The
sensitive,
yet
harsh
reality
of
female
infanticide
in
India
became
the
first
issue
Mr
Perfectionist
Aamir
Khan
tackled
with
his
TV
debut
Satyamev
Jayate
(Truth
Alone
Prevails)
on
Star
Plus
this
week.
The
premier
episode
evoked
mixed
response
with
thousands
immediately
taking
to
social
media
to
voice
their
opinions.
Many
compared
it
to
the
Oprah
Winfrey
Show
of
the
West,
but
remained
unsure
how
it
will
shape
up
in
the
times
to
come.
“Aamir
Khan
trying
to
be
the
Indian
Oprah!
Disappointing.
He
is
sooo
fake,”
posted
Apar
Dham
who
has
studied
media.
K
Himaanshu
Shukla
of
Scrutiny
blog
found
the
show,
“Aamir
Khan's
emotional
atyachaar”.
He
posted
a
status
message
saying,
“I
was
expecting
something
different.”
But
not
everyone
was
skeptical
of
Aamir’s
‘crusade
pop-pourri’.
Filmmaker
Ramesh
Taurani
praised
the
actor
on
his
Blackberry
Messenger
calling
him
“the
best”.
Abhigyan
Jha,
the
producer
of
the
online
show
Jay
Hind,
said
the
show
reminded
him
of
the
days
when
he
“sat
writing
Rajani
with
the
belief
that
it
would
change
the
country”.
He
added
on
Twitter
that
he
wasn’t
a
fan
of
Aamir,
but
thought
it
is
a
show
“well
done”.
“If
I
were
him,
I
would
have
tried
to
do
a
similar
show.
Somethings
have
to
be
done,”
added
Abhigyan.
“Satyamev
Jayate
is
the
Naya
Bharat
after
Mahabharat,”
wrote
producer
Manish
Goswami.
“Hats
off
to
Aamir
Khan
for
walking
the
road
less
traveled
and
attempting
to
serve
humanity
by
inspiring
millions,”
said
film
exhibitor
Akshaye
Rathi
on
Facebook.
Bollywood
PR
guru
Dale
Bhagwagar
wasn’t
yet
sure
if
Aamir’s
crusade
through
the
show
-
Satyamev
Jayate,
could
effectively
turn
into
a
movement.
However,
on
a
positive
note,
he
concluded,
“The
fact
that
Aamir
has
managed
to
make
a
hardcore
entertainment
channel
see
reason
to
spend
their
crores
on
an
idealistic
cause,
should
be
enough
to
cheer
us
up
for
now.”