Discovery to simulcast show on Oprah's India visit

MUMBAI: Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey captures her experience in India in a two-part show, ?Oprah?s Next Chapter?, that will simulcast on Discovery Channel, TLC and Discovery Channel Tamil from 20-21 July at 8 pm.

In Oprah?s Next Chapter, she discloses her emotional link that she could feel for the people and culture during her visit to first India this year.

Discovery South Asia senior VP, GM Rahul Johri said, ?Discovery Channel takes viewers to rediscover India with one of the most iconic television personalities in the world. Oprah has connected with audience through her chat shows and in Oprah?s Next Chapter, she transitions to a new phase in her life. Audience will see her embrace Indian culture through in-depth conversations with people from different walks of life.?

Upon arrival in Mumbai, Oprah accompanies Australian author Gregory David Roberts of bestselling novel Shantaram to make a trip to the slums and to meet a family of five members living on a meagre salary. She is moved by the aspirations of the family which lives, eats, cooks and sleeps in a 10-foot-by-10-foot concrete room.

Oprah also gets enthused by the close-knit Indian families when she is invited to visit an upper-middle-class family which has four generations living happily under one roof. She also dines her first traditional Indian meal in a thali.

Oprah is invited to a party hosted by industrialist Parmeshwar and Adi Godrej and is pleasantly surprised by the grandeur of the night which has celebrated guests from Mumbai?s glitterati and Bollywood including A.R. Rahman, Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and others. On her way to the party, Oprah halts to meet leading Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai and the Bachchan family. She also reveals her favourite fit as she is draped in a traditional saree designed by leading designer Tarun Tahiliani.

In the second episode, Opray travels to Taj Mahal in Agra to see the epitome of love. Her next destination is Jaipur, where she is mesmerised by the land of extremes to see camels wandering along other vehicles on its metropolitan city streets. She sits down with spiritual guru Deepak Chopra for a thought-provoking conversation on spirituality, karma, aging and meditation.

Oprah is invited to the Palace walls of Jaipur where the Royal Family gives her a traditional Indian regal welcome. She travels to Vrindavan and goes inside a shelter run by Dr. V. Mohini Giri?s Guild for Service, which provides safe haven, job training and dignity to more than 100 displaced women.

Oprah gets inspired by the spirituality and harmony and draws her views on the paradox realities.

It is after 25 years of her stint with television and having interviewed over 28,000 guests that Oprah has stepped out of the studio to have conversation with newsmakers, celebrities and ordinary people.

Oprah said, "After 25 years I got myself out of the studio chairs. I moved into the next chapter, and I am having more fun than ever - moving around the country and the world talking to people I?m really interested in getting to know and I think viewers will be, too. It is so energising to be out and about in the world exploring new people, new places and new ideas."

Meanwhile, Discovery will air a four part special on the Olympic Games every Sunday at 7 pm from 8 July. This will show the amount of preparation that London has done to get ready for the sporting spectacle in terms of things like logistics, engineering and preparing various facilities.