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| - Abhigyan Jha is the Founder & CEO of the Gamechanging, Platform Agnostic 360 degree Media Company, Underocover Productions Ltd. Writer, Producer & Director Abhigyan Jha has 17 years of media experience. He has written over 10 TV shows and 4 films. His third film Sacred Evil also was his directorial debut venture. The film received critical acclaim and went on to win the Golden Palm at the Mexico International Film Festival in 2010. He was the Creative Director & Executive Producer of the First 3 Seasons of India's Iconic Late Night Show: Movers & Shakers (1997-2001), and worked on over 500 episodes of the show. As scriptwriter, Abhigyan has penned over 1500 episodes of various television shows including Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahan (Zee TV), Captain House (DD), Maano Ya Na Maano (Zee TV), Yeh Hai Raaz (Star Plus), Rajni (DD Metro), Commander (Zee) & Kab Kyon Kahan (Zee TV). Abhigyan began his tryst with the television world as an Assistant Director to Anand Mahendroo, when he also co-wrote with his wife Mrinal Jha, the popular serial Rajani featuring Priya Tendulkar. He has worked with major shows and movies with leading production houses such as Merchant Ivory Productions, Magna Television, In House Productions, Reliance Gaming Channel, Mudra Videotec, UTV, Cinevistaas, Contiloe Films, iDream Productions, Balaji Telefilms and Sahara One Motion Pictures. Abhigyan has also written 4 books. One of them, November Rain: became a primetime television series called Tum Bin Jaoon Kahan, on India's leading TV channel: Zee TV. He has also produced 2 major TV shows for two of India’s biggest broadcasters Star Plus & Zee TV. In 2009, Abhigyan Jha created history by launching the World's First Full Format TV Show exclusively for the Internet, Jay Hind! The late Night Show has since been hailed as a Paradigm Changer by the entertainment fraternity and is also hugely popular with millions of views. Jay Hind! has now created further History by becoming the First Internet Show anywhere in the World to be Syndicated on Broadcast TV, nationally. The Late Night Show on Viacom18 owned COLORS is the Broadcast version of Jayhind.tv. The landmark show also airs as Jay Hind! 7 nights a Week in Canada on Bollywood Times. In 2011, The Indian Television Academy changed its rules & added ONLINE TV as an alternative broadcast Format in their Yearly Awards just for Jay Hind! It is the first time anywhere in the world that Internet TV has been given parity with Broadcast TV in all Categories. Jay Hind! competed against Broadcast TV shows and not just in the Digital media category & Abhigyan Jha was NOMINATED for Best Director-Comedy in India AT THE ITA AWARDS! It's the first time ever that an Online show got nominated alongside Broadcast shows. The success of Jay Hind! has now spawned an International version in English called Better Late Than Never (BLTN.tv) and is the first GlobaLocal Late Night Show Exclusively for Mobile Internet.
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