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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="98%"><t><tr><td><h1> Chopra 'Win'fray</h1><p ="summery"> Rakhi Sawant thinks Priyanka Chopra's NB3 appearance for Aamir-Sanjeeda will swing viewers votes away from her<span ="txtgry">By: <a class="byline" title="Email story writer" href="mailto:tushar.joshi@mid-day.com">Tushar Joshi</a></span>
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Last week Star decided to add a new twist to Nach Baliye 3. The
brief given to the contestants made it clear that each couple could
invite one of their star-friends to help them garner votes from the
audience. All the jodis were told in advance to 'book' out for a
celebrity's date for the shooting.Priyanka Chopra agreed to make a
friendly appearance to support her friends —Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Ali.
But PC's presence on the show caused undue drama, courtesy Rakhi
Sawant. A source from the set reveals, "Rakhi was shocked when she
saw that Aamir had managed to rope in a big star like Priyanka Chopra
for the 'celebrity friend' episode. Her anger stemmed from the fact
that she hadn't been able to get any A-lister to support her. The
source reveals, "Rakhi had tried frantically to get a big Bolly name to
support her but everyone refused because of prior commitment." She
couldn't believe that Aamir had managed to get Priyanka and believed
that the channel had some hand in it. She even walked up to Aamir and
asked him how he managed to get such a big name." Ab mera kya?Rakhi
confirms, "Unfortunately I couldn't get anyone. I tried everyone from
Karan Johar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ravi Kissen to Dilip Saab. But
everyone was busy with their work and couldn't change their schedules.
Now the only one person who I can turn to, for votes, is God himself!" Rakhi
believes that Priyanka endorsing Aamir-Sanjida will affect her scores,
"Who will vote for us now ? Priyanka is a huge super star, if she tells
the audience to vote for Aamir they will do that. I wish the channel
had tried to get someone for us. They know so many big actors, it would
have been nice to have someone campaign for Abhishek and me as well."
Finally she suddenly gets into the 'Mika' mode and says that now only
her fans can save her, "My junta and my hard core fans will vote for
me. So what if I didn't get any big star to stand by me, I gave faith
in my fans!"Aamir's 'celeb'speakAamir laughs off the
rumours that the channel helped him get Priyanka to help him score more
votes, "This is highly ridiculous. I know many actors from the film
industry but I don't go boasting about them. All I can say is that it's
the audience votes which has got me where I am. Only they can make us
win the show." When asked about his equation with Priyanka, he
simply said, "I've known her a really long time. She was shooting close
to our sets for Drona, and very sweetly accepted my invitation. What's
wrong with that? It's not my problem if others couldn't find anyone to
support them."
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