Although India is a parliamentary democracy, the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism, possibly due to the absence of party organizations, independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party, or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national, state, regional, and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers, and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties, other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal Secular, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Kerala Congress, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, Indian Union Muslim League, AIMIM, and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families, mostly those of the party founders.
Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. is an Indian content creator, aggregator and distributor, specifically in the media and entertainment industry. It was founded by Buddhichand Maroo in 1962 as a book-circulating library under the name Shemaroo. It set up India's first video rental business in 1979. The company went national after it began content distribution in 1987, became aggregators and bought rights to movies for home video.
Zalak Desai, is an Indian television actress. She worked in serials like Mooh Boli Shaadi, Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai. She played Komal in Colors TV's show Laado 2 and Rajkumari Rukmini / Maharani Rukmini in Star Bharat's show RadhaKrishn.
Suhasi Goradia Dhami is an Indian actress and model. She is known for portraying Abha in Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli and double role as Vedika Mathur and Vedika Pratab in Aap Ke Aa Jane Se. She appeared in KK's music video titled 'Aasman Ke".
Aparna Dixit is an Indian television actress who appears predominantly in Hindi cinema. She is best known for playing Purvi in Sony Pal's Yeh Dil Sun Raha Hai, Devika in Life OK's Kalash – Ek Vishwaas, Bani in Colors TV's Bepanah Pyaar, and Srishti in Dangal's Pyaar Ki Luka Chuppi.
Dangal TV is a free-to-air Hindi language general entertainment channel owned by Enterr10 Television Network. It was launched on 2009 as a Bhojpuri-language movie channel but was being converted into Hindi entertainment channel. Its programming consists of family dramas, fantasy, and crime shows.
Box Cricket League (BCL) is an Indian sports reality television show where celebrities are seen competing against each other in an indoor cricket game format.
Aparna Balamurali is an Indian actress and playback singer who primarily works in Malayalam and Tamil films. Aparna is recipient of a National Film Award and Filmfare Award South.
Karmaphal Daata Shani is an Indian dharmic devotional television series, which aired from 7 November 2016 to 9 March 2018 on Colors TV. The series was produced by Swastik Productions of Siddharth Kumar Tewary.
Vinit Kakar is an Indian film and television actor. He is well-known for portraying various characters in Indian mythology television series and contestant in the first season of Lock Upp.
Samrat Choudhary, also known by his alias Rakesh Kumar is an Indian politician, who is currently serving as Deputy Chief minister of Bihar under Nitish Kumar. He is a member of the Bihar Legislative Council from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has been the party president of BJP Bihar State unit from March 2023 to 25 July 2024. He has also remained Member of Legislative Assembly and a minister in Government of Bihar in Rashtriya Janata Dal government. Chaudhary has been a former Vice President of BJP for the state of Bihar and currently elected for the second term as MLC in 2020 after his first term ended in 2019. In 2014, Samrat planned a split in Rashtriya Janata Dal by defecting thirteen MLAs as splinter group of the party, later joining the BJP. In 2022, he was selected as the Leader of Opposition in Bihar Legislative Council. In 2024, he was also made the convener of Group of Ministers on Goods and Service Tax rate rationalisation panel.
Shiv Shakti – Tap Tyaag Tandav is an Indian Hindu religious television series, that premiered on 19 June 2023 on Colors TV and Jio Cinema. The show traced the first love story of the universe, exploring the journey of Shiva and Shakti. Produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary's Swastik Productions. It stars Ram Yashvardhan and Subha Rajput.
Aparichita is a Bengali multi-starrer drama film directed by Salil Dutta based on a novel of Samaresh Basu actually inspired by The Idiot of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was released on 5 December 1969 under the banner of R.D. Productions. Uttam Kumar-Aparna Sen pair first appeared in this film.
Tulsidham Ke Laddu Gopal is an Indian Hindi-language Socio-Mytho series starring Akshita Mudgal and Heth Makhwana. It premiered on 21 August 2023 and aired on Shemaroo TV under the banner of CLS Entertainment Private Limited.
Swaraj (transl. Self-rule) is an Indian historical TV series aired on DD National from 14 August 2022. With this serial, Doordarshan again tried to bring alive the tales of courage of more than 550 freedom fighters. It is a Government of India project and produced by Contiloe Pictures. It is Digitally Available on Amazon Prime Video.
Pyaar Ki Luka Chuppi is an Indian drama television series. Produced by Rashmi Sharma under Rashmi Sharma Telefilms, premiered on 10 December 2019 on Dangal. It stars Rahul Sharma and Aparna Dixit.
Mil Ke Bhi Hum Na Mile is an Indian drama television series which aired on Dangal from 19 February 2024. It was produced by Masterstoke Productions. It currently stars Diksha Dhami, Adhik Mehta and Manisha Saxena. It formerly starred Zohaib Siddiqui and Manisha Saxena in the lead roles.
Tulsi – Hamari Badi Sayani is a 2024 Indian drama television series which was aired on Dangal on 1 July 2024 under the banner of Optimystix Entertainment. It replaced the television series Janani – AI Ki Kahani. It stars Harithi Joshi, Aparna Dixit and Dishank Arora.
