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• Small screen moving from kitchen politics to real life

  Published: September 16, 2007, 10:35 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Dhara, Amber, Conjoined, Commonman, Almeida, Twins

  The age of television serials abounding in saas-bahu sagas or business rivalries’ seems to be pass ! The family politics on the small screen is slowly and steadily, paving way for shows mirroring the dreams and aspirations of the commonman across the country. After ‘Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni’ and ‘Sangam’ on Star

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• Isha Koppikar, Vaibhavi Merchant to judge Nach Baliye 3

  Published: September 16, 2007, 6:14 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Vaibhavi, Baliye, Nach, Merchant, Koppikar, Sanjida, Junta, Alex

  Bollywood star Isha Koppikar and leading choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant along with a third celebrity, who is one of the biggest names in Bollywood, are going to be the judges on Nach Baliye 3 that begins September 21 on Star Plus. The trio, with the help of the entire nation popularly known as ‘India ki Junta’, will [...]

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• Koffee with karan season finale brings koffee awards 2007

  Published: September 16, 2007, 5:57 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Koffee, Boyfriends, Finale, Season, Nonminees, Clinical, Expressionless, Superiority

  Koffee Awards 2007 will be announced on the season finale episode of Koffee with Karan to be aired tomorrow on Star World and Star One. According to a release issued by STAR, Karan Johar came up with the novel idea of ‘Koffee Awards 2007′ for the season finale and the jury comprises fashion designer Rohit Bal, [...]

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• Rakhi Sawanth, Abhishek seek support for Nach Baliye

  Published: September 18, 2007, 2:17 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Rakhi, Baliye, Nach, Participating, 2000, Telecast, Episodes, Ganeshotsav

  Item girl Rakhi Sawant and Abhishek Awasthi, one of the ten couples participating in ”Nach Baliye - 3”, the dance reality show to be telecast on Star Plus from this week, were in the city today to garner support from the audience. Speaking to newspersons here, Rakhi said she was excited about doing the show together [...]

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• Small screen moving from kitchen politics to real life

  Published: September 16, 2007, 10:35 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Dhara, Amber, Conjoined, Commonman, Almeida, Twins

  The age of television serials abounding in saas-bahu sagas or business rivalries’ seems to be pass ! The family politics on the small screen is slowly and steadily, paving way for shows mirroring the dreams and aspirations of the commonman across the country. After ‘Meri Awaz Ko Mil Gayi Roshni’ and ‘Sangam’ on Star

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• ‘Kasautii Zindagii Kay’ Shifted to afternoon slot

  Published: September 20, 2007, 7:34 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Kasautii, Shweta, Zindagii, Slot, Balaji, Choudhary

  Ever since TV actress Shweta Tiwari’s personal life came under a cloud, she has been unable to focus on her soap “Kasautii Zindagii Kay”. And the sufferer is none other than Balaji Telefilms whose schedules are going awry. Raja Choudhary, Shweta’s violent-tempered alcoholic husband, is the root cause of the turbulences in

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• Two celebrity shows set to air back-to-back

  Published: September 21, 2007, 5:42 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Jhalak, Negi, Season, Dikhhla, Brocha, Academies, Banushali, Tapur

  TRP ratings could take a beating as two celebrity shows are set to air back-to-back on the same day on separate TV channels. Star Network has already announced its third season of “Nach Baliye” from Friday. On Thursday, Sony Entertainment Television (SET) announced season two of “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa” - also from Friday. So,

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• ‘Jhalak Dikhla Ja’ begins Sep 28

  Published: September 21, 2007, 5:29 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Dikhla, Jhalak, Mika, Season, Broacha

  After a gap of nearly a year, another season of television shows featuring celebrities in their new ‘avataar’ as dancers is all set to send audiences all over India in thrall! Close on the heels of Star Network announcing launch of third season of its dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye’, the Sony Entertainment television today

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• Prashant is Indian Idol

  Published: September 25, 2007, 3:25 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Amit, Prashant, Smss, Idol, Bengal

  Amid euphoria and screams of joy, Prashant Tamang was Sunday night named the new Indian Idol at the end of the third season of the hugely popular TV talent hunt show. He defeated his friend Amit Paul on the basis of audience votes - totalling a whopping 70 million SMSs. Bollywood star John Abraham and lyricist Javed [...]

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• I’d love to marry Karan Johar: Ekta Kapoor

  Published: September 26, 2007, 9:33 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Ekta, Sunita

  There’s more than super-success at work here. Both Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor are 30-plus, fiery, feisty, famous and eminently single. And although both are off-camera celebrities, they get mobbed big-time in public places. Once upon a time, both of them were overweight, bratty, spoilt kids from very filmy families who were fated to take

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• ‘Om Shanti Om’, ‘Saawariya’ rivalry spills over to Indian TV

  Published: September 29, 2007, 3:38 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Shanti, Saawariya, Biggies, Sanjayji, Directorrs, Shivum, Contestants, Sunderam

  The festive season plus the importance of two super-biggies being released the same Friday is the reason why the competition between “Saawariya” and “Om Shanti Om” is so hot. Television is also being caught up in the impending war of the Bollywood biggies. On Sep 29, while the “Saawariya” team will be seen on

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• ‘Nach Baliye-3′ generates rating of 10.8

  Published: September 29, 2007, 4:44 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Whopping, Fabulously, Week's, Baliye, Nach, Potent, Scales, Viewers

  Star India today said its decision to move ‘Nach Baliye’ from Star One to Star Plus had proved to be a huge success with more than 20 million viewers from across the country tuning in to the reality show since its launch last week. The first week's studio performance episode, which was aired on September 21 [...]

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• Shah Rukh or Salman may perform at Ekta Kapoor’s show

  Published: October 1, 2007, 2:47 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Ekta, Harsha, Density, Perform, Awards, Balaji, Chugh

  Ekta Kapoor’s television awards event, to be held in December in the United Arab Emirates, is getting bigger by the day. The latest buzz is that either Salman Khan or Shah Rukh Khan may perform at the function. What’s more, either Gautami Gadgil of Tulsi fame or Sakshi Talwar, better known as Parvati, will also be [...]

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• Chaos in ‘Saregama’ programme

  Published: October 1, 2007, 2:34 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Saregama, Chaos, Programme, Harpreet, Jheel, Mauli, Marsart, Prescribed

  Zee Television’s musical talent hunt programme ‘Saregama’ — that was being performed at a hotel near the ‘Badi Jheel (lake)’ in the state capital last night — had to be ended before scheduled time as the programme descended into chaos following mass disturbance. Chaos broke out owing to more visitors than

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• Regressive content works on Indian television

  Published: October 1, 2007, 2:19 am

  Tags: Televsion News, Sundaram, Maharashtrian, Sanjana, Regressive, Kyun, Sahara, Aisi, Protagonist

  ”Regressive is what works on television today and we are trying to break the stereotype,” rued Sahara One Television Programming Head Kalyan Sundaram. Addressing a press conference here last evening to launch Sahara One’s new show ‘Main Aisi Kyun Hoon’, Mr Sundaram explained that the serial is about a girl, who has

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