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Naman says amen to Ekta
Naman Shaw, who's recently entered Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Nakul is ready to do anything for Ekta 'madam'. "The length of the role doesn't matter, I will be there the moment she calls," he gushes. Naman, who is already doing a Balaji soap Kasamh Se, is the winner of the Best Smile in the Grasim Mr India contest. A 22-year old from Kolkata, he got his break on television with Kasamh Se in which he plays the goody-goody Pushkar who is currently undergoing troubled times professionally and personally with his wife Pia. In Kyunki.. however, he's the kind who will go to any extent to achieve success, even cheat to win a contract. He couldn't have got more contradictory roles at the start of his career. No wonder, Naman says amen to whatever Ekta says...
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Kasamh Se Roshni Geety Sahgal, Yari Road Who's that girl? It was the question on every viewer's mind ever since she made her appearance in the serial Kasamh Se. Petite and pretty, both boys and girls took an instant liking to her gamine charms. Meet Roshni Chopra or Pia, as everyone knows her now. "All this attention, it's unbelievable," smiles this new kid on the block. "Even little kids shout 'Pia' wherever I go." |
| Roshni and Vikas On Zee Muzic | ||
| Zee Muzic, the 24-hour music channel from Zee Network brings the vivacious Roshni Chopra & dashing Vikas Bhalla together for the first time on Bollywood This Week, a 1-hour show on Saturday. Bollywood This Week brings weekly happenings from tinsel town for Zee Muzic viewers. The show features a right mix of news, entertainment & information on Bollywood. There have been several celebrity hosts on Zee Muzic recently - Upen Patel co-hosted an episode of Cinemascope with Roshni, Akshay Kapoor & Dia Mirza co-hosted one episode each of Bollywood Tonight with Amruta and now Roshni with Vikas. Speaking on this, Irshwin Balvani, Business Head, Zee Muzic, said "The idea is to keep the shows evolving and to bring something exciting for the viewers. Roshni Chopra made her debut on Zee Muzic and today she is one of the star anchors and hence this 'special appearance' on one of our popular shows" Don't miss the amazing chemistry between Roshni and Vikas as they burn up the screen on 24 June at 8 PM on Bollywood This Week, only on Zee Muzic. |
Smriti Z Iraani wanted to leave because her new show with Balaji, where she would be younger, wasn't happening
Shaheen Parkar and Upala KBR
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Is Smriti Z Iraani rethinking being a part of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi? Yes, say the tattlers.
According to sources, Smriti has been openly voicing her displeasure. She is nothappy with her current track in Kyunki, post the second generation leap. Soon, the small screen's Tulsi will graduate to being Ba. Smriti is peeved about being out-of-place and the non-happening of her new show with Balaji.
Pehli khabar
The first buzz that something was amiss was heard from London last weekend. Smriti, who was on a tour of England with her Gujarati play Maniben.com, directed by Imtiaz Patel, had been vocal about her problems with the Balaji folks. She even doled out future dates for Maniben.com. This came as a surprise for producers Pranav Tripathi and Kiran Bhatt, as for Smriti the first priority was always Tulsi.
The crux of the problem is that Smriti had agreed to play a matriarch only on the condition that she would play a young woman in Ekta's new show, Thoda Sa Aasmaan (working title), which had Smriti as co-producer and Kamlesh Pandey as writer. The show is slated for Star Plus.
Says the source, "Smriti was taken aback when she realised her new show was not happening. Meanwhile, the Kyunki fast-forward had already happened. Unhappy about her portrayal, there was also plagued by a bad back. Despite the pain, she had shot for the outdoor shoot of Kyunki in Haridwar. Smriti had done all this on Ekta's word. She now feels cheated."
Ekta remained unavailable for comment. When asked, Smriti says, "I have justreturned from London, a day ago. Let me bask in the glory of my play, Maniben.com. I would not want to say anything on Kyunki. Any statement about it would be a joint statement from Balaji and me."
Throwing tantrums
Sources in Balaji dismiss Smriti's threats to quit, as a mere display of tantrums due to insecurity. Said a source, "Smriti has no reason to feel cheated. It's nothing but insecurity on her part — partly to do with the new show and partly because of Bani's (Prachi Desai) rising popularity in the Zee show, Kasamh Se. In fact, she's known today as the young Tulsi of Zee and the TRPs of that show are touching 12-14. When Tulsi left on her shows abroad, she thought that the TRPs of Kyunki would fall because of her absence. But that hasn't happened. Ba, Saahil, Ganga, Karan and Mihir are equally important."
So, did Smriti really threaten to quit Kyunki? "Yes, she did. It all started last week when Smriti thought her new show wasn't happening. She didn't want to do it directly, so she made her theatre producer send text messages to people saying that she would be quitting as she had extended her shows for a month. Smriti even called up Shobhaji, Ekta's mother, and told her that she was leaving. So Shobhaji said 'fine'. But Smriti got a shock when she reached Mumbai and discovered that Star had already announced the telecast date of her new show — August 12."
Panic attack
What did Smriti do then? "She had a panic attack as she knows she is nothingwithout Tulsi. She rushed to meet Ekta and Shobhaji. She panicked even more when Shobhaji told her that the creative team had worked out how Tulsi could be faded out. Then Tulsi met Shobhaji and promised her that she would continue."
As for Smriti being unhappy about the leap, the source says, "What rubbish! How long has she shot for it to feel uncomfortable about it? Three days in one-and-a-half months! She was very busy with her shows in South Africa so she allotted us four days in Haridwar but because of her back problem could shoot only for two days."
The source adds disgustedly, "Ekta's disillusioned. Ronit Roy threatened to walk out under the guise of paternity leave and now he's working quietly. They go to the media thinking they can wheedle out stuff from production houses like this, but in reality TV stars are the most silly, complex and insecure lot."
| I&B Ministry targets 'K' Factor Serials |
| Saturday - Jun 24, 2006 |
| Televisionpoint.com Correspondent How obscene is obscene? And how clean really are the saas-bahu sagas on television? These are the questions bothering the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B Ministry). Having cleared the watershed format for TV channels recently, the I&B Ministry now finds itself unsure about what programmes to slot in the "UA" category (needing parental guidance). The watershed format proposed by the sub-committee on the broadcasting code and guidelines has been accepted with almost everyone in the ministry's committee agreeing that a fixed time slot for different kinds of programmes would be ideal for Indian TV. What they can't seem to decide is what all should go into the "UA" category of programmes. According to the approved guidelines, every broadcast service provider (BSP) will now have to slot programmes depending on the theme, language and audio visual presentation used. All shows falling under the "U (universal)" category will have to be shown between 5 am and 7 pm, while those requiring parental guidance have been put in the time zone of 7 pm to 11 pm. Programmes with adult content will be shown between 11 pm and 5 am. The catch is that most prime time programmes fall under the middle slot kept for the UA category. One of the major points of debate during the meeting was the need to further clarify what kind of programmes will be shown under the category of parental guidance, or UA. Most committee members felt it was easier to pinpoint shows that were strictly adult, but there was still a thin line between the U and UA categories. "It is not just about nudity or obscene scenes. Most of these K serials are stereotypical in nature and project women in a rather objectionable way. Their concept of women empowerment is rather lop-sided and the social impact of such programmes is negative. We are not too sure if these are serials that children can watch all by themselves," said AIDWA convenor and sub-committee member Manjeet Rathee. Ekta Kapoor's popular serials and their copies will in all probability be able to continue in the prime slot with a UA tag. But their re-runs in the afternoon will clearly have to go as they will fall under the U time slot then. With the new codes and guidelines being seen as a means to make broadcasting in India in tune with international style and standard, many feel the change is necessary. "We are talking of contemporary standards here and so it will obviously differ from the ones being used currently. The idea is to match local and global standards while ensuring that they are suitable to Indian society," added Vasanthi, the Centre for Media Studies representative in the subcommittee. |
| Roshini plays a cameo in KC! | |||
| Balaji's new eye candy Roshini Chopra is in great demand!
After giving a commendable performance as Pia in Kasamh Se on Zee , she was roped in for Kavyanjali. This pretty lass has been signed in for Balaji's Karmic Connections (KC), but for a cameo. KC is on the lines of X Files, and Roshini portrays Shabbir Ahluwali's (the protagonist) girlfriend. "Yes, I will be seen in KC. I have already shot for the first two episodes, and it was very nice," says Roshini who is very excited about the way Kasamh Se is shaping up. Earlier her role in KC was supposed to be full fledged, but she soon realized that it would be difficult for her to handle. "Yes, I was offered the role, which was a continuing one, but with two dailies, Kasamh Se and Kavyanjali, my plate is already full, " states Chopra. She sums up saying, "So, now I'll be seen only in the first two episodes!" |
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