Star Anchor Hunt is an initiative by Star News where they set off to find the next best news anchor in the country. This is a reality TV show, first of it’s kind this show will inspire youth who want to become a news journalist to showcase their skills and talent. Neeraj Sanan who is the marketing head of MCCS believes that the young people who want to make a career in becoming TV News Presenters are clueless as to what exactly the job entails.
Through this show, the youth will understand the ways of becoming a presenter and how they can provide their individual skill set to achieve the goal. According to him, the youngsters need to understand that being an anchor is a serious profession, and people need to put a lot of hard work needs to be put to become a good anchor. He believes that an anchors work can change thoughts in the society and for that person with good communication skill and who are up to date with the current affairs are needed. The channel has also joined hands with publications like Dainik Jagran and Dainik Bhaskar to promote about the talent hunt. According to Neeraj Sanan over the past few years, the small screen has seen the rise of a few new news channels, but the all of them have failed to produce good anchors.
Through this show, he wishes to find a fresh face to uplift the name of TV journalism. For this show auditions were open across 10 cities of the country, and from each city, two participants were chosen according to their skills, knowledge and communication. A panel of judges has been set for the show to help find the next anchor. The judges are a famous writer Chetan Bhagat Chetan Bhagat is a renowned Indian author who was >> Read More... , Bollywood actress Tisca Chopra Tisca Zareen Chopra (Nee Arora) is a talented and >> Read More... and a STAR NEWS himself Deepak Chaurasia Deepak Chaurasia is one of the leading journalists >> Read More... .
The judges will assess the participants on their presence of mind, ability to grasp an understand fast and being able to communicate on any given news subject. Deepak Chaurasia being an anchor himself will be able to give the contestants a better view of what they are looking for, Chetan Bhagat being a young writer himself will be able to connect to the youth in a better way and finally, Tisca Chopra who before landing into Bollywood was an anchor herself. After series of prep tasks the winners, one boy and one girl will be selected and trained under the STAR NEWS channel and also win a Ford Figo car.
Another Version Of This Story:
Star Anchor Hunt is a Hindi talent hunt show that broadcasts on Star News TV under the Star News network of MCCS. It is a reality-based television series which organises a competition for the anchor of the country. The winner of the show gets a chance to host the Star News episodes and work as a permanent anchor for the channel. These winners consist of one female lead and one male lead. Both the participants who reach the finals and win the contest by their skills of anchoring, confidence, knowledge and attitude become TV Anchors at Star News.
The registration for the participation is done online and whosoever wishes to apply can fill in the entries of the form and submit. All the applicants are invited for a personal interview round held in ten cities of India, namely, Nagpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Indore, Patna, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. The interview is in the form of audition where a jury decides whether or not the candidate should proceed further. They are very motivating and visionary people who judge their participants; they encourage the new talents of the era not to be disheartened if they do not get a chance to be a part of the show, they must continue pursuing anchoring as a profession.
Star Anchor Hunt begins its journey on 7th June 2010 and concludes on 26th June 2010. Two most talented Anchors are selected from the entire concert with consent and votes of people. As soon as the show reached its end, the winners, Akshay Shukla Akshay Shukla is an Indian News Anchor and a Journ >> Read More... from Bisalpur and Meenakshi Kandwal Meenakshi Kandwal is one of the leading female jou >> Read More... from Delhi got selected, and the offer is extended to them as a professional anchor with Star News. Both of them are leading Anchors and famous personalities in the field of journalism. Having high aspiration with the hard working attitude towards life, both Akshay and Meenakshi have achieved their dreams and are living a progressive life.
The honourable judges on the show are Chetan Bhagat, the well-known Indian English Novelist, who is famous for his bestseller novels like Five Point Someone, Two States, Half Girlfriend, etc.; Tisca Chopra, an Indian Actress who made her debut with Ajay Devgan Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor. He is perhaps >> Read More... in the movie Platform. She also appeared in the beautiful movie of Aamir Khan Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bolly >> Read More... , Taare Zameen Par Click to look into! >> Read More... ; Tisca is a calm and mature actress who has struggled in her life to reach this station of success; the last judge on the show is Journalist Deepak Chaurasia. He is an anchor and Journalist for India News and possesses very firm and serious attitude towards his work.
The show Star Anchor Hunt is a great platform for the upcoming generation, as anchoring is becoming one of the most enlightened areas of work and career.
MORE SERIALS & SHOWS
WEB STORIES
LATEST CELEBRITIES
LATEST NEWS
LATEST PHOTOS
ACTRESS PHOTOS
LATEST MOVIE REVIEWS
LATEST TRAILERS
LATEST ARTICLES
LATEST WEB SERIES