Good News for Madhur Bhandarkar Fans - MUST READ

The entertainment industry is badly hit by recession but that hasn't deterred Bollywood big wigs from venturing into television. The latest Bollywood personality to venture into TV production is noted director Madhur Bhandarkar who will be producing a weekly show for Sony.

Earlier there were reports which stated that Bhandarkar himself will be directing this show. However, this has been rubbished by the director through a press statement where he made it clear that he isn't directing but his company (Bhandarkar Entertainment Pvt Ltd) is producing a television show for a particular channel.

Speaking about this show, a source from the production says, "Firstly, let me make it clear Madhur is not directing but only producing it. It's going to be a weekly show. We'll be making 10 short stories of one episode each for Sony. All these stories are very much women oriented. After all, they are the target audience. The title isn't decided yet but we expect the show to launch in mid February."

Sony business head Albert Almedia refused to comment.

Meanwhile, it's also buzzed that Sony has approached Mahesh Manjrekar and Vikram Bhattto direct a show each for them. Both Mahesh and Vikram remained unavailable for comment.