kolkata the star tv bouquet of channels was taken off mso manthans platform on thursday evening leaving more than 25 lakh cable tv homes across kolkata in the lurch the switchoff came after manthan allegedly failed to clear its dues to the broadcasteraccording to a cable industry source a cheque of rs 35 crore issued by manthan had bounced forcing star to take the stern step this is the second time since last june that star channels have been taken off the manthan platformthe blackout comes close on the heels of a ceasework by actors stalling the telecast of tv serials on star jalsha the strike was called off on thursday promising the return of daily soaps but star jalsha one of the most popular bengali entertainment channels will remain off air at manthan homes this is unfair despite paying for all the channels manthan is repeatedly depriving us twomonths ago star channels were off for over a week said behala resident debjani bosethe june blackout forced manthan subscribers across kolkata to miss several wimbledon matches that beamed live on star sports among the channels that went off air on thursday were star sports star gold star utsav movies ok star movies star movies action star jalsha and jalsha movies other regional star channels have gone off air as wellsony tv too had taken its channels off manthan during the fifa world cup last june it led to a furore among subscribers that forced many operators to pirate sonys sports channels from other networks a similar fracas is expected once serials return on star jalsha later this week manthan will struggle to find a solution for while they cant ignore the subscribers they will find it very difficult to pay off stars dues said an industry veteran manthan director sudip ghosh could not be reached for his comments