'Shekhar has lost his edge. Just see what happened to 'Tedhi Baat'. I made 10 really funny episodes with Kunal Kumar, Gaurav Gera and Sidharth Randeria. Shekhar was supposed to market the show as a co-producer. But when he saw that the episodes were really funny, he decided to work in it. When he decided to work in the show, I walked out because it wasn't fair to the original actors who did such a terrific job,' said Jha.

The director says he wanted to re-launch 'Movers & Shakers' on Sony TV in 2001, but it couldn't be possible due to creative differences.

To generate interest regarding 'Jai Hind', Jha has also come up with a new concept called 'Boothnath' - he plans to set up booths where people can vent their anger in front of the camera.

'We plan to put these booths up all over the country. From September first week, every week there will be two episodes and once we have a sizeable viewership of say 500,000, we will shift to a daily format. Finally, the plan is to go live once we have one million subscribers,' he said.

' 'Jay Hind' is a celebration of free India. It is also a celebration of the strong India that doesn't mind laughing at its ironies and follies.'

Jha directed the movie 'Sacred Evil' and authored the novel 'November Rain'. He says the novel was based on a reincarnation incident that he experienced himself. His literary work was later adapted into an episodic television series, 'Tum Bin Jaoon Kahan' that was aired on Zee TV in 2004.

Apart from that Jha has also been writing stories and screenplays for both Indian and international media.

(Nabeel A. Khan can be contacted at nabeel.k@ians.in)