Ekta gets real! - ARTICLE

Balaji Telefilms is finally moving away from making its trademark saas-bahu dramas. The production house will soon be making its first reality show, which will hunt for talented actors in the country.

Although Ekta Kapoor is not talking about the show, it is learnt that it will be aired on Sony Television. Ekta is extremely excited about her first non-fiction show. Apparently, the winner will bag a role in Ekta's next film and will also get a chance to work in a Hollywood film.

A source says, "The show will select people from all over India and groom them to be film stars. The show has been conceptualised by Balaji and is in its initial stages as it's their first step towards making a reality show. For now, Balaji is busy setting up the show's platform, which is loosely based on Cinestars Ki Khoj. A new team is working on the show as the production house mostly has a fiction team."

The high-budget show is slated to be a full fledged launch pad for the final winner.

"The film that the winner will feature in will also have Ekta's favourite actors like Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan, Tusshar Kapoor, and Vivek Oberoi," adds the source.

Balaji's creative director, Nivedita Basu says, "I do not know about the reality show as I am in the fiction team. I do not know who in the non-fiction team is working on it."

An ex-associate of Ekta, says on condition of anonymity, "I heard there is a separate team working for the reality show."