Aasman Se Aage replaces Zindagi Kahe - Smile Please

Gayatri Yadav, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Star India, said, "HHIL in just its second edition has emerged as a truly global league and has attracted the world's best Hockey talent to its fold. We will complement the standard of the league and mount a special production effort to showcase Hockey like it has never been done before. We will create an exciting visual spectacle for Hockey fans. We will present 'The new face of Hockey'.”

Nitin Kukreja, head of sports business for Star India said, "We want to create a multi-sport culture in India. Cricket is already big and we want to grow other sports like hockey as well. To do that production and how it looks on the screen is very important."

Commenting on this occasion, Hemal Jhaveri, Executive Vice President, Star Gold said, “Being one of the leading Hindi movie channels in India, our aim has always been to provide a quality entertainment experience to our viewers. We have always believed in crafting differentiated and entertaining programming specials for our audience, underlining our commitment to bring them the latest and best of Bollywood. The Republic Day programming special ‘Asli Hero’ is our initiative to present our nation