| Mandira Bedi |
Celebs kick-start Heart Beat
Producer Siddhartha Basu will have a bevy of famous personalities on his show
Subhash K Jha
Ajay Jadeja, Isha Koppiker, Vinod Kambli, Ronit Roy, Pooja Bedi, Varun Bandola ,Mandira Bedi… famous names from various walks of life will be seen vying for prizes on the forthcoming show Heart Beat. The show will start from May 1.
The show purports to be different from the rest. "It is actually based on the concept of the heartbeat," says Star's Deepak Sehgal. "Instead of timing the contestants by the clock they'll be timed by every heartbeat. This will give the quiz an exciting never-before edge. Plus, the phone lines and the Internet will be available to contestants throughout, so they can call up for help any time."
"The most interesting feature of Heart Beat is that it will have no host. Just the contestant holding fort in an isolated chamber where all we'll hear is his or her heartbeat. The time that each contestant will get to answer will depend entirely on the heartbeat. So if you're a nervous sort and prone to palpitations your time will be relatively limited," says producer Siddhartha Basu.
The show will feature only celebrities to begin with. But it will extend it's reach to the common people later. "It all depends on which way the show goes," says the producer.
