Satyamev Jayate
Satyamev Jayate is an television chat show which aired on stations within Star Network along with the DD National of Doordarshan. The very first season of the show marked the tv screen introduction of Bollywood actor and filmmaker Aamir Khan and premiered on 6. Focus on the 2nd season has now begun.
The series highlights sensitive societal problems predominant in India such as female foeticides, child sexual abuse, dowry, medical malpractice, honour killings, insensitivity towards the disabled, domestic violence, and overuse of pesticides leading to pesticide poisoning, alcoholism, untouchability, plight of senior citizens and water crisis. While Hindi is the primary language of the series, it was also dubbed and simulcast in languages such as Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu, and subtitled in English.
Satyamev Jayate received feedback and an overwhelming positive response from the people in addition to the critics. The series was widely appreciated by several film and television personalities, politicians and social activists for its research, format, content and presentation.