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Posted: 16 years ago


Sughna of Balika Vadhu (Vibha Anand)

Sughna was married off to Pratap (Jehangir Vakeel) as a child, but on the day of her gavna, her husband is murdered, and Sughna is widowed at a very young age. She then meets Shyam (Vikrant Massey). They fall in love and will soon marry.

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What makes Vibha Anand tick?

Timid and innocent Sughna in Balika and wicked and cruel Kangana in Shree, there is much to know about Vibha Anand:
Birthday: September 8, 1991

School: Doon Residency, Dehradun.

College: "I am still studying, I just gave my Class 12 exams."

Hobbies:
"I love acting, watching cartoons, cooking and dancing. I want to learn Western styles of dancing. Madhuri Dixit is my idol, as I think she is a complete actress and an amazing dancer."

Prized possession:
"My silver-coloured Spark, which I recently bought."

Biggest accomplishment: "When I won the Best Supporting Actress award at the New Talent Awards this year for Balika Vadhu."

When not shooting, she loves:
"Cartoons, especially Tom and Jerry. And now that it is the monsoon season, I also love getting wet in the rains. I recently had to shoot for a rain sequence in Balika Vadhu, which I really enjoyed it."

Favorite hang-outs: "I haven't really got the chance to see the city properly, but I love hanging out at the beaches in Mumbai."

What switches her on: "Whenever I give a bad shot, I become nervous, and when someone encourages me at that time, I am very touched. Good music also improves my mood."

What switches her off: "It may sound funny but it's the truth – I get very nervous and tense when I get pimple on my face."

'Vibha' in three words is: "Helpful, cute and victorious."

First crush:
"Shahid Kapoor when I first saw him in the movie Ishq Vishq Pyaar Vyaar."

Favorite food:
"Dal-chaawal."

Favorite colour: "White and pink."

Favorite outfit: "Jeans and tees"

Favorite book: "I don't read a lot of books so I don't have any favourites, but I desperately want to read The Secret by Rhonda Byrne as I've heard a lot about it."

Makeup essentials: "My eye-liner and my lip balm"

Handbag essentials: "I always carry my wallet, my cell phone and my makeup kit."

On TV, she likes to watch: "I love all cartoon shows and I also follow my shows. Dancing and singing reality shows interest me. I also like watching movies when I have the time."

If not an actor, she would have been:
"Nothing else, actually. Right from when I was in Class 2, I've wanted to be an actor. This is my childhood dream come true!"

http://www.indya.com/news/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2009/July/News_20090714_67
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Posted: 16 years ago

What is Neha Marda watching on the small screen?

By TellychakkarTeam 2009-07-13 17:25
Neha Marda , Balika Vadhu , Sa re ga ma pa

Which daily soap you watch?
When I get time I watch my show Balika Vadhu.

Which channel you watch frequently?
Discovery, Animal Planet, Colors and Star Plus.

Which is your favourite TV channel?
Colors

Which is your favourite reality show?
Indian Idol, Sa re ga ma pa and Jhalak Dikhhla ja.

Which is best comedy show u have enjoyed on Indian television?
Comedy circus.

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Posted: 16 years ago
Introduction

Neha Marda (born 15th January) is a famous Indian TV actress who is playing the role of Gehna in Baalika Vadhu on Colors TV Channel. Belonging to the Marwari Marda family, Neha is a native of Kolkatta (West Bengal). With an active interest in Acting as well as Dancing, Neha has also won 3 consecutive Boogie Woogie Dancing Competion on Sony Channel when she was 17, 18 and 19, respectively. (Sony Entertainment Television).Having great interest in dancing, Neha has learnt Bharat Natyam for nine years and Kathak for seven years, along with several other dancing arts.

[edit] TV Shows

Neha Marda is presently working in the following TV Serials: Baalika Vadhu, Ek thi Rajkumari, Saath rahega always, Jo Ishq ki marzi who rab ki marzi,etc. In addition to that, she also got an offer from a South Indian film, but she was left with no alternative, other than to forgo the offer, as she was not ready to leave her serials, now.


[edit] Committedness

Neha Marda, as an actress is very committed to the task handled to her. She admits that for preparing the role of Gehna in Baalika Vadhu, She had watched Shekhar Kapoor's controversial film Bandit Queen, for a perfect role. In addition, her committedness is proved by the instance, that during her role, she kept a distance from the actor playing the role of her husband (Vasant) and Surekha Sikhri (Dadisa), so as to show the distances in between them in the serial.

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Posted: 16 years ago

TV stars talk about Bigg Boss Winner


The curtain is set to close on Bigg Boss 2. In less than a few hours, a new winner will be crowned. The contest is now down to its three finalists – Raja Chaudhary, Zulfi Sayed and Ashutosh Kaushik.

These last few hours are filled with tension and anxiety for the three finalists. The viewers too are keeping their eyes glued to their television sets. Who is it that will come out with a broad smile from this house arrest? Going by the online votes on Bigg Boss 2's official site, it's Raja Chaudhary who is leading Ashutosh and Zulfi. But is this how it will pan out?

Webnsn.comTellychakkar asked a few celebs on their pick for the winner of Bigg Boss 2. A couple of them had participated in Bigg Boss inaugural season.

Anoup Soni:

Zulfi should be the winner. He's seems to be the most balanced individual amongst all. He's not been too diplomatic or cunning. He's played the game very smartly. I'll be surprised if he doesn't win.














Neha Marda:

I want Ashutosh to win. He's a very innocent guy. He may be abusive but latest he's being himself. I've never seen him resort to gossiping. He speaks straight from the heart.


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NEW TALENT awards

2009

Tellychakkar.com's New Talent Awards were presented at a bigger and better level this year. And the awards were held on Saturday evening (13 June) at a premier five star hotel in Mumbai.

Well, firstly i must mention that I myself missed the first ten minutes due to these (annoying, silly, necessary, whatever you wanna call them) power cuts……

The first act of performance was by Neha Marda looking absolutely amazingly beautiful in red dress, on the title song of movie 'Aaja Nach Le'…….

Then we see the dynamic duo of hosts Ejaz Khan and Swapnil Joshi and also not to be forgotten cute and special appearances by the little dynamite Saloni (Chhote Miyan fame).

The first set of awards were given away by Pooja Bedi and Hanif, for

Best New Actor – Negative Role (Male) – nominations were:

Name Character Name Programme Name Channel
Jai Kalra Rishabh Rampal Kis Desh Mein Hai Merra Dil Star Plus
Mayank Gandhi Veer Kasamh Se Zee TV
Shardul Maulik Bandini NDTV Imagine

And the winner of the negative role was Jai kalra for playing Rishab Rampal in KDMHMD.

Best New Actor – Negative Role (Female) – nominations were:

Name Character Name Programme Name Channel
Naveena Bole Diya Mille Jab Hum Tum Star One
Rasika Joshi Bua- Tarulata Bandini NDTV Imagine
Priyanka Mishra Vishaka Chotti Bahu Zee TV

And this award was won by Rasika Joshi for her role as Tarulata bua in Bandini.

Best New Supporting Actor (Male) – nominations were:

Name Character Name Programme Name Channel
Abhishek Benji Miley Jab Hum Tum Star One
Mrinal Jain Hiten Bandini NDTV Imagine
Aditya Lakhia Nanku Agle Janam Mohe…. Zee TV
Sunny Nijjar Karan Shakuntala Star One

This awards was won by Aditya Lakhia as Nanku in AJMBHK.

Best New Supporting Actor (Female) – nominations were:

Name Character Name Programme Name Channel
Vinny Arora Urmi Aathva Vachan Sony Entertainment
Vibha Anand Sughana Balika Vadhu Colors
Aditi Sajwan Yashoda Jai Shri Krishna Colors
Prerna Wanvari Kadambari Bandini NDTV Imagine
Shalmai Toyle Bhabhi Shree Zee TV

And this was won by the sweet and bubli Vibha as Sugna in Balika Vadhu.

Then we saw a comic act by all three host Ejaz, Swapnil and little Saloni on the them of movie dostana…….making way for a dazzling performance by Duggu (Bharat Chawda) and Kadambari (Prerna W)…..after which there was a funny performance of Duggu with Maulik (Shardul) as dostana couple and Santu (Asiya Qazi) as their mother on the song ' Maa da Ladla' from the movie 'Dostana'………hehehe!!!

After this the next category awards were given and to present them on stage were called Rajshri Thakur and Jatin -

Best New Anchor (Male) – nominations were:

Name Programme Name Channel
Chang Indian Idol Sony Entertainment
Farhan akhtar Oye It's Friday NDTV Imagine
Vineet Raina Aaaja Mahi Star Plus
Jay Bhanushali Dance India Dance Zee TV
Akshay Kumar Fear Factor Colors
Salman Khan Dus Ka Dum Sony Entertainment

And this award was taken away by farhan Akhtar for 'Oye its Friday'.

Best New Anchor (Female) – nominations were:

Name Programme Name Channel
Kiran Bedi Aapki Kacheri Star Plus
Bani Mtv Wassup / roadies 6.0 Mtv
Shilpa Shetty Big Boss 2 Colors
Shweta Tiwari Jhalak Dikhla Ja Sony Entertainment
Saumya Tandon Dance India Dance Zee TV

And the winner of this category was Shilpa Shetty for hosting Big Boss 2.

Next, set of awards was presented by Ashwini (Laado fame) and Meghna mallik for -

Best New Child Actor – nominations were:

Name Character Name Programme Name Channel
Dhriti Bhatia Krishna Jai Shri Krishna Colors
Haard Parekh Ayush Hamari Devrani Star Plus
Avinash Mukherjee Jagdish Balika Vadhu Colors
Bhavya Gandhi Tappu Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chasma SAB TV
Name Character Name Programme Name Channel
Avika Gor Anandi Balika Vadhu Colors
Sparsh Ichcha Uttaran Colors
Jyoticaa Dholabhai Bhakti Hamari Devrani Star Plus
Akshita Monghi Bandini Colors

And you must have guessed it, this set of talent awards for child artist (Male and Female) were won by the cutest on-screen kids, or should I say couple, Avika Gaur and Avinash Mukherjee resp. for their portrayal of 'Anandi and Jagdish' in famous Balika Vadhu.

Then again, a syrupy act by the hosts taking as theme the show 'Rakhi ka Syanmwar'……….leading way to……

….to the romantic, sizzling performance by PREET aka Sushant Shingh ( PR and Kis desh….fame) with Abigail Jain on the song 'Bol Halke Halke' form the movie 'Jhoom barabar Jhoom' (Sushant looked an absolute sweetheart in his green colored sherwani……WOW!!!); with them also performed Vikrant (Shyam from BV) and Sriti Jain (Suhani from SnS) on the song 'Khuda Jaane' from 'Bachana aye Hasseno'

Then, to give away the next set of the awards, Sharad and Kirti Kelkar were called on stage, which were –

Most promising show of the year: (Fiction) – nominations were:

Programme Name Production Channel
Choti Bahu Dj's A Creative Unit Zee Tv
Ballika Vadhu Sphere Orgins Colors
Jai Shri Krishna Sagar Pictures & Coloesume Media Colors
Tarak Mehta Ka oolta Chasma Neela Telefilms Sab Tv
Yeh Rishtaa Kya Kehlata Hai Director's Kut Star Plus
Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo Swastik Pictures Zee Tv

And this was won by yet again, Balika Vadhu (BV);

Most promising show of the year: (Non-Fiction) – nominations were:

Programme Name Production Channel
Dus Ka Dum Synergy Adlabs Sony
Dance India Dance UTV Zee Tv
Oye its Friday!! Endemol India NDTV Imagine
Chhote Miyan Endemol India Colors
Chak De Bacche Saibaba Telefilms 9X

And this was won by, my personal favourite, Dance India Dance.

Best New On Screen Couple – nominations were:

Name Character Name Programme Name Channel
Pooja Bose & kunal Verma Vrinda & yug Tuj Sang Preet Lagaai Star Plus
Pankaj Tiwari & Wasna Ahmed Hari & Shree Shree Zee Tv
Karan Mehra & Hina Khan Akshara & Naitik Yeh Rishtaa Kya Kehlata Hai Star Plus
Avinash Sachdev & Rubina Dilaik Dev & Radika Choti bahu Zee Tv
Karan Kundra and Kritika Kamra Arjun and Arohi Kitni mohabaat hain NDTV Imagine

WOW!!! this was won by again my personal Favouriteeeee!! Arjun and Arohi (ArJuhi), thts Karan Kundra and Kritika Kamra from Kitani Mohabbat hai ( Gosh so many K's……..) and this and the next award was presented by two people from ING Vaysaya….

Most promising producer of the year

Swastik Pictures

After this, Mr. Anil Wanvari coming onstage raised attention on the very serious issue of Old Age people exiled by their families and targeted by goons, with the sweet and touchy convo between Nana and Mungi (Bandini fame) and then dealinh with the same through a song performance from Avika and Avinash (from BV), they looked ohhhhh sooo cute!!!!! in their piece similar to tht song 'Pyaar hua Ikraar Hua' from movie 'Awaara' and "Dance pe Chance mar Le" from 'RMBDJ' on which they performed and Anang Desai and Lily Patel as their grandies were also fab.

Then, the next set of awards were of -

Best New TV Personality (Male): Chang for Indian Idol

Best New TV Personality (Female): Saumya for DID

Best Television Style Icon of the year (Male): WOW!! 'coz again its my fav Karan Kundra who won this award.

Best Television Style Icon of the year (Female): and this was won by Avika Gaur.

Subsequently, we witnessed a delightful performance by actors Bharat Chawda, Himanshu Malhotra and Neil Bhatt……………..leading us to the next award of -

Best New Comic Actor – nominations were:

Name Character Name Programme Name Channel
Gautam Teji Tujh Sang Preet Lagai sajna Star Plus
Jas Karan Uday Miley Jab hum tum Star One
Deven Munjal Bhupnder Ahluwalia Ghar Ki Baat Hai NDTV Imagine
Disha Vakhani Daya Taarak Mehta Ka Ultah Chasma SAB TV
Juhi Babbar Radhika Yagnik Ghar Ki Baat Hai NDTV Imagine

And this I'm sure everyone would agree on the winners name, it was Disha Vakhani for her extraordinary portrayal of "Daya" in "Tarak Mehta ka Ultah Chasma".

Then, it was yet again a sweet act of Saloni as Rakhi from Karan (Swapnil) Arjun (Ejaz). Followed by a scorching performance by Ashita Gulabani and Saillesh Dhawan, which got us to the final set of awards of -

Best New Actor (Male) – nominations were:

Name Character Name Programme Name Channel
Avinash Sachdev Dev Choti bahu Zee TV
Pankaj Tiwari Hari Shree Zee TV
Mohit Sehgal Samrat Mille Jab hum tum Star One
Piyush Sahdev Kulwant Singh Meet Milla De Rabba Sony Entertainment
Karan Kundra Arjun Kitni Mohabbat hai NDTV Imagine

And the award for new Actor male was won by Avinash Sachdev for Choti Bahu.

Best New Actor (Female) – nominations were:

Name Character Name Programme Name Channel
Hina Khan Akshara Yeh Rishtaa Kya Kehlata Hai Star Plus
Asiya Qazi Santo Bandini NDTV Imagine
Rubina Dilaik Radhika Choti Bahu Zee TV
Avika Gor Anandi Balika Vadhu Colors
Kritika Kamra Arohi Kitani Mohobbat Hai NDTV Imagine
Sanaya Irani Gunjan Bhusan Miley Jab Hum Tum Star One

And this was won by Hina Khan, who plays Akshara in 'Yeh Rishta kya Kehlata Hai'

Finally, the whole group of performers came back on stage along wioth the New comers the 'Kal ke talent' from of the Disney show Kya Mast Hai Life (Shweta, Shaheer, Ashish and Sana)….

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If not an actor, I would have been a lawyer' says Neha

Neha Marda is another fresh face to become popular in the TV world, through her performances in Balika Vadhu and Kismat Connection. Find out more about her:

Birthday:
September 23

School: Sun Drive School, Kolkata

College: "I started acting after Class 12, so I am currently studying B.Com (Economics) CHECK THIS via distance learning from Ignou Institute in Delhi.

Hobbies: "I love singing and dancing. Acting is also a hobby."

Prized possession: "There are two – one is a photo frame that my friend gifted to me with photographs from our childhood, the second is my grey Skoda Octavia."

Biggest accomplishment:
"When I was chosen to play Gehna in Balika. I was so sure I wouldn't be able to portray this character as I am completely different from her and can't relate to it at all. But now, when I see that Gehna has so many fans, I am obliged and honoured."

When not shooting, she loves:
"To go to my friend Nandita's place in Vile Parle and spend time with her two cute kids. We shop together, go out for dinner, etc."

Favourite hangouts:
"Inorbit mall and Nariman Point. I normally go out for dinner with my friends or watch the latest movies."

What switches her on?
"Music turns me on; it can be soft music, ghazals, hip hop, anything, depending on my mood."

What switches her off?
"Crying women annoy me the most. Another thing that pisses me off is when people lie. I can't stand such people and they irritate me the most."

'Neha' in three words is:
"Calm, composed and naughty."

Her first crush
: "My Computer teacher in Class 6. Although he was married, I wouldn't miss a single chance to impress him."

Favourite food:
"Chinese, Thai and, in Indian, it is Punjabi and Gujarati."

Favourite colour:
"Pink"

Favourite outfit: "Patiala suits"

Favourite book: "Love Story by Erich Segal."

Quick make-up tip: "Just wash yourself with multaani mitti, apply some moisturiser, kaajal and lip gloss and you're done."

Handbag essentials: "A brush, my camera, deo and, of course my wallet."

On TV, she likes to watch:
"I regularly watch Jyoti, Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo, Balika Vadhu, Ye Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Ladies Special and now I am looking forward to Sach Ka Saamna."

If not an actor, she would have been:
"I have never thought about it, but perhaps a lawyer. Criminal cases fascinate me."

http://www.indya.com/news/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2009/July/News_20090715_77
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Posted: 16 years ago


Smita Bansal makes a cute mother and looks quite young in Balika Vadhu. Wearing lots of jewellery and typically Rajasthani attire, she looks stunning and stands out.

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Balika Vadhu: The con is on!

KUNAL M SHAH , MUMBAI MIRROR 18 July 2009, 10:58am IST
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Pay Rs 1500 and you can land a role in the most popular show Balika Vadhu. Thats how conman Sanjay Wadhwa has been luring unsuspecting people
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into parting with their money. As his name is similar to Balika Vadhus producer Sunjoy Waddhwa, he figures that he has hit the jackpot.

Now the producer has registered a complaint at Amboli Police Station in Andheri.

Comall Waddhwa, wife and co-producer of Sunjoy Waddhwa, said, We learnt about the scam when the father of a child, Pankaj Jain, mailed us with details about the issue. He said that they got a call from someone who introduced himself as Sanjay Wadhwa and said that they are casting for the final episode of Balika Vadhu. His wife was called to a hall in MHADA at Versova where they asked her to fill a form and pay Rs 1500. Then they said that a portfolio is a must and asked her to shell out another Rs 7000. When she reached home and told her husband, he thought it sounded fishy that someone of Sanjays calibre would call himself.

The suspicions led to some super sleuthing. She continued, As he was suspicious , he logged on the website of our production house, Sphere Origins where there was a picture of Sunjoy. It dawned on the lady that she had met someone else. Thats when they mailed us. We thought that it was a one-off incident and ignored it. A couple of days later, an acquaintance said that she got a call for auditions too. Incidentally, she also knows the director of our show Siddharth Sengupta and she told them that she knows us, but the impostor assured her that it was him. At least 18 parents went there with their kids for the audition. We were shocked, so we lodged a complaint and the cops went to the location, but the guy was not there. We have also given the cops the number from which they called them and they are looking into it. All we want to say is that weve got nothing to do with these calls and Balika Vadhu has a long way to go before the last episode. We hope that more people do not get duped. They decided to take prompt action and approached the police. Sr. Police Inspector Gamande at Amboli Police Station, said, We have not registered a case yet, but preliminary investigations are going on.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ENTERTAINMENT-TV-Balika-Vadhu-The-con-is-on/articleshow/4791891.cms
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Pay just Rs. 1500 and appear in Balika?

A conman, whose name is similar to that of Balika Vadhu producer Sunjoy Wadhwa, has been taking advantage of this fact and cheating people.
Sanjay Wadhwa, the trickster, has telling people he is the producer of the show, and that if anybody wants to appear in the show, they just need to pay him Rs 1500.

The original producer, Sunjoy Wadhwa, has filed a case against the other Wadhwa, his wife Comall told a daily. "The father of a child named Pankaj Jain mailed us the details of the issue, which is how we got to know of the scam. He said that they had got a call from someone called Sanjay Wadhwa. He said the final casting of the cast of the show was going on." Apparently, Mrs. Jain was called to a hall in MHADA, Versova, where she was asked to fill out a form after paying Rs. 1500. She was also told to shell out an additional Rs. 700 to get a good portfolio. As all this sounded suspicious, Mrs Jain told her husband about it. "He logged on to the official website of Sphere Origin and saw Sunjoy's picture. They then decided to mail us the details," she adds.Eighteen parents were taken in by the impersonator and went with their kids for the auditions.

When they learned about the scam, the Wadhwas immediately lodged a complaint against him. Said Comall, "When we lodged the complaint, the cops went to the location but the guy escaped from there. We have given the police all the required information investigations are going on."

http://www.indya.com/news/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2009/July/News_20090718_96

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