Background: ASK Productions was run by Indian film director and producer Abdul Sattar Khan.
1st Logo (January 13, 1983)[]
Logo: On a moving vortex-like background with many colors and smoke, a silhouette of a crescent and a star slowly fades in. It then slowly illuminates itself to reveal a picture of a mosque with a Kaaba in the middle, all encrusted in gold with ten dark striped lines on it. Below it is the text "ASK" and a crescent which says "PRODUCTIONS" with stars between. It stays still for over a few seconds until we finally fade to black.
FX/SFX: Everything on this logo, all done with cheap graphics.
Music/Sounds: Somber-sounding traditional Indian music with a piano, a lyre and a tampura, followed by a very deep announcer saying something in Hindi.
Availability: Seen only on Ek Bar Chale Aao.
Editor's Note: The depressing music and psychedelic animated ambience might unnerve some. The announcer also contributes as well.
1st Logo (January 5, 1989-March 22, 1991)[]
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Logo: On a black background, there is the word "ask" on top of a yellow pedestal with a filmstrip sitting on the right side of the letter "a". On the pedestal consists of the word "PRODUCTIONS" in black and 3 black stars can be seen on the right side of the pedestal. Below the pedestal is the word "PRESENTS" in yellow.
Variant: On In India Today, the entire logo is yellow and zooms towards the camera with a blur effect against a ed background. "Presents" is now in a cursive font.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The first notes of the Captain Barry theme.
Music/Sounds Variant: In India Today uses a rapidly descending string theme ending with a two-note orchestral sting.
Availability: Seen only on Tujhe Nahin Chhodunga and In India Today.