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Istanbul is undoubtedly one of the most dynamic and exotic cities in the world. This is where the East meets West. Where the past and present have collided and resulted in a great vibrant city. Cities of the Underworld on Wednesday (November 21) at 10 pm on History Channel visits the pulsating city to find why it scores over many of the best cities of the world. Once the capital city of three of the world’s most powerful empires, the Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman, its strategic location made it the perfect spot for empires to rise, fall and rise again. Today Istanbul’s 11 million residents are walking on top of the remnants of these fallen civilisations — literally. Taxis drive over parts of Constantine’s Lost Great Palace, children play on cobblestone streets concealing a massive Byzantine dungeon, a high school sits on a third century wall leading to the bowels of a 100,000-seat ancient Roman hippodrome and basement’s of old Ottoman homes lead to subterranean tunnels and secret cisterns. Teamed with leading archaeologists and experts, the show peels back the layers of the past to reveal a hidden history that hasn’t seen the light of day for ages. Mystical touch
Though it’s 600 episodes old yet Saarthi on Star Plus shows no signs of tiring. To keep the viewer interest alive, the show has taken a two-year leap and introduced four characters. But yet, all’s not well it seems. The production house is apparently facing some trouble after the induction of the newcomers. News has it there have been some ‘cat fights’ on the show between the new stars and previous senior actors. But Gurpreet, who essays the role of Rudr in the show, has been patching things up.`A0Ironically, Saarthi addresses problem faced by people in their daily lives and how the mystical Lord Krishna comes to sort out matters. Gurpreet claims to be a devotee of Lord Krishna, who, he says, gave him strength to save the show from backroom chaos. — NF
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