Married chef flirting with dancer?

Married chef flirting with dancer?
By: Subhash K Jha
November 2, 2006

Samir Nair Now that rival show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa has come to an end, Samir Nair, CEO, Star Entertainment India, dismisses it as no competition for Nach Baliye. "I think nothing of it. It's no competition to us. Considering its production costs, their viewership is low. And our judge Malaika Arora is sexier than everyone put together on Jhalak. And then we've got the rest. I did watch the first episode. And I thought it was identical to Nach Baliye," he says. First choice Samir reveals that Siddharth Basu (the producer of Jhalak) had first offered to produce the show for Star. "But the combination of an amateur dancer and professional choreographer doesn't work for us. That's why we didn't do Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. We chose to continue with Nach Baliye instead. In India, we'd be loath to see a married chef flirting with a professional dancer. It's not doing too much for Sony," he adds. According to Samir, the show to look out for is Bigg Boss on Sony. "Their choice of celebrities is a little dicey though. We were given the option of doing Bigg Boss as well, and we saw it as a good show, but we felt it wasn't right for Indian audiences. I remember when Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin worked on Sony, we went around buying tele-novellas from all over the world. We adapted two but both bombed while our home-grown shows continued to do well." Zee is competition Star sees Zee as their main competition. "Zee, with Saat Phere and Kasamh Se, has come into its own. I doff my hat at Zee. They finally got it more right than Sony ever did. Now Zee is our only competitor," he says. Star is now looking at another season of KBC. "We've acquired the rights to KBC for five years and five seasons. That's the way I always wanted to do it. Hopefully, Mr Bachchan will be back at the helm. We're working very hard at taking on the Zee challenge. I think they deserve my attention," laughs Nair. 'Ignorance is bliss' Sony's Sandiip Sikcand is unfazed by the Star CEO's remarks. He says, "I don't need to react to what Samir (Nair) has to say. If he thinks that the viewership of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is low, he may be right by Star's standards. We're very happy with the way Jhalak has been received. The show's TRPs started at 2.1 points. They've gone up to 3.9 points. When we had the grand finale, we expected the ratings to go even higher. So yes, by Star's standards, we may be lagging behind. But Sony is happy with the show. As for Jhalak being offered to Star first, as you know I've just come into Sony. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss."

Well Samir saab........mere khayal se angoor khatte hain!! 😳 😳 😳

I swear Jha Saab has nothing better to do. When in need of a headlines, he will pick out that one sentence which has no relevance to the article and make it the headlines.

I really thought there is something scoopy about Sajeev Kapoor 😳

Originally posted by: .:Aphrodite:.

Aww i was hoping that there'd be some saucy gossip about Sanjay Kapoor having extra marital affair with one of the choreographers



what a disappointment 😭 😉 😆

Thats what i thought to when i first read the title of the article😆😆

Originally posted by: MithiBani

Well Samir saab........mere khayal se angoor khatte hain!! 😳 😳 😳

😆😆😆 Well Said 👏👏

Originally posted by: MithiBani

Well Samir saab........mere khayal se angoor khatte hain!! 😳 😳 😳

that's exactly what i thought...cos i saw the episodes online and the dance on NB 2 is nothing compared to JDJ....and they had this western dance round...and this lady did just 2 steps of salsa..and evreybody was like Wah Wah Wah Wah..i am like😲....so no comparision...and JDJ is far better in dance than NB2...the only couple worth watching there is Tanaaz and Baktiyaar...they are just fantastic....again JMO...

I agree , I mean JDJ was such a class apart right from the format to the dances .It was sleek and classy . Even the judges were much much decent and they never said anything downright rude like the NB2 judges . The concept was a nice one too .

but saying all that doesnt matter ,coz people love watching real life tv stars dance ,good or bad and hence naturaly the trp's of NB would be higher .

Honestly i felt JDJ was classy and sleek in everything

Originally posted by: tina59

I agree , I mean JDJ was such a class apart right from the format to the dances .It was sleek and classy . Even the judges were much much decent and they never said anything downright rude like the NB2 judges . The concept was a nice one too .

but saying all that doesnt matter ,coz people love watching real life tv stars dance ,good or bad and hence naturaly the trp's of NB would be higher .

Honestly i felt JDJ was classy and sleek in everything

JDJ is classy for sure...

Originally posted by: .:Aphrodite:.

Aww i was hoping that there'd be some saucy gossip about Sanjay Kapoor having extra marital affair with one of the choreographers


what a disappointment 😭 😉 😆

😆😆😆 What a disappointment!

Nach Baliye has viewership because of the star value and JDJ's TRPs raised because of the bar raised by contestants. It is good to see that NB is following the suit now and choreographers are getting recognition too. Mr. Nair has got amnesia. He forgot that JDJ is the Indian version of the original show Dancing with the stars whereas NB is an "innovative copy" of the same. 😉