Ali 369, entertainer or harassment?

Ali 369, the game show aired on ETV on Wednesday night prime time at 9.30 pm turned out to be a nightmare to some of the participants and they couldn’t hide their feelings either, nor could they be edited.

To start with the game show anchored by popular comedian Ali, has three groups and a very healthy (lots of calories, say fat) person in each group. It is not a show where IQ is tested but it has elements of running around and jumping over.

Just imagine the plight of big boys and girls panting and grasping for breath to complete the show.

In the first show chubby actress Geeta Singh and her partner, TV Anchor Kishore Kumar Das and his partner along with Tirupathi Prakash participated which had lot or running around, jumping and other physical demands which are many knots beyond any normal game show.

Of the many rounds, sitting on an erratic spring bull for 60 seconds after wading through an inflatable podium seems to be the most gruesome for chubby souls. It took lot of effort for Geeta Singh to reach the bull, with the help of co participants. Climbing the bull itself was another feat. After she managed to reach atop the jerks and churning of the bull came into play and she was dislodged in half the time.

Though she could keep her composure she did cry out that her head was spinning at one point of time.

Kishore Das, the other chubby participant, said no to the horrific form and his partner, who plays the role of K Roshaiah in the political parody, Evadi Gola Vadidi, took up the challenge and lost it by just five seconds.

In a bid of solidarity, Ali himself mounted the bull and fell down after halftime. This apart there is some running around arranging photos of artistes under the film’s name and digging out the balls from a maze are some of the physically challenging rounds.

Though some of the rounds like ‘not reacting’ to anything for 60 seconds questions on the scene just enacted look interesting the jumping jingle is too hard on the participants though it evokes humour sometimes, it is sad to see them struggle.

Who is the Katravalli, needs to be fine tuned.

The channel airs some mashing hits like Padutha Teeyaga and WOW.