Durga Jasraj

Durga Jasraj (12 September 1964) is an Original Content Producer, focussing on creating indigenous IPs and formats for multiple mediums, viz. Live, Television, Online, Mobile VAS, Radio, CD/DVDs. She founded "Art And Artistes (I) Pvt. Ltd.", an entertainment programming company in 1999. She subsequently co-founded Indian Music Academy (IMA) in 2006.

Early life

Durga Jasraj was born in Mumbai to classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj and Madhura Pandit. She has an older brother, music director Sharang Dev. Her maternal grandfather was legendary Bollywood director V. Shantaram.

Career

Durga started her career as a classical vocalist when she was only seven. After making her acting debut in Ketan Anand's Aaja Meri Jaan (1993), she acted in TV series like, Chandrakanta (1994). She performed as a Hindustani classical singer and along with her father for many years.

Television presenter

She became popular on Zee TV's show, Antakshari as a co-host with Annu Kapoor during the 1990s.

She co-founded Indian Music Academy (IMA) in 2006, with her father as a chief patron. The organization promotes various forms of Indian music. It was formally inaugurated on February 18, 2006, by then-President A P J Abdul Kalam at Mumbai’s National Centre for the Performing Arts.

Chhota Bheem

Chhota Bheem is an Indian animated comedy-adventure series. First premiered in 2008 on Pogo TV, it focuses on adventures of a boy named Bheem & his friends in fictional city-state of Dholakpur. In this series Bheem & his friends are usually involved in protecting king Indravarma of Dholakpur to save the city-state from various evil forces. Sometimes they are seen helping other Kingdoms as well. It is one of the popular animated series in India which is loved by many people.

The series Chotta Bheem was created by Rajiv Chilaka, CEO of Green Gold Animation. Raj Viswanadha, Arun Shendurnikar, Nidhi Anand, Shridisha Dilip have written stories. As of today more than 400 episodes,29 movies have been released and aired.

Plot

Mighty Raju

Mighty Raju is an Indian animated series of films aimed at young children that focuses on the adventures of Raju, a 4 year old boy in the city of AryamanNagar. The series is a spin-off of the popular Chhota Bheem series and is produced by the same company. Merchandise for the series has included items such as bicycles.

Synopsis

Raju is an intelligent young boy with a strong moral code and super-human strength. As a result he is willing to risk his own safety while trying to do good in the world, all without any expectation of reward. Raju received his super powers due to a compound created by his scientist father Swami. The compound, called Neutrino, was accidentally consumed by Swami's then-pregnant wife Sandhya, who had mistaken it for a beverage. This caused Raju to be born with super-human powers, which he must use to fight the evil Karati, his father's former science partner.

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