M.A.D. (Indian TV programme)

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M.A.D.
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GenreArts & Craft
Music
Children
Education
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of series7
No. of episodes70
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company Miditech
Original release
Network Pogo TV
Release2005 (2005) 
2010 (2010)

M.A.D., which stands for "Music, Art, and Dance", was an Indian educational children's television programme. It was produced by Miditech, and aired on Pogo TV. It began in 2005 and ran for seven seasons. [1] It is a Do it yourself show. [2] [3] The main host and director of the show is Rob (Harun Robert). He shows how to make different easy and difficult but cool art. He is also followed by some co-anchors in every season. The series came to an end in 2010. After the success of the show, Rob started a YouTube Channel "Mad Stuff with Rob" based on the show. [4]

Contents

Cast

Along with Rob, who is the artist and main host, some other co-anchors were introduced in different seasons to perform dance and play music.

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Seasons 4 and 5

Format

The show does not have the simple format that of other art and craft shows, as it not only let kids learn multiple arts but also shows them cool dance, melodious music, and interesting facts, and let them meet some talented people. Each episode of every season except Season 5 is based on a theme and all of the dance, music, and art are shown in that episode are related to that theme. It also helps children to learn about that theme. The themes are mainly water, space, camera, light, etc. In every episode, three art are shown made in two unnamed sections and in the section 'Make It Easy'. 'The Big Picture' and one of 'In Motion', 'In Stereo', 'In Action' (mostly 'In Motion') are also necessarily shown in every episode. The total sections are following-

Note: It ran for every season.

Note: Palak and Abhas used to learn these arts from Rob and then make them themselves and show it to Rob. This section was removed from the last season of the show.

Note: This section was also removed from the last season.

Note: It ran for every season.

Note: It ran for every season but not in every episode.

Note: It was removed from the last two seasons.

Note: It is shown very few times and in only season 2. Note: Mainly anyone of the above three sections was included in a single episode.

Some of the main guests are Himanshu Agrawal, an origami artist, Ashley Lobo, an Indian Choreographer), etc.

Note: It was introduced in season 4 and ran for two seasons.

Sections only introduced in Season 5: Season 5 was a completely different season from others as it wasn't based on any theme.

Home media

Excel Video released VCD and DVD sets of the complete series in November 2009. [5]

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