Star Mahila

Star Mahila was a Telugu game show for women, hosted by Suma Kanakala.[2] The show aired on E TV Telugu at afternoons.[3] It is the second longest Indian game show with a total of 3,181 episodes. The last episode aired on 26 January 2019.[4][5]

Star Mahila
GenreGame show
Presented bySuma Kanakala
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Telugu
No. of episodes3,181
Production
Production location(s)Andra Pradesh, Telangana
Running time40 - 45 minutes
Production company(s)Mallemala Entertainments[1]
Release
Original networkE TV Telugu
Original release9 August 2008 (9 August 2008) –
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26)
External links
Website

Background

Female contestants participated in a fun game show consisting of a series of challenges in order to win attractive prizes. At the end of each episode, the anchor gave free gifts to the participants for their participation.

In this show a total of six players participated. Initially, each participant had zero points. The anchor would make the player play some fun games and ask questions. Clearing those, the participants received points. The participant with the highest point won the title of Star Mahila.

Production

The show completed 2000 episodes on 23 January 2015 in which actors Pradeep, Ravi, Kaushik, Lasya, Shilpa Chakraborty and Rajeev Kanakala were the guests.[6][7]

Suma Kanakala announced the ending of the show in September 2018.[8]

Star Mahila, hosted by Suma Kanakala, featured a special farewell week on the Sankranthi season of 2019 from 14 January 2019 to 19 January 2019.[9]

Reception

The show completed its 3000th episode in April, 2018 after which it entered in the Limca Book of Records as longest running women's game show hosted by a single anchor.[10] It became her flagship show.[11][12]

See also

References
  1. "Star Mahila's selections to be held in Andhra region". The Times of India.
  2. "Star Mahila on ETV – A show for women | News". Metromasti.com. 17 August 2011.
  3. "Star Mahila acts as laughing therapy for Suma". The Times of India.
  4. "Anchor Suma creates new record". gulte.com.
  5. "STAR-MAHILA-Is-Going-To-Be-Stop-Says-Anchor-Suma". Tupaki.com.
  6. "Suma Kanakala on cloud nine". The Times of India.
  7. "Star Mahila to complete 2000 episodes". The Times of India.
  8. "Watch: TV host Suma Kanakala turns emotional bidding farewell to Star Mahila after 12 years". The Times of India.
  9. "star-mahila-farewell-week-promo-is-out". Times of India.
  10. "Suma enters Limca Book of Records for Star Mahila!". The Times of India. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  11. "Father's Day special on Star mahila".
  12. "Star Mahila to complete 2000 episodes". timesofindia.com.
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