bakhtiar, Hareem Sheikh, Saba Hameed, Shehreyar and Adeel, Ali Azmat, Shoaib Malik, Fawad Khan, Ali Zafar, Javed Shaikh, Sanam Saeed, and Ayesha Omer.[3][4]

Season 1

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

References

  1. ^ a b "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 (11 December 2013). "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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. 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.