Industry | Entertainment |
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Founders | Kamna Nirula Menezes and Fazila Allana |
Headquarters | |
Products | Television Programs |
Parent | Banijay Group |
Website | Official Website |
SOL Productions is an Indian television production company known for producing shows like Koffee with Karan , Nach Baliye , Dhoom Machaao Dhoom , Kya Mast Hai Life , Comedy Nights with Kapil and Thapki Pyaar Ki . [1]
Koffee with Karan is an Indian talk show on Star World India hosted by film producer and director Karan Johar. First airing on 19 November 2004, it is the longest-running talk show in Indian television. The show concluded its sixth season on 17 March 2019.
Nach Baliye is a dance, reality-television series that airs on Star Plus. It is a popular couple dancing competition. The first and second season aired on Star One and it was then shifted to Star Plus.
Dhoom Machaao Dhoom(English: Rock Let's Rock) is an Indian musical comedy-drama television series aired on Disney Channel India that ran from 8 January 2007 to 10 January 2008 totaling 100 episodes. The story revolves around Priyanka Sethi and a band which she formed with her three friends, the Pink Band. The show is one of the first Disney Channel India Original Series.
SOL is an independent production house, launched by Kamna Nirula Menezes and Fazila Allana in January 2003. In 2007, SOL was acquired by French company Zodiak Media, thus becoming a part of Banijay Group when that company merged with Zodiak in February 2016. SOL has been known for its non-fiction programming and television events like Star Parivaar Awards, Zee Rishtey Awards and Colors Golden Petal Awards.
Fazila Allana is an Indian businesswoman. She studied at Queen Mary School and Sydenham College and graduated in 1991. After a couple of years in Oulu, Finland she moved back to Mumbai. There, she joined UTV who asked her to be a part of their Malaysian operations. Finally, she came back to Mumbai and started her own company, Sol Production Pvt. Ltd., in January 2003. She has produced popular shows such as Koffee With Karan, Kya Mast Hai Life, Mai Ka Laal, Nach Baliye and Rakhi Ka Swayamwar. SOL is one of the leading television production houses in India.
Zodiak Media was a French independent production company of factual, drama and kids' programming that has operated in 15 countries through 45 companies.
The Star Parivaar Awards is an award presented by Star Plus to promote the characters and programs aired on its own network.
Title | Channel | First Aired | Last Aired | Starring | Episodes | Reference |
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Dhoom Machaao Dhoom | Disney Channel India | 8 January 2007 | 10 January 2008 | Toral Rasputra Sriti Jha Maanvi Gagroo Aanchal Bharti Niddhi Tikoo Kinshuk Mahajan Vikrant Massey Jay Bhanushali | 100 | |
Kya Mast Hai Life | Disney Channel India | 27 April 2009 | 4 July 2010 | Shaheer Sheikh Nazneen Ghaani Shweta Tripathi Sana Amin Sheikh Ashish Juneja | 126 | |
Thapki Pyar Ki | Colors TV | 25 May 2015 | 14 July 2017 | Jigyasa Singh Manish Goplani Ankit Bathla | 704 | |
Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum | Star Plus | 17 June 2019 | Present | Dipika Kakar Karan Grover | TBA |
Title | Network | First Aired | Last Aired | Reference |
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Koffee with Karan | Star World India | 19 November 2004 | Present | |
Nach Baliye | Star One | 17 October 2005 | 19 December 2005 | |
Nach Baliye 2 | Star One | 25 September 2006 | 18 December 2006 | |
Zara Nachke Dikha | Star One | |||
Nachle Ve with Saroj Khan | NDTV Imagine | |||
Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega | Imagine TV | |||
Zara Nachke Dikha 2 | Star Plus | |||
Meethi Choori No. 1 | Imagine TV | |||
Just Dance | Star Plus | |||
Ratan Ka Rishta | ||||
Shaadi 3 Crore Ki | ||||
Shake It Up | ||||
Comedy Nights with Kapil | Colors TV | |||
Dare 2 Dance | Life OK | 6 September 2014 | 26 October 2014 |
Title | Platform | Starring | Episodes | Reference |
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Bewafaa Sii Wafaa | ALT Balaji | Samir Soni Aditi Vasudev Dipannita Sharma | 10 | |
Hum - I'm Because of Us | ALT Balaji | Kushal Tandon Ridhima Pandit Karishma Sharma | 20 |
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