TUC The Lighter Side of Life explained

Genre:Talk show
Creator:TUC
Director:Sabiha Sumar
Shahbaz Sumar
Creative Director:IAL Saatchi & Saatchi
Presenter:Mahira Khan
Opentheme:Digitz Media
Country:Pakistan
Language:Urdu
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:13
Executive Producer:
  • Sami Wahid
  • Naveed Shigri
  • Ali Amjad
  • Muhammad Adeel
Producer:Abdullah Kadwani
Asad Qureshi (7th Sky Entertainment)
Runtime:50 minutes
Channel:

TUC: The Lighter Side of Life is a talk show for famous celebrities presented by TUC Pakistan. This show is centered on the guest’s personal life, careers and relationship with the paparazzi amongst several others, allowing viewers to receive casual and light-hearted insights into the lives of their favorite celebrities. First episode of season 1 was aired on Hum TV hosted by Mahira Khan on 14 December 2013 starring Ali Zafar as a guest while the last episode of season 1 was aired on 8 March 2014 in which Fawad Khan appeared as a guest.

Overview

The Lighter Side of Life is the production of 7th Sky Entertainment. The show airs every Saturday at 9:10 pm exclusively on Hum TV. Other media partners are PTV Home, A-Plus and Apna TV.[1] Different guests are invited who may be actors, singers or even cricketers and interviewed about their personal life while keeping the mode of show light. Mahira makes this show interesting by asking the guest to act out a scene, by making them sing and having a segment known as turqi ba turqi in which guests have to answer rapidly and later there is a picture segment where the guest have to say the first thing flashing in their mind after the respective picture is displayed.

Guests

The guest list of season 1 includes Shoaib Akhtar, Bushra Ansari, Zeba Bakhtiar, Hareem Sheikh, Saba Hameed, Shehreyar and Adeel, Ali Azmat, Shoaib Malik, Fawad Khan, Ali Zafar, Javed Shaikh, Sanam Saeed, and Ayesha Omer.[2] [3]

Season 1

Episode #DateGuest(s)Ref
1 14 December [4]
2 21 December [5]
3 28 December [6]
4 4 January [7]
5 11 January [8]
6 18 January [9]
7 25 January [10]
8 1 February [11]
9 8 February [12]
10 15 February [13]
11 22 February [14]
12 1 March [15]
13 8 March [16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mariya Shuja. The Lighter Side of Life with Mahira Khan by TUC. NewsMedia247. 26 December 2013.
  2. Web site: Mariam Shafiq. Lighter side of life - first look at celebrities. Reviewit. 26 December 2013.
  3. Web site: Zubia Rizvi. First Look – TUC The Lighter Side of Life with Mahira Khan. Blush. 26 December 2013.
  4. Web site: Ali Zafar on ‘Lighter Side of Life’ with Mahira Khan – Episode 1. NewsMedia247. Nimra Alam. 19 January 2014.
  5. Web site: Review: Bushra Ansari in TUC The lighter side of life. Desi Rants and Raves. 21 February 2014.
  6. Web site: Review: Shoaib Malik in TUC The lighter side of life. Desi Rants and Raves. 21 February 2014.
  7. Web site: TUC The Lighter Side of Life with Talat Hussain. Awaz.tv. 21 February 2014.
  8. News: Shoaib Akhtar to appear on ‘TUC: The Lighter Side of Life’. 19 January 2014. Daily Times. 10 January 2014.
  9. Web site: TUC Lighter Side Of Life By Mahira Khan With Adeel Hussain & Sheharyar Munawar. Showbiz Spice. 9 March 2014.
  10. Web site: TUC Lighter Side Of Life By Mahira Khan With Saba Hamid. Showbiz Spice. 9 March 2014.
  11. Web site: TUC Lighter Side Of Life By Mahira Khan With Sanam Saeed & Ayesha Omer. Showbiz Spice. 9 March 2014.
  12. Web site: TUC Lighter Side Of Mahira Khan With Javed Sheikh. Showbiz Spice. 9 March 2014.
  13. News: Tooba Altaf. Tuc the lighter side of life with Zeba Bakhtiar on 15 February: full video and review. 9 March 2014. The News Tribe. 17 February 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140304212855/http://www.thenewstribe.com/2014/02/17/tuc-the-lighter-side-of-life-with-zeba-bakhtiar-on-15-february-full-video-and-review/. 4 March 2014. dmy-all.
  14. Web site: TUC Lighter Side Of Life By Mahira Khan With Bilal & Faisal (Strings). Showbiz Spice. 9 March 2014.
  15. Web site: TUC Lighter Side Of Life By Mahira Khan With Ali Azmat. Showbiz Spice. 9 March 2014.
  16. News: Fawad Khan to appear on ‘The Lighter Side of Life’ season finale. 9 March 2014. Daily Times. 6 March 2014.