Gaurav Gera to host celebrity chat show on TV

Actor Gaurav Gera, who has been entertaining viewers with TV shows and with digital gags involving characters like Shopkeepah, Chhutki and Suyash, will now host a celebrity chat show "Chutki Baja Ke".

The show will be aired starting Friday, and Gaurav, whose popularity has gone notches higher with his "Chutki aur Shopkeepaa" gags on Big Magic, vouches that his chat show will be a thorough entertainer.

He hopes to make it candid, quirky and bizarre.

Talking about it, the "Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin" actor said in a statement: "While coming up with the concept of 'Chutki and Shopkeepaa', I never expected such a huge response.

"I'm really thankful to the viewers for making these characters so big. To take these characters to the next level, we are coming up with this never seen before talk show concept. I hope the audiences will like it, the same way they have liked my videos.