Innumerable
melodramatic
family
dramas
and
romantic
sagas
are
currently
dominating
the
small
screen
and
filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
is
hoping
to
break
the
clutter
with
his
finite
series
"Yudh".
He
says
if
the
medium
allows
"good" tales,
he's
ready
to
make
more
for
it.
"Yudh",
due
to
go
on
air
in
July
on
Sony
Entertainment
Television,
marks
the
entry
of
Bollywood
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan
into
the
fiction
space
on
TV
-
a
medium
whose
face
he
changed
when
he
first
stepped
in
as
the
host
of
"Kaun
Banega
Crorepati" in
2000.
To
be
shown
for
a
fixed
number
of
episodes
a
la
Anil
Kapoor-starrer
"24",
the
show
also
stars
actors
like
Sarika,
Kay
Kay
Menon
and
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui.
"I
hope
new
TV
content
emerges
after
this,
and
I
hope
TV
becomes
so
respectful
that
we
start
doing
more
(for)
TV,"
Kashyap
told
on
the
sidelines
of
the
Ladakh
International
Film
Festival.
"I
would
like
to
tell
longer
stories
(on
the
small
screen).
If
television
allows
good
content,
there's
so
much
more
we
can
do
on
TV,"
added
the
maker
of
films
like
"Black
Friday",
"Dev
D"
and
"Gangs
of
Wasseypur".
In
"Yudh",
co-produced
by
Amitabh's
production
company
Saraswati
Creations
with
Endemol
India,
Big
B
plays
Yudhistir
Sikarwar,
a
construction
company
owner,
who
is
battling
an
illness
as
well
as
the
complexities
in
his
personal
relationships.
Going
by
the
trailers,
it
looks
like
the
viewers
have
something
different
and
gripping
to
look
forward
to
on
the
small
screen.
Is
there
something
else
in
the
pipeline?
"We
are
waiting
for
the
response
to
'Yudh',
but
at
the
same
time
we're
planning
to
do
more
stuff
on
TV,"
Kashyap
said
during
the
chat,
which
happened
Saturday
after
the
screening
of
his
upcoming
film
"Ugly".