10 August 2020 10:57 am
Iconic TV duo Thanuja and Narada embark on another ‘mission possible’ with Helidarawwa
The Thanuja-Narada twosome blend that ignited the small screen, dishing out wholesome, entertaining content, has now taken another challenging step fighting all odds, to generate and promote good journalism on digital platforms. “Today people’s mind sets have been blurred or corrupted by the misconception that gossip, obscenity or the spread of wrong public opinion on social media platforms are in big demand.
But we feel that serving people with the right dose of wholesome content and steering them in the direction of humanity is the biggest need of the hour. Propagating content with low taste will only plunge this generation into nothing but disaster. So during the past Covid-19 crisis period, I together with Narada and our team, decided to work on some realistic projects which indeed became eye-openers. During such difficult phases, the spotlight swirled lesser on some marginalised sections in our society. Therefore, through our programme series titled ‘HELIDARAWWA’ we focused on those affected by the pandemic, gender minority community, differently-abled sections and others.
I and Narada became the voice for those voiceless people in our own society. Besides the overwhelming feedback we received, the positive and most significant aspect we grasped from this mission is that today there is a huge and extensive vacuum in the media for good journalism. Good journalism really matters today with the advancement of digital media, largely because it can serve as a sieve to sift through the right information and prevent the propagation of half truths. We feel, social media and digital platforms especially have the potential to become the new media universe that can have a huge positive impact on society, depending on the right content,” Thanuja told Daily Mirror Life Impulse.
Social media and digital platforms especially have the potential to become the new media universe that can have a huge positive impact on society, depending on the right content