MUMBAI:  Star India‘s Bangla regional channel Star Jalsha secured the leadership position in the genre, while in the Bhojpuri regional channel genre Bhojpuri Cinema led the chart.  Colors Kannada continues to lead the Kannada regional section.  Zee Marathi led the Marathi channel genre, while in the Oriya and Tamil genres Sarthak TV and Sun TV led the sections respectively in week 46 of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India, all India (U + R) data. 

Bangla GECs

Star Jalsha continues to lead the genre and secured the first position with 234375 (000Sums) followed by Zee Bangla on second berth with 138668 (000Sums) and Jalsha Movies on third berth with 77649 (000 Sums).  Aakaash Aath and Colors Bangla bagged fourth and fifth places with 36600 (000Sums) and 33549 (000Sums) respectively.

Bhojpuri GECs

Bhojpuri Cinema led the Bhojpuri genre with 41361 (000Sums) followed by Big Magic Ganga in second spot with 38455 (000Sums) and Dabangg on third place with 15768 (000Sums). Dangal TV and ETV Bihar Jharkhand were place at the fourth and fifth spots with 9599 (000Sums) and 6326 (000Sums) respectively.

Kannada GECs

Colors Kannada continues to lead the genre and garnered first position with 300188 (000Sums) followed by Udaya Movies in second spot with 156491 (000Sums) and Suvarna on third berth with 139570 (000Sums). Zee Kannada grabbed fourth place with 134709 (000Sums) while Udaya TV bagged fifth place with 114916 (000Sums).

Marathi GECs

Zee Marathi continues to lead the genre with 136053 (000Sums) followed by Colors Marathi in second place with 69438 (000Sums) and Zee Talkies placed third with 67347 (000Sums). Star Pravah and Maiboli grabbed fourth and fifth slot with 51156 (000Sums) and 23360 (000Sums) respectively.

Oriya GECs

Sarthak TV secured the leadership position in the genre with 94201 (000Sums) followed by Tarang TV on second spot with 62666 (000Sums) and Colors Oriya on third with 21501 (000Sums). Odisha TV and Prarthana grabbed fourth and fifth berth with 18407 (000Sums)and 11993 (000Sums) respectively.

Tamil GECs

Sun TV continues to lead the Tamil regional channel genre with 983740 (000Sums) followed by KTV and Star Vijay on second and third slot with 323638 (000Sums) and 155297 (000Sums) respectively.  Polimer grabbed the fourth spot with 106821 (000Sums) while Adithya TV with 74029 (000Sums) bagged fifth place.