The Hot Kandy Floss ready for roll-out

Sitaram Sundalia - Televisionpoint.com
The much awaited gossip show Kandy Floss from the Balaji Telefilms stable is all set to go on Sony Entertainment TV from March 10, but only after the channel ensures the content meets the Standards and Practises of television channels. The show has been delayed in telecast because of the content, which is very adult and hot, unlike Ekta's other shows.

Sandiip Sikcand, creative head, Balaji Telefilms explains, "Kandy Floss is all about the behind the scenes goings-on and hot, unadulterated gossip related to the entertainment industry. In our show we have dealt with some issues like homosexuality in the fashion industry, to what extent will actors go to gain name and fame' and will heroines go topless for a scene. We have people (actors, models) making some very candid statements on camera. So that's something the channel is not very comfortable with. They wanted us to make some changes and edit it accordingly. But we can't as we have already toned down the outspokenness of the show. It's just a 21-minute weekly show and editing it further will not do any justice to it because we have really worked hard on making it something totally different from what you have seen before on TV."

Kandy Floss is anchored by Archana Puran Singh. Says Sikcand, "The reason we chose Archana to host it is because her personality goes with the profile of our show. She has always been candid about what she thinks and has always been known to do things differently."

Kandy Floss was earlier meant to be a weekend show at 8.30 pm but now it will be telecast at the much later time of 11 pm on Fridays. Says Mandloi of Sony, "Keeping in mind the content of the show, we thought it would be wise to telecast it at a later time. Kandy Floss is all about unveiling the lives of TV and film stars and so we have to be careful about what we show."