YRF Television
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YRF Television is a production house based in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India
India
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 and is promoted by Aditya Chopra
Aditya Chopra
Aditya Chopra is an Indian film producer, screenwriter and director. He is most known for directing his only three films Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge , Mohabbatein , and Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi...

. YRF Television has produced a small number of shows but have been appreciated for their content oriented productions. It is owned by Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films
Yash Raj Films is an Indian Entertainment company set up by Yash Chopra, an Indian film director and producer who is considered an entertainment mogul in India.-Initial years:...

 (YRF), Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

's premier studio. It entered in to an exclusive agreement with Sony Entertainment Television
Sony Entertainment Television (India)
This article is about the SET channel in India. For the Indian version broadcasted worldwide, see Sony Entertainment Television Asia.Sony Entertainment Television, or SET, is a Hindi-language based general entertainment television channel in India. It was launched in October 1996 and is owned by...

 (now Multi Screen Media Private Limited), one of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

’s leading television broadcaster, on October 6, 2009 to produce exclusive fiction and non-fiction content for the channel.

Productions

YRF television had produced 5 shows in its first season starting from January 1, 2010. It is operating with its second season from January 28, 2011 and has produced 2 more shows till date. Therefore, in total it has produced 7 shows. Season 2 of Mahi way and Rishta.com are expected to go on air this season by mid of 2011.
TV Series Original Run Time Slot Brief Description
Seven
Seven (TV series)
Seven - The Ashvamedha Prophecy is a fiction-based television series that airs on Sony Entertainment Television starting January 1, 2010 at 9pm IST. The series is produced by Yash Chopra, and stars Rakesh Bapat and Shama Sikander. The writer of this show is Anuradha Tewari the writer of the film...

January 1, 2010 – June 25, 2010 Friday at 9:00 PM IST
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...

 
A story of the search for the seven descendants of Saptrishi and their journey of discovering their real capabilities. Asmin, Hriday, Varya, Haryaksh, Mastishk, Eklavya, and Drishika along with their guardians, Shunya and Shlok, have what it takes to save the world.
Lift Kara De
Lift Kara De
Lift Kara De is a talk show hosted by Bollywood movies director, Karan Johar. The series premiered on January 1, 2010 and ended on May 15, 2010. The show lasted for 28 episodes.-Concept:...

January 1, 2010 – May 15, 2010 Saturday at 8:00 PM IST
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...

 
A talk show hosted by popular Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 movies director, Karan Johar
Karan Johar
Karan Johar is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and Television host. He is the son of Hiroo Johar and Yash Johar. He is one of the most successful filmmakers in Bollywood. He is most known for directing and producing some of Bollywood's highest grossing films in India and the...

.
Powder
Powder (TV series)
Powder is an Indian crime television series which airs on Sony TV since January 3, 2010. The story is of the new scenario in substance abuse - a generation embracing drugs...

January 3, 2010 – June 24, 2010 Thursday at 11:00 PM IST
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...

 
Powder an insight of the durg lord, Naved Ansari, and an honest team of Narotics Control Bureau led by Usmaan Malik who plans to nab Ansari before he can hoodwink the system into letting him go scott free.
Mahi Way
Mahi Way
Mahi Way is an Indian comedy-drama television series which premiered on Sony Entertainment Television on January 2, 2010. The series is written by Devika Bhagat, directed by Nupur Asthana, and is produced by popular Bollywood movie producers Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films under...

January 2, 2010 – June 18, 2010 Friday at 8:00 PM IST
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...

 
The series revolves around an overweight and adorable girl named Mahi Talwar. She is bubbly, witty, intelligent and funny, however, the constant jokes and insults have demoralised her and she's low on self-confidence.
Rishta.com
Rishta.com
Rishta.com is an Indian television series which broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television on January 3, 2010. The show is produced by Indian producers Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra of Yash Raj Films under their new production house name YRF Televisions...

January 3, 2010 - June 30, 2010 Wednesday at 11:00 PM IST
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...

 
Rishta.com is the story of two contrasting individuals namely Isha and Rohan who open a matrimonial agency and try to unite the matches made in heaven, on earth.
Khotey Sikkey
Khotey Sikkey
Khotey Sikkey is a new crime series that airs on Sony Entertainment Television . It premiered on January 28, 2011. The show revolves around an unlikely gang of five privileged youngsters and one stubborn cop. The group researches the crime activities in Mumbai.- Plot :The crime series is located in...

January 28, 2011 – April 23, 2011 Friday-Saturday at 11:00 PM IST
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...

 
The show revolves around an unlikely gang of five privileged youngsters and one stubborn cop.
Kismat
Kismat (TV series)
Kismat is an Indian drama television series which airs on Sony Entertainment Television from Monday to Thursday at 11:00 pm IST. The series is produced by YRF Television and premiered on 14 February 2011. It is an Indian adaptation of British author Jeffrey Archer's 1979 novel, Kane and Abel....

February 14, 2011 – Present Monday-Thursday at 10:30 PM IST
Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...

It revolves around the stories of two men, Aditya Raj Merchant and Kabir Khan, born worlds apart having nothing in common except the same date of birth (August 15, 1947) and a zeal to succeed in life.

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