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High voltage drama...controversies...and surprises...Episode 2 of Nach Baliye 2 witnessed it all! The contestants, judges, hosts and the audience were all left bewildered as a new element was added to the already existing format of the show!

It was the first elimination day for the jodis of season 2 when after all the performances (on village theme) it was time for the announcement of votes received. Till the eight contestants were shown way to the suraksha chakra everything went smooth. But then the channel threw a googly!

It was revealed that the fate of the left out two jodis (with least votes) will be decided by the remaining eight jodis, as they will have to vote out one!!! This caused fireworks amongst the safe couples as they were too attached to all. The openly voiced their grievances on such a format and many even threatened to not be a part of this voting!

But as it was the new norm to be followed, the star jodis finally opted not to be upfront about their choice and relented for a silent vote-casting process to decide who should be in.

They returned with a bang! The maiden episode of season 2 of Star One's Nach Baliye did manage to grab eyeballs of the telly junta and was highly discussed - be it for the melodrama caused by Shweta Tiwari, or the poor scores earned by senior jodi Ketki-Raski or Malaika's teensy but sexy ensemble!

And now in the second episode the pressure was to ameliorate or at least live up the hype generated by the previous telecast. We decided to be right there on the sets and check out the real hungama!

Here's a sneek peek as well as a low-down of episode two of NB 2 which will be telecast on Monday. The theme being 'village' to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

We were bedazed to see the set which was beautifully adorned with khats and golden matkas, thus keeping up with the theme. Also the choreographers were assembled in traditional outfits as the telecast will co-occur with Dussehra.

After roping in the title holders, Sachin-Supriya last week, the channel opted for a reverse countdown and brought in Rohit-Mansi (the first jodi to be eliminated last year) to anchor the show. They couple performed on gori hain kalaiyan and definitely has better sense of rhythm this time around!

Malaika looked ravishing as usual in an embellished orangish -ivory tunic (again sans the pants, thankfully!). Kunal Kohli made an intentional effort to add more words to his vocab after receiving flak for repeating 'energy' and 'chemistry' umpteen times. And Saroj Khan chose to be stricter with the contestants as she evaluated each performance microscopically when it came to technique.

And finally we come to the star performers!Here's the list of songs they danced on

Ladies day out!
Yash and Gauri Tonk were dressed too simple, especially the lady who seemed to have picked up the ghaghra choli from a local market! But she covered up with her aadayein and once again overshadowed her hubby. The same happened in case of Hussain - Tina where the latter took over the laurels from all the judges. Gurdeep too grabbed many a compliments for being a consistent batsman, leaving her requesting the judges to shell out some good words for her husband too! And yes, this jodi took over the title of the 'cutest couple' from Sharad-Keerti!

Disappointment galore!
But it was a hellish day for Saroj Khan's baby doll Keerti and Sharad (they scored 14 points, the lowest for the day). The jodi tried to divert from their cute image, and opted for raunchy moves on ishq kamina. But their steps were a direct lift from the original song! In fact Saroj Khan took the choreographers task and blasted him by commenting, "mujhe Farah Khan wala dance nahin tumhara imagination chaiye".

Last times highest score holders, Bhaktiar-Tanaz couldn't live up to the expectations of the judges and earned 27 points, reason being Bhaktiyar's hyper enthusiasm which worked for him last time but it backfired this time! In fact Malaika adviced him to pop a chill pill!!! And once again there was a tie between Raja - Shweta (she looked tacky in a netted zardosi ghaghra choli). Though Raja did manage to come out of his wife's shadow and shook a leg or two. Was it because his papa was whistling for him in the audience?

Surprise, surprise!
After being rebuked last time for her manly moves, Shweta Kawatra stepped on the battle field with cramped nerves but emerged a winner! She impressed one in all with her graceful and coy movements. In fact, Malaika stated that she finally danced like a lady. But the icing on the cake was Saroj ji's compliment, "you remind me of Vyanjantimala!" And Manav didn't go unnoticed too, thanks to his mouche ala Shahrukh in Paheli. The poor scorers of last time, Hiten-Gauri pleased the judges with their latkas and jhatkas, especially Hiten who did a dhinchak 'churiya' step!

But it was last times lowest scorers, Ketki - Rasik who received a standing ovation from the critical trio! Dressed like Kashmiris, they performed on meri jaan valle valle, hence putting them to ease as the song belonged to their era.

The only ceetee winners!

Jodi no 1 proved true to their allotted number! Dressed in shocking yellow, the duo gyrated on a Govinda number prem jaal main. And must say, Gaurav did full justice to the song with his comic timing and pelvic thrusts! Saroj Khan was so moved by his act that she even gave her most treasured aashirward to the hunk.

And so who was in and who was out????? We'll conceal the suspense as too much of anything is harmful, as someone had once quoted!

Mazhar Sayed was once a part of the Balaji clan and after a gap of two years he's back in Kahanii Ghar Ghar Kii. Earlier he played Aneesh in Star Plus's

Kahin Kisi Roz and now he's all set to play foreign returned Sameer in Kahanii…
"I play Shruti's (Tina Parakh) husband in the show who has come back from abroad. My previous wife Rupali Ganguly has run away with our son and Shruti wants a child inspite of the family warning her of the life risking repercussions," says Mazhar who began shooting only last week for the show and entered the show in no time.
The actor also has Saat Phere in hand where his character is gearing up to go blind in the show.
"Samar is going blind so I am going to have a safe Diwali," laughs the actor who works 30 days a month for Kahanii… and Saat Phere and both the sets have become home for him.
With two quality shows in hand and with a special relationship with the bong beauty, the actors not complaining for sure!

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Aditi Pratap had a rocking time at the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week in Delhi but the actor also had a rather embarrassing mishap one of the days. Aditi was caught up outside her room in pyjamas late in the night until a tourist came to her rescue.
"I was very tired of shooting the entire day. After my dinner, I stepped out to keep my food tray outside the room, since I didn't want to wait till morning for it to be cleared out. And as luck would have it, the door shut behind me and it was such an embarrassing situation for me with all celebs and models around me looking as if I was some alien in distress. Since, I was in my pyjamas, I was embarrassed to go down to the reception for the keys but eventually there was someone who helped me out of this funny situation," smiles Aditi who is currently been seen in Saat Phere.
So, after all our actors are not as cool and confident in real life as they seem to be!

Diwali is an occasion which no one wants to miss celebrating but in today's
times, with the fast pace of life, it has become just another extended
weekend where people look for getaways or else go out for dinner or watch a
movie. But Gita Hari stumbled upon some television actors who still believe
in celebrating the joyous festival of lights in all its traditional glory,replete with pujas and the exchange of goodies.