7 RCR (TV series)

This article is about the television series. For the official residence of PM of India, see 7, Race Course Road.

7 RCR
Also known as	7 RCR...Projecting India's Future
Genre	Documentary
Directed by	Puneet Sharma
Starring	Chetan Bhagat
Narrated by	Chetan Bhagat
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	15
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	ABP News
Release	11 January (2014-01-11) – 29 March 2014 (2014-03-29)

7 RCR...Projecting India's Future is an Indian television politics-based reality series/documentary series, hosted by Indian author, columnist, and speaker Chetan Bhagat on Hindi news channel ABP News, which premiered on 11 January 2014.[1] This is a show of dramatized biographies of all those who have the mettle to make it to 7, Race Course Road, the Prime Minister's official residence, presented in the most interesting manner.[2] It aims to bring to the audience the never seen before facts of Indian history. The 7 RCR show started immediately after the much critically acclaimed Pradhanmantri (TV Series) hosted by Shekhar Kapur.[3][4] 7 RCR is a show in lead up to 2014 Indian general election.[5][6][7] Raghi Papiya Joshi and Sohan Thakur are casting Directors of the show. It showed 8 possible candidates for PM of India. The series is re-launched post-election with episodes on Narendra Modi's journey to 7RCR on 24 May 2014.[8]

Cast

• Susheel Parashar as Ambalal Khosti, RSS Pracharak
• Navni Parihar as Indira Gandhi
• Mohit Chauhan as Rajiv Gandhi
• Dharmesh Tiwari as Jaswant Singh
• Suzanne Bernert as Sonia Gandhi[9][10]
• Kartik Soni as Rahul Gandhi
• Sangam Rai as Narendra Modi

Episodes

Episode	Topic	Original Air date
1	Story Of Narendra Modi From 1950 To 2001	11 January 2014
2	Story Of Narendra Modi in Controversial Years From 2001 To 2013	18 January 2014
3	Truth Behind Brand Modi	25 January 2014
4	Story Of Rahul Gandhi From 1970 To 2004	1 February 2014
5	Story Behind Not Naming Rahul Gandhi As PM Candidate For 2014 General Elections	8 February 2014
6	Story Of Arvind Kejriwal's Rise	15 February 2014
7	Story Of Arvind Kejriwal – Jan Lokpal Bill To 49 – Day CM Of Delhi	22 February 2014
8	Story Of Nitish Kumar – CM Of Bihar	1 March 2014
9	Story Of Mayawati	8 March 2014
10	Story Of Mulayam Singh Yadav	15 March 2014
11	Story Of Jayalalithaa – AIADMK Supremo	22 March 2014
12	Story Of Mamata Banerjee – CM Of West Bengal	29 March 2014
13	Narendra Modi's Journey From Childhood To 7 RCR	24 May 2014
14	Election Journey Of Narendra Modi To 7 RCR	31 May 2014
15	Masterplan Of Narendra Modi's NDA Govt.	7 June 2014

Episode URLs

Episode	Episode URL
Episode 1	Story Of Narendra Modi From 1950 To 2001
Episode 2	Story Of Narendra Modi In Controversial Years From 2001 To 2013
Episode 3	Truth Behind Brand Modi
Episode 4	Story Of Rahul Gandhi From 1970 To 2004
Episode 5	Story Behind Not Naming Rahul Gandhi As PM Candidate For 2014 General Elections
Episode 6	Story Of Arvind Kejriwal's Rise
Episode 7	Story Of Arvind Kejriwal – Jan Lokpal Bill To 49 – Day CM Of Delhi
Episode 8	Story Of Nitish Kumar – CM Of Bihar
Episode 9	Story Of Mayawati
Episode 10	Story Of Mulayam Singh Yadav
Episode 11	Story Of Jayalalithaa – AIADMK Supremo
Episode 12	Story Of Mamata Banerjee – CM Of West Bengal
Episode 14	Election Journey Of Narendra Modi To 7 RCR
Episode 15	Masterplan Of Narendra Modi's NDA Govt.

Reception

Social media

The show noticed a huge engagement on social media with the #7RCR trending on Twitter for over 4 days in India on its launch. The hashtag was promoted heavily by ABP News through running contest on Twitter started on 18 January 2014. The lucky winners of the #7RCR contest were given iPad Mini.^[citation needed] Following the 7RCR's success, Aaj Tak started a documentary series named Aandolan, which is narrated by Om Puri.[11]

Controversies

The producer of this series, ABP News, came under controversy over showing Arvind Kejriwal under negative light.^[citation needed] Use of language on defining every aspect of his life has been overly negative.^[citation needed] Arvind Kejriwal himself tweeted about his surprise over the episode on his life. ABP News itself in under criticism for producing biased news.^[citation needed].

On the contrary, ABP News has appealed to Arvind Kejriwal to tell about the 'fictional' part of the show and has mentioned that he will be given space to clarify his stand.[12]

See also

• Pradhanmantri (TV Series)
• Samvidhaan (TV Series)
• Bharatvarsh (TV Series)

External links

• 7RCR Contest
• 7RCR website on ABP News

References

1. "Chetan Bhagat's '7 RCR' to go on air Jan 11". Business Standard India. IANS. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
2. "RACE FOR 7 RCR BEGINS ON ABP NEWS".
3. "ABP to telecast new show '7 RCR'". Business Standard India. IANS. Press Trust of India. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
4. "7 RCR- A New Series on ABP News". 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
5. "Chetan Bhagat's '7 RCR' to go on air Jan 11". 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
6. "Chetan Bhagat to narrate biographies of PM candidates in ABP News' new show 7 RCR". 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
7. "Write things-Mumbai Mirror". 11 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
8. "Re-launch of ABP News' popular show 7 RCR; chance to win an iPad mini".
9. "Suzanne Bernert to play Sonia Gandhi". The Times of India.
10. "Playing Sonia Gandhi - Newspaper - DAWN.COM". 9 February 2014.
11. "Aaj Tak launches AANDOLAN". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
12. "ABP News stands by 7 RCR, requests Kejriwal to tell what is fictional in show, the channel will be happy to carry it". Retrieved 22 February 2014.