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Iqbal to get the boot
Na Ghar Ka Na Ghaat Ka: Iqbal Khan
Iqbal Khan (Kaisa Yeh Pyaar Hai on Sony and Karam Apna Apna on Star) has been tom-tomming the fact that he has signed an upcoming show on Star One, but we think he's spoken a little too soon. Reason?
We've learnt on good authority that it's only a matter of time before he is shown the door (yes, already) from the show!
Says a well-placed source at Star, "We have a policy stating that any actor who has walked out of a Balaji show cannot act in any other show for Star.
Hence, we will soon be informing Iqbal about our decision to script his character out of the show. Since we've already started shooting and can't replace him, we will either kill off his character or show him leaving."
A source from Balaji says that even though Iqbal parted with Ekta Kapoor on amicable terms, Kapoor hasn't forgotten the fact that he left because TRPs for Karam Apna Apna dropped from 11 to 7 (establishing a new actor takes time, no?).
"His walkout hurt the show, and it's unfair for an actor to walk in and out of projects. It's unethical to do another show for a different production house just because he is getting more moolah.
Iqbal left Karam for a show on Sony as they were offering him more money. Now that the show has been scrapped, he has signed the Star One show."
Oh, the tangled webs we weave!
http://www.mid-day.com/hitlist/2007/may/157967.htm
Na Ghar Ka Na Ghaat Ka: Iqbal Khan
Iqbal Khan (Kaisa Yeh Pyaar Hai on Sony and Karam Apna Apna on Star) has been tom-tomming the fact that he has signed an upcoming show on Star One, but we think he's spoken a little too soon. Reason?
We've learnt on good authority that it's only a matter of time before he is shown the door (yes, already) from the show!
Says a well-placed source at Star, "We have a policy stating that any actor who has walked out of a Balaji show cannot act in any other show for Star.
Hence, we will soon be informing Iqbal about our decision to script his character out of the show. Since we've already started shooting and can't replace him, we will either kill off his character or show him leaving."
A source from Balaji says that even though Iqbal parted with Ekta Kapoor on amicable terms, Kapoor hasn't forgotten the fact that he left because TRPs for Karam Apna Apna dropped from 11 to 7 (establishing a new actor takes time, no?).
"His walkout hurt the show, and it's unfair for an actor to walk in and out of projects. It's unethical to do another show for a different production house just because he is getting more moolah.
Iqbal left Karam for a show on Sony as they were offering him more money. Now that the show has been scrapped, he has signed the Star One show."
Oh, the tangled webs we weave!
http://www.mid-day.com/hitlist/2007/may/157967.htm
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