SACH KA SAMNA

I am a TV buff guy, one day I was just surfing channels & saw something catching my eyes. It was a game show named “MOMENT OF TRUTH” broadcasted on STAR WORLD. If I have not watched this serial I would have never believed that show like this do exist. I don’t know whether it was real or just set up………..but whatever it was, it just made me glued to TV for one hour.

If you have no problem with revealing your deepest darkest secrets for a big wad of cash on national television, then this game show is for you. I had never thought that such kind of show will ever be presented by Indian channel as to make it interesting & more appealing its owners ask questions more on sexual life which is not possible in India. So what kind of questions will be there in Indian show which can touch audiences? So continuing the journey of creating cult programming this time Star Plus aired a new show. Yesterday it launched the Indian version of MOMENT OF TRUTH i.e. “SACH KA SAMNA”. It is a psychological game that tests the nerve and integrity of a contestant.

Before I go move forward, let me give you brief what this game show is all about. This show takes strong contestants and straps them into lie detector test (by expert polygraph) and ask them round around 50 questions. Contestants are not aware about the answers they have given i.e. they don’t know whether there answers are correct or not. Only polygraph machine will decide whether there answers were right or wrong.

Host of the show (Rajeev Khandelwal) will then ask you 21 questions for the chance to win 1Crore Rupees. All you have to do is answer these questions honestly. But that’s not so easy as these questions are based on the past of contestant. They have to reveal uncomfortable truths of their life which they have to answer in front of their loved ones. Immediate Family members, friends, bosses are part of the audiences when these devastating questions are given. The questions become darker and more personal as the stakes are raised. You can actually leave the show after reaching certain level.

So, yesterday its first episode was aired & what I observed in the very first episode is that we Indians are very emotional & that’s the things which can touch audiences. All the questions were personal questions targeted on the mother & husband of the contestant. Some of the sample questions are: At some point of life you thought of killing your husband???? God you have to see the face of his husband ….and the answer was TRUE.
Then other includes: Would you like to have sex with third person if your husband is unaware of it? You are living with your husband just because of your kids? etc…

Though it was the first episode but I am sure slowly & gradually it will hit the charts. Although its host is not so good but the kind of questions shooed on the contestants are…………. I don’t know how the contestants will handle there life after the show. Because the kind of questions were asked, left my mouth wide open that MAN how can one answer these questions but……….

From nail biting anxiety to answers that will almost have you fall off your chairs, the show has kept the bout of anxiety high with each contestant. Just for money one can go to what heights as some of the answers can really hurt your near & dear ones. I am not sure what will happen to the people of India…?

I will recommend the channel/media house to please invite elected officials, politicians so that some unsaid truth can be revealed on national television.
But most of all, the million dollar question remains; can an honest person worth Rs. One crore be found on the show.