Genre Non-Fiction Original language(s) Hindi No. of episodes 26 | Country of origin India No. of seasons 1 Running time 60 minutes | |
Mid- Wicket Tales with Naseeruddin Shah is an Indian television Hindi entertainment cricket based show which aired on the Epic Channel. The show is hosted by veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah. In his own versatile narrative style, Shah explores the many interesting untold stories of Indian cricket.
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Show Summary
‘Mid-Wicket Tales with Naseeruddin Shah’ takes viewers on a journey of many untold stories of Indian cricket. Naseeruddin Shah, a distinguished Bollywood actor and theatre person, brings alive the experiences on-screen through his unique story-telling. Each episode covers various aspects and attributes of the game interspersed with trivia and anecdotes.
The show takes on several themes in each episode like captains, fast bowlers, spinners, wicket-keepers, glamour and more. The show captures many personalities narrating cricketing experiences and stories including Sharmila Tagore on Tiger Pataudi, Shashi Tharoor, Nari Contractor, Bishan Singh Bedi, Charu Sharma among others. Some of the cricketers featured on the show are Tiger Pataudi, Kapil Dev, Vijay Hazare, Syed Kirmani, Ravi Shastri, Farookh Engineer and M S Dhoni.
The show premiered on 10 July 2015 with 26 episodes of 60 minutes each. The show was launched during the channel’s ‘EPIC at 10’ campaign alongside the shows ‘Stories By Rabindranath Tagore’ and ‘Jaane Pehchaane with Javed Akhtar’. The channel launched the 3 shows with all featuring in the top 5 shows on the channel.
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Production
The show is produced by Greymatter Films.