Article--Couple Confusion--KARAN -AMITA

F irst Juhi Parmar wasn't allowed to participate. Then there were allegations that judge Ishaa Koppikar was partial to winners Aamir Ali and Sanjee- da Sheikh. Controversial end Nach Baliye 3 ended on a contro- versial note as well with runner-up Rakhi Sawant lashing out against the channel. Finally a couple of days ago, for- , mer participant Karan Patel went on record saying that he and Ami- ta Chandekar were never a couple. The other jodis on the reality show seem to be as clueless about this as the channel. Prem Kamath, vice-president marketing, Star Plus, claims not to have known about this. He asserts that a couple had to be married or be dating. "There's very little we can do now, though," he admits. Aamir Ali feels it's unfair because another couple could have made it to the top four had this been revealed earlier. Ali adds that the duo were very lovey-dovey on the sets. Hanif Hilal agrees: "How can one resort to this? Karan should have thought about his reputation." Money matters Another source says they must have done it for the money . Nach Baliye 2 had its question- able jodi too. Remember Narayani Shastri and Gaurav Chopra? They were an item until their reported break-up made headlines. Soon after, Shastri and Chopra signed up for NB 2, inviting specu- lations about their couple status. When Season Two ended, Chopra maintained that Shastri and he had always been 'just friends.'