A themed episode revolving around misfortune of orphans, led to an unbelievable turn-of-events on the sets of Drama Juniors Championship, a Telugu reality show which runs on Zee Telugu. The episode telecasted on March 3 at 9 PM on the channel, reunited a family with their 8-year-old son who went missing in 2016 during the Ganesh puja festival celebration in Dilsukhnagar.
As a part of this experiential episode, children from Sudheer Foundation joined the contestants in taking the stage to express their grief. Post the telecast of this heartfelt episode, a family approached the channel about their missing child three years ago during festival celebration in Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad.
During the trial run of the episode, a boy named Teja finally reunited with his parents and emotions ran high on the sets.
The eight-year-old Teja did not seem to have a strong recollection of the past. This was taken to court, that was followed by a hearing. On February 19, the court declared that Teja is lawfully the child claimed by the parents. Today, Teja is waiting for his exams to end and to move back home.
According to a report in The New Indian Express, a channel spokesperson said, “With the numerous popular reality shows running on our channel, the dream has always remained to make other’s dreams come true.
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“To be able to translate that into reality,to such a large capacity, is something that Zee Telugu is fortunate to be a part of. We wish the family all the very best in their journey, and we hope to be able to continue to transform lives through our platform, and the support of our ardent viewers,” the spokesperson adds.
A joyous celebration followed at the Foundation, on the channel, and of course in the lives of the family reunited.
Drama Juniors is aired twice a week on Zee Telugu and has kids aged between 4-14 acting out skits on wide-ranging topics.
