Satyamev Jayate is a TV series starring Aamir Khan, Devendra Singh Gaur, and Sridevi. Aamir Khan hosts and produces this documentary/talkshow that explores the social issues affecting modern India.
Release Date: May 2012
10. Satyamev Jayate Ka Safar
Season 1, Episode 14
Satyamev Jayate brought crores of people together, with a result that no other television show has achieved. For the team behind the creation of Satyamev Jayate, it was a journey that began more than two years ago. Find out what their experiences were, and how people all over India and abroad have reacted to this path-breaking programme.
9. When Masculinity Harms Men
Season 3, Episode 6
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8. Toxic Food
Season 1, Episode 8
For decades our food and water have been contaminated by powerful, harmful pesticides which have been promoted as necessary for better agricultural output. But the reality is that we don’t need pesticides for better yield, and their use is not only deadly for health but results in expensive farming methods. The solution is to adopt organic farming, which is possible and profitable, as the state of Sikkim has shown.
7. Intolerance to Love
Air Date: 3 Jun. 2012Season 1, Episode 5
The fifth episode focused on unacceptability of love marriage in Indian culture, and also threw the limelight of honor killing in the country.
6. Marriage or Marketplace?
Season 1, Episode 3
Most people dream of a lavish wedding but the reality in India is that expensive wedding celebrations and heavy dowry demands end up making brides’ lives miserable and ruining their families.
5. Nurturing Mental Health
Season 3, Episode 5
In the last few years, around 1,35,000 Indians have committed suicide every year. Mental illnesses, especially depression, is one of the leading causes. The segment most affected is the young-those who belong to the 15 to 30 years age group. Modern society’s attempt to compress a 100 years of living within 10 years is affecting mental harmony. Hence, it is important to be clued to the signs of depression, when there is no joy in living and even the smallest of tasks seem very difficult.
4. Daughters Are Precious: Female Foeticide
Air Date: 6 May 2012Season 1, Episode 1
Large-scale killing of girls before birth has led to a serious gender imbalance in the Indian population, and severe social problems as a result.
3. Break the Silence: Child Sexual Abuse
Air Date: 13 May 2012Season 1, Episode 2
As many as 53 per cent, or one in every two children, are victims of child sexual abuse, which often happens at the hands of a trusted person, within the home. A robust and specific law against child sexual abuse is needed.
2. Every Life Is Precious
Season 1, Episode 4
The fourth episode of the show threw light on the frail health care system prevalent in the country.
1. Persons with Disabilities
Season 1, Episode 6
The problems faced by people with disabilities in their day to day life.