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Subhash K Jha
Ekta Kapoor
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. TV tycoon Ekta Kapoor has done it again. She has cut a brand new five-serial deal with Sony Entertainment which is her resident channel Star's archrival.
But Ekta has put a condition to the deal.
Her condition is that Balaji Telefilms's ex-creative head Sandiip Sikcand (who is currently Sony's chief creative director) be kept out of her ambit of creativity.
Contrary to what Sandiip has been telling one and all, about a reconciliation with Ekta, sources very close to Ekta have another startling story to tell.
According to a very reliable source from Balaji, "Ekta had a closed-door meeting with Sony's head honcho Kunal Dasgupta. They discussed many ideas for soaps and also a reality show.
"Ekta agreed to be part of Sony in a big way. But on condition that Sandiip Sikcand be no part of her shows. She clearly requested Dasgupta to keep Sikcand out. Dasgupta reassured Ekta that he might soon be leaving Sony. Ekta said she had no interest in his departure as long as he stayed out of her shows."
"After the promos of Balaji's Dubai show Khwahish went on air, Sandiip Sikcand started calling up Ekta and her associates asking for a meeting with her. Ekta reluctantly agreed and met him. She heard him out. Sikcand also told Ekta that he was leaving Sony. Ekta remained non-committal. She's smart enough to handle all this," adds the source.
Sans Sandiip Sikcand, Ekta has agreed to do five shows for Sony.
According to the above-quoted Balaji source, "By the end of the year, Balaji will have as many shows on Sony as they have on Star. Ekta has been roped in to give Star a run for their ratings."
When contacted about the supposed rapprochement with her erstwhile employee, Ekta laughs and says,"As far as I'm concerned, there never was any fight with Sandiip Sikcand. So there's no question of a patch-up."
Yeah, right!
There goes SONY......it set to become another Star plus it seems.....now I will have NOTHING to watch on TV.😠Maybe i should just disconnect my cable connection and watch Doordarshan.
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