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| Simi, Karan come together for TV show |
| Published: January 3, 2008, 9:23 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Karan Johar, Simi Garewal, Simi, Shava, Tested, Kejriwal, Garewal, Soap |
| Strange are the ways of showbiz. Simi Garewal and Karan Johar, the hosts of two most fiercely competitive celebrity talk shows, "Rendezvous With Simi Garewal" and "Koffee With Karan", are coming together to judge a music-and-dance contest on NDTV's new entertainment channel Imagine. Though the "historic collaboration" between the two rivals is |
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| Rakhi Sawant dropped from Ekta’s awards function |
| Published: December 31, 2007, 3:38 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Ekta Awards Function, Rakhi Sawant, Moranis, Balaji, Rakhi, Function, Smriti, Ekta, Rigging |
| After the brouhaha Rakhi Sawant created about the alleged rigging of results on STAR Plus' dance show "Nach Baliye 3" and her questioning the "role" of Ekta Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms in the final result, Balaji has decided to drop Rakhi from their first awards function on Jan 25 that is likely to be held at Dubai. When asked, Ekta told IANS: |
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| Leena Ganguly hunts for Kishore successor |
| Published: December 31, 2007, 3:29 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Kishore Kumar, Leena Ganguly, Leena, Successor, Kishore, Ganguly, Manchali, Humjoli, Bhonsale |
| Leena Ganguly, widow of legendary singer Kishore Kumar and still remembered as Rajesh Khanna's shy girlfriend in "Mehboob Ki Mehndi", returns to the limelight after a long break. She is judging Sony TV's ongoing reality show "K for Kishore", an ode to the maestro. |
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| Catfight between leading ladies of ‘Bigg Boss’ |
| Published: January 10, 2008, 4:42 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Kashmira Shah, Rupali Ganguly, Rupali, Kashmera, Ummeed, Sarabhai, Bigg |
| "Big Boss", the Indian version of Channel 4's reality show "Big Brother", is whipping up similar spice - a catfight between the leading ladies. Rupali Ganguly, who had played the "cry baby" in the Sony TV show, has accused co-star Kashmera Shah, who played the "mean woman", of being "bossy and judgmental". |
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| Boman Irani launches ‘Bollywood ka Boss’ quiz show |
| Published: January 10, 2008, 4:23 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Bollywood Ka Boss, Boman Irani, Quiz, Twisters, Questions, Irani, Bookish, Lakh, Boss, Boman |
| A quiz show for Bollywood film buffs 'Bollywood Ka Boss', produced and hosted by Boman Irani, was launched and aired on 'Filmy' channel yesterday. ''The show is novel as it will only focus on Bollywood, with questions that are neither bookish nor available on the internet,'' Irani said at the launch function. |
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| Balaji awards to be held on Feb 1 |
| Published: January 18, 2008, 10:50 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Balaji, Categories, Fiction, Nominations, Judging, Ekta, Awards, Malvankar |
| Balaji Telefilms has announced its partnership with the newly launched 9X general entertainment channel for the annual 'Global Indian T V Honours' which will be held here on February 1. From next year onwards, the awards ceremony will be held in different cities across the globe. |
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| Formula-based small screen sagas losing sheen |
| Published: January 28, 2008, 2:35 pm |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Sabir, Housewives, Sagas, Pradhan, Viewers |
| Indian television serials revolve around stock themes - the simple Indian girl and her hopes, dreams, joys, love and sorrow. Add a dash of revenge, conspiracy, murder and even rebirth - the latest in the assembly line of plots emanating from the world of TV soaps, and you have a gripping drama that sometime runs for months at a stretch. |
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| ‘Dhoom Macha De’ contest from Feb 1 on NDTV Imagine |
| Published: January 30, 2008, 9:03 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Macha, Ndtv, Suneeta, Anaida, Imagine, Devang, Nirula, Jaspinder |
| Eleven of India's popular and professional singers will be seen competing in a new musical contest -- 'Dhoom Macha De', launched by NDTV Imagine. The show, to be aired from February 1, will be hosted by Malaika Arora Khan. |
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| Balaji Telefilm’s television awards ceremony |
| Published: February 3, 2008, 3:02 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Balaji, Dulhan, Prachi, Banu, Teri, Divyanka, Kudiya, Shakshi |
| Burman: Indian television tsarina Ekta Kapoor's blue-eyed girl Prachi Desai and Ronit Roy won the best actress and actor awards respectively at her Balaji Telefilm's television awards ceremony where artistes from other production houses were feted too. The misgivings in the TV industry that the work of only those associated with Balaji |
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| Ekta, Karan Johar to rock n roll together |
| Published: February 3, 2008, 2:41 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Ekta Kapoor, Karan Johar, Ekta, Jiggy, Roll, Karan, Soniye, Rock, Refused, Johar |
| Ekta Kapoor had earlier refused to shake a leg with Karan Johar but has changed her mind. She will be seen dancing with the director to "Rock n Roll Soniye" from his "Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna" at Balaji Telefilms' first award function Friday evening. "It's meant to be the surprise of the evening. But Karan and Ekta are actually going to dance |
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| Shah Rukh Khan to host reality game show on Star Plus |
| Published: February 5, 2008, 4:11 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Shah Rukh Khan, Synergy, Smarter, Grader, Adlabs, Graders, Adyantha, Keertan, Game |
| the hugely successful television game show "Kaun Banega Crorepati 3" (KBC) on STAR Plus, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be back as host of a new reality game show for the channel. The yet-to-be-titled show is formatted on "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader", a US-based game show featuring adult contestants facing questions |
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| Pulkit Samrat charge of being underpaid stuns Ekta Kapoor |
| Published: February 8, 2008, 1:21 pm |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Ekta Kapoor, Pulkit Samrat, Pulkit, Nivedita, Underpaid, Samrat, Ekta, Kyunkii, Balaji |
| by television actor Pulkit Samrat, who plays Lakshya in the popular soap "Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi", that Ekta Kapoor had "underpaid and under-utilised" him, have stunned the TV tycoon and her team. Pulkit has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court against Balaji Telefilms Limited for non-payment and also for a contract |
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| Double SRK bonanza for television viewers? |
| Published: February 8, 2008, 12:36 pm |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Shah Rukh, Grader, Smarter, Synergy, Income, Bade, Advertising, Adlabs, Graders |
| "Om Shanti Om", he turns to television this year with two game shows. The first one is tentatively titled "Bade Hue to Kya Hua", which is formatted on "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader", a US-based game show featuring adult contestants facing questions picked directly from the textbooks of first to fifth |
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| Now, read up your favourite TV serials! |
| Published: February 11, 2008, 4:05 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Deviyaan, Books, Sarabhai, Licence, Teen, Prakash, Read |
| Did you miss your favourite soap "Teen Deviyaan" this week? No problem, just go to the friendly neighbourhood market and pick up its book version for a racy read. Leading media and entertainment company STAR India has now joined hands with publishing firm Prakash Books India Pvt Ltd to come up with nearly 300 titles using show content from TV |
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| I owe my life to television: SRK |
| Published: February 13, 2008, 1:05 am |
| Tags: Indian Television News And Gossips, Srk, Smarter, Grader, Paanchvi, Dimples, Conferences, Smile, Punished, Suhana |
| Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan, who started his career as an actor with TV serial "Fauji", says that whatever he has achieved in life is all because of television. "I started my career with television. I am what I am today because of TV. I owe my life to the small screen and stage," 'King' Khan told IANS. |
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