Star One has now been rechristened Life OK and has Madhuri Dixit is promoting its new avatar. Looks like Lady Di's return to India has not resulted in meaty Bollywood offers so the actress appears to be killing time by doing B-grade ads and appearing as sutradhaar on this new, oops we mean old, channel. Life Ok somehow reminds one of OK sabun. Remember, the middle-class soap product had this rather catchy line ' jo okay se nahaye, kamal sa khil jaye. Not the best of associations but Life Ok does have its moments. Lady Di looks gorgeous, has shed all the flab and takes you through the journey of the characters in the various soaps.
Dil Se Di Duva, Saubhagyavati Bhava is this tale of an obsessive psycho husband who locks his wife up at home and calls her up every 15 minutes to check on her. This arranged marriage turns into an instant nightmare as the protagonist assumes she is marrying a gentle shy guy. Looks promising despite the creepy moments on the soap.
Rajeev Khandelwal returns with his Sach Ka Saamna but the opening espisode was somewhat thanda. Wish the channel had opted for a dhamaakedar participant like a Rakhi Sawant to make it livelier. One doesn't really know what the channel hopes to achieve but like we said, the content is basically old wine in a new bottle ' nothing exciting so far.
Meanwhile the Zee Rishte Awards was a lackluster affair, the only star (if you can still call her that) present was Urmila Matondkar who sat demurely next to Subhash Chandra Goel and laughed coyly at some of the acts. Urmi still looks hot and it's a pity that this Marathi mugli seems to have virtually disappeared from Bollywood. As far as the show is concerned, the only recognisable stars were Ankita Lokhande and Hiten Tejwani from Pavitra Rishta. This is the only soap that continues to garner reasonably good TRPs. The rest of the actors are largely new and forgettable faces who have not made an impact despite the awards that they won that night.
To make matters worse, rival channel Colours screened their curtain raiser to the Golden Petal awards, which is to be aired on December 25. One must admit that this event was far more exciting and rather crisply edited giving you an insight into the fun moments and the stars who will make their presence felt. There was Sallu miyan rehearsing for his act at 2 am and the choreographers were super excited as the star appeared to be in a good mood. Sallu seems to have also earned a few brownies from the audiences after he played Big Brother to the sleazy Bigg Boss contestants. He walked into the house, to give them a piece of his mind, asking them to get their act together. It was a good move by the channel but a tad too late. The show has almost come to an end and audience interest has waned drasticall
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