The Departed

'Aasman Se Aage' is an Indian Hindi language television drama that first aired on Life OK. It premiered on 23 April 2012 and was telecast from Monday to Friday at 10:30 pm IST. The last episode of the show aired on 13 July 2012. Each episode was 24 minutes in duration. In April 2012, the first Maha Episode of ASA was aired which was 46 minutes. Two more Maha Episodes were aired in May & June 2012. On 11 June 2012, it was confirmed that Life Ok was going to change the program line-up, and on doing this they decided to end Aasman Se Aage due to it getting constant low trp's. The decision lead to protests from many die-hard fans of the show - the channel was criticized for cancelling the show within 2 months of its airing, leading to speculation that the decision may have been politically motivated. The show tells the story of Meenakshi, a talented but poor slum girl who gets the opportunity of a lifetime to be on a dance reality show on TV called Aasman Se Aage. ASA was both a drama about dancing as well as a critical examination of reality shows, laying bare behind-the-scene exploitation and manipulations of the medium. It was promoted with the tagline 'the reality behind reality shows'.