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Monika

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Posted: 18 years ago

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Baby in the woods

Halki Bua does her good deed of the day. She returns a lost little girl to her parents

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Nupur Alankar

Nupur Alankar (Halki Bua of Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan) was caught in a strange predicament recently. The actor was walking down the street near Jogeshwari station when she suddenly realised that a little girl of about four years was following her. Nupur noticed that the child was alone and realised that even while she was following Nupur, she was looking for her mother. Nupur then tried to trace the girl's family and handed their daughter over to them.

Giving an account of what happened, Nupur says, "I was returning after I dropped my mother at Jogeshwari station. I was walking down the street outside the station as I had to buy a few things. After some time, a little finger caught hold of my hand. I turned around to see a little girl. I looked around but found no family member around. I was worried and immediately called up my husband Alankar. By then the girl had started crying. We thought about

Janhvi Tiwari, the little girl who was lost

reporting the matter to the police station. But my husband suggested that I bring her home. At home, I gave her a chocolate and she calmed down. But she couldn't say anything other than that her name is Chikoo. We noticed that she was carrying a little bag. Thankfully we found her school books in it. That's how we learnt that the girl's name was Janhvi Tiwari and she studies in City International School at Adarsh Nagar, Andheri. We took the girl there who was identified by the watchman. We then found out her phone number and residential address from the school and handed her over to her parents."

Janhvi's father Santosh Tiwari says, "My wife Upasna and I were walking near Jogeshwari station. I got busy on the phone and Janhvi just slipped out of our sight. Upasna and I were worried and were just about to file a complaint at the police station when we got a call from Nupur. We later realised that Janhvi must have mistaken Nupur for her mother and followed her because both of them were wearing similar outfits."

Now that the ordeal is over, a relieved Nupur says, "I am happy that Janhvi found her family."

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Posted: 18 years ago

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Betiyaan hunt for a Valentine for Romit Raj
Romit doesn't seem to be too worried about it, but his on-screen sisters apparently are about the fact that Romit is still single. So now his four sisters are all out to find him a Valentine. Romit aka Yuvraj of Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan on Zee is having one of a hell time on the sets of his show, as he is finding it hard to keep a straight face these days because either he is shy and blushing or on the verge of pulling his hair apart.

When contacted all the sisters had just one thing to say, "We constantly keep pulling his leg after we are done with the shot, saying that he is so evil on the screen that no girl will ever want to get paired with him. And that we will be his true sisters and find him a nice girl who can balance his evilness. But jokes apart, Romit is really a sweetheart and very hard working. We just love to trouble him a lot. "

http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=14935

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Monika

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Posted: 18 years ago

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Tough Girl

Jasveer Kaur was sexually harassed when she was travelling in an auto rickshaw dressed as a cowgirl

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Recently actor Jasveer Kaur was sexually harassed when she was traveling to work. Jasveer who plays Kajri in Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan (Zee TV) as headed to the sets located in Chandivli. She was travelling in an auto rickshaw as her car had broken down. Just as she stepped out of the auto, a man accosted her and passed vulgar comments. Jasveer didn't take it lying down and started fighting. The matter was sorted when the production team stepped in and handled the issue.

Jasveer recalls, "I had just stepped out of the rickshaw when I heard a man say something offensive. I couldn't make out his exact words but I knew that he wasn't just passing a casual remark. I asked him to repeat what he said. He looked unapologetic. I lost my cool and started yelling at him. Aarif Sheikh (head of production) saw me and came running up to me. Aarif also beat him up."

Was Jasveer harassed because she was dressed in an attire of a cowgirl? "I had an audition that day and I didn't have the time to change into casual clothes. So I went to the sets in the costume. The man could have passed obscene remarks on seeing my unusual costume," she explains.

Jasveer adds, "But how can anyone pass comments on women? What pleasure do they get? I have often faced such situations and I have never taken it lightly. Some men just start passing lewd comments on seeing women," Jasveer says with disgust.

Aarif Sheikh says, "I knew Jasveer was just a few minutes away from the sets because we had spoken a few minutes ago. I was expecting her to reach the sets any moment. When I saw her at the gate, I rushed to help her."

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C reative Eye, the production house that makes TV serials, advertisement spots, corpo- rate films, sports events and docu- mentaries, has more than one reason to be happy. Sony Entertainment, in its spree to offer varied content to the viewers, has acquired the re-telecast rights of Creative Eye's three mythological shows — Om Namah Shivay, Shree Ganesh and Jap Tap Vratt. Says Dheeraj Kumar,chairman and managing director, Creative Eye, "The programmes which have a shelf life have tremendous value in the market. "They have been acquired for a re- run at a cost of US$ 1.05 million for a period of three years. Om Namah Shivay, Jap Tap Vratt were aired on DD and Shree Ganesh was shown on Sony. All three serials (forming one- third of our library) have established high TRPs in their origi- nal run, proving their popularity." Kumar says that they have more than 3,000 hours of mythological pro- gramming, which can be re-exploited on IPTV, broadband services, mobile services and other allied platforms. Says he, "This is just the tip of the iceberg as far as increasing our bot- tomline figures. We also hold the IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) for the mythological serials in four region- al languages-Tamil, Telugu, Malay- alam and Kannada." And adds, "We are in the Limca Book of World Records for making the highest number of mythological programmes from a single produc- tion house." Kumar is thrilled with the No. 2 position that Ghar Ki Laxmi- Betiyaan (Zee) has achieved. "No pro- gramme on Zee has achieved such good TRPs in a short spell of four months at the 10 pm slot. Man Mein Hain Vishwas on Sony is also doing well," he says. He is upbeat about two new shows to air on Star Plus ( Sasural) and DD (Hamari Bahu Tulsi). "Sasural is a daily soap in the after- noon band and Tulsi will be a week- ly, every Saturday at 8 pm. We will work with concepts that bring attention to issues like child labour and adult education," ends Kumar.

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Posted: 18 years ago

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Latecomers prohibited!

All hell broke loose on the sets of Betiyaan, when Twinkle reported late

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Twinkle Bajpai

The cast and crew of Ghar Ki Laxmi Betiyaan were amused when they witnessed a big fight between Twinkle Bajpai aka Laxmi and director Rajan Shahi. Apparently, the actress disappeared from the sets on the pretext of changing her costumes. Needless to say, there was a delay in the schedule as Twinkle chose to report late. When she finally came, the director sounded her off by calling her 'unprofessional' and 'irresponsible'. Talking about the incident Shahi says, "Since we work around multiple sets, we have to adjust our shoots accordingly. On that day I wanted to finish Twinkle's scenes at one go. So I asked her to change her costumes in the next one-and-a-half hour, which I think is more than enough for her. But she did not turn up and nobody knew where she was. Later, I came to know that she was busy giving some interviews and therefore, couldn't report on time. I lost my cool and strictly told her that this kind of unprofessional behaviour would not be entertained in the future."

Instead of being apologetic the actress decided to hurl words at the director. She blamed the designer for doing a shoddy job with her costumes. She says, "I had some problem with the costumes, so I was late. But, my director did not understand and yelled at me. It was the fault of the designers. I tried to give him an explanation, but he was not in a mood to listen to me. Moreover, I could not say no to that news channel, who wanted to interview me."

However, the next day the duo ditched their hard feelings and resumed their friendly relations. "Next day, when I found Twinkle crying, I had to forgive her. Her conduct is otherwise good on the sets and we all pamper her. But even she should realise the basic requirements on the sets. We shoot under terrible pressure to create an episode bank and the shooting shouldn't get stalled at any cost," says Shahi.

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Sapana Patil Poojary

Twinkle Bajpai aka Lakshmi of Ghar Ki Lakshmi-Betiyaan recently lost her cool on the sets of the show. Apparently, one of the junior artistes teased herby pulling faces at her. This irritated her no end. An angry Twinkle yelled at him.

When contacted, Twinkle confirmed the news. She said, "We were shooting a railway station scene. There were a lot of junior artistes who formed the crowd on a railway station. One of them looked at me in a suggestive manner. He kept smiling at me. But what irritated me most was his expressions. I just couldn't control my anger. I shouted at him."

Soon the news spread like wildfire on the sets. Apparently, Twinkle wanted the artiste to be thrown out. But that could not be done since the other junior artistes ganged up against Twinkle. "I thought the junior artiste's behaviour was offensive. Everyone comes on the sets to work. I had requested the authorities that the man shouldn't be around while I am shooting," added Twinkle.

The big fight ended only when other unit members intervened. Sources from the unit suggested that the junior artistes' union is powerful and it is advisable not mess around with them.

Director Romesh Kalra said, "Whatever happened should not have happened. But thankfully, everything is under control now."

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memsaab

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Posted: 18 years ago

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The duplicate set

Kshitee Jog in Betiyann

The makers of Betiyann erected a duplicate set (costing a whopping Rs 9 lakh) in Film City recently, only to shoot an elaborate fire sequence. Shot especially for the 100th episode, the sequence required the unit members to put the set ablaze. Apparently, the producers didn't want to film the fatal sequence at the studio where the cast usually shoot. Says producer Dheeraj Kumar, "Considering that the surrounding area has lots of trees we did not want to take a chance. The fire could have proved dangerous and that's why I asked my art director Jayant Deshmukh to create a replica of the original set."

Nevertheless, all didn't go well as lead actress Kshitee Jog sustained burns while enacting the sequence. Says Kshitee, "I wanted to do the scene myself and had refused to use a body double. My sari caught fire and I burnt my back." Thankfully, the crewmembers rushed to her rescue in the nick of time. Adds producer Kumar, "It's very unfortunate that she has hurt herself."

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Shruti

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Posted: 18 years ago

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'Change is very necessary in life'

Dheeraj Kumar on moving from mythological serials to family dramas.

ROSHNI K OLIVERA

You were always known to make mythological serials. What prompted you to switch to family dramas?

• Mythological serials were topmost on my mind for the last few years. In fact, they have created the brand for the company. Producing maximum hours of mythological serials has provided us an opportunity to enter the Limca Book of Records. These serials have also been beneficial in terms of recycling the programs in the overseas market, as well as on channels. However, we all know that change is very necessary in life. This prompted us to move forward to establish our credentials once again in producing family dramas. Our shows Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyann and Man Mein Hai Visshwas have been much appreciated.
Your Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan has been accused of being regressive?

• I do not agree. Betiyaan is not regressive, it only presents the reality of present day society. Every day we read and watch the treatment meted out to the girl child. On the one hand, we are talking about the achievements made by women in various fields. On the other, there's injustice. We see the unborn girl child being killed brutally. Recent reports establish the fact that gender differentiation still exists in the minds of people. Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan is a serial that wakes people up from their slumber to acknowledge the fact that females are no longer lesser than males. Rather they are better.
After how many years are you returning to acting on TV?

• I last did Ghar Sansar, a daily soap I produced, in 2002. Now in 2007, again in my home production Hamari Bahu Tulsi, I am playing a character, who's a friend, philosopher and guide to the main protagonist Tulsi.
Why haven't you acted much in your serials?

• From 1996 onwards, I started producing mythological serials like Om Namah Shivay, Shree Ganesh, Jap Tap Vratt, Om Namo Narayaan. This required deep research of Indian culture and heritage and indepth knowledge of Vedas, Upanishads and Richas. Since I had to devote time to this, I felt it wasn't right to take on responsibility of acting as well.
What do you prefer — acting or being behind the scenes?

• An actor is always on actor. I love acting, but my priority compels me to remain behind the scenes to administer the growth of the company. Whenever there is an opportunity, the actor in me compels me to come in front of the camera and perform a character that can be remembered by the viewers. It is a balancing act.

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Shruti

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Posted: 18 years ago

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Disha gifts herself a new phone

Chavi Mittal, who plays the lead role of Disha in Tumhari Disha, treated herself to a new cell phone recently. The actress was spotted phone hunting at the Alpha showroom in Andheri.

Chavi says: "I bought a new phone on Sunday. My earlier phone was a Nokia 6270 and this time too I have bought Nokia. My new phone is plum in colour and the model number is N-72. I paid Rs. 12,500 for it. I had a problem with the memory on my last phone and it used to hang very quickly. So my basic requirement for a new cell was that it should have a good memory and should work well without hanging. I also wanted a phone with a good camera. My husband was with me but this will not be a gift from him to me. He just came to give me shopping advice and I'll be buying this phone for myself."

We will soon see Chavi in Virasaat where she will play a negative role…
"Negative roles have a lot of scope for performance. This is a very different negative role. I will be playing Simone's (Anushka Lamba) sister. In the serial I will try to seduce my sister's husband, Rishad Lamba (Aman Verma). My shooting begins in two days the episode should be on air by next week." says Chavi.

Chavi bagged the role as Disha because, "The person who handles my work is the casting director of Tumhari Disha. Further B.R. Films, the production house, has a good reputation."

So what other plans does the actress have?
"I will be shooting some episodes for Betiyaann. After that there is one offer that I have but I can't discuss it much. Soon everything will be finalized and I will declare it."

Chavi gained popularity for her role in Tumhari Disha. She was previously seen in Ghar Ki Laxmi Betiyaann. The actress got married two years ago to director Mohit Hussain who directed her first show. Mohit has directed serials like Tumhari Disha for Zee TV and Yes and No for Sahara.

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Posted: 18 years ago

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Bahu Beti - Baabul Ki Dulari on STAR Plus

Even as Dheeraj Kumar makes a comeback to acting after a gap of five years in the DD serial Hamari Bahu Tulsi which is produced by his company, he is excited about another project he's doing for STAR Plus. "It's a prestigious show for us. A daily soap Bahu Beti Baabul Ki Dulari, it has a new girl from Marathi cinema Amrita Subhash making her Hindi tele-debut. It is being directed by Siddharth Nagar, writer Achala Nagar's son," he informs. The shooting for the serial which is to be aired in May is currently on in full swing at Future Studios in Mumbai.

Meanwhile, his other serial Ghar Ki Laxmi Betiyaan on Zee has become the numero uno with the highest TRPs of 4.9 on the channel, for the week ending March 24. Looks like the betis and bahus are doing loads of good to Dheeraj and Creative Eye.

http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=15410