What Will ‘Wife Bina Life’ Make The Husbands Do On Television?

The Indian version of the Canadian hit show The Week The Woman Went is all set to make its debut on the small screen. Titled Wife Bina Life, the show will explore the home managerial qualities of a husband whose wife has taken some time off from her daily household chores.

The show will be shot in Pune and will span over 16 episodes. It will be hosted by Cyrus Sahukar and Mini Mathur, the anchors we have loved to love. 10 real life couples will participate in the show. Wife Bina Life will also have celebrity couples as guests to pep up the show and pull up its TRP. The show will reaffirm the truth that husbands do not know their house as their wives do. What the husbands do at the kitchen and how they manage their kids when their respective wives suddenly go missing is for the viewers to see. The husbands have to run the family without any helping hand.

The Canadian show has had two successful seasons in 2008 and 2009. Wife Bina Life will be jointly produced by Star Plus and BBC Worldwide Entertainment. The Senior Creative Director of Star Plus, Monica Shergill said that it’s a “slice of life show” and it will challenge the “gender stereotypes”. The aim of the show is to strengthen the bond between the husband and the wife by making the former aware of the responsibilities and importance of the later. 

We thank Star Plus for taking on the mammoth task of making the husbands realize the true meaning of the word homemaker.

A Gala Time For Boys On ‘Zor Ka Jhatka’ In Buenos Aires

The upcoming reality show on television Zor Ka Jhatka will prove to be exciting .The trailers are already aired on television. Shahrukh Khan will host for the show. However the shooting which was held in Buenos Aires was quite eventful .One of the contestants who refused to be named added that the shooting at Buenos Aires was full of action and drama. The source also added that there were a many things happening off camera and the contestants of the show went totally out of control and had a gala time.

News are doing the rounds those Zor Ka Jhatka contestants Payal Rohatgi and Gaurav Chopra were injured while shooting for the show. The duo had to pack their backs and leave after shooting a few episodes. Payal Rohatgi and Gaurav Chopra had to replaced by two commandos of the Indian army Captain Albert and Captain Dharam.The contestants have an interesting mix of people from varied field.

From sports there are CWG boxer Manoj Kumar, Vijender Singh’s boxer-brother Jai Bhagwan, wrestler Sonika, sprinter Alka Tomar, squash player Ravi Dixit and Krushna Patil who was the youngest mountaineer to climb the Everest. The showbiz world also has many contestants for the show right from Kushal Punjabi, Vindoo Dara Singh, Claudia Ciesla, Bakhtiar Irani, former Femina Miss India 2008 Simran Kaul Mundi, Miss India 2006 Natasha Suri, Mink, Rohit Verma, Biggest Loser contestant Gracias D’Costa, Rahul ka Swayamvar runner-up Priyadarshini and winner Dimpy Rahul Mahajan, Vrajesh Hirjee, Jennifer Winget, Raja Chowdhary, Hanif Hilal, Amit Sarin, Karisma Tanna, Narayani Shastri and Manas Katiyal (the contestant who took part in Raakhi Ka Swayamvar).

All the guys in the show had a gala time with the Argentinean women. Kushal Punjabi was the casanova in Buenos Aires. Looks like it was fun on the sets of Zor Ka Jhatka.

Veena, Ashmit made love in the quilt

Now that the fourth season of Bigg Boss has ended up, many untold and unseen secrets are coming out from the mouth of the contestants. Well, we have witness through out the episodes how intimate was Asmit Patel and Veena Malik but in a strong revelation and on condition of anonymity one of the contestants of Bigg Boss 4 opened the secret that the two lovebirds actually had sex inside the house.  

The contestant shares his views, "Most of the contestants were irked with all that Ashmit and Veena did in the house. Hum sab unke saath baith nahin paate thay. Everybody would feel awkward in their presence. Sirf gale milne jaisi sadharan baat nahin hoti thi. I remember, they were given the task to guard the diya kept near the swimming pool, and we saw them snuggling in the quilt. Us din zaroor kuch hua tha. And of what I've heard, many viewers felt the same. It was all so disgusting. One of the key reasons for my exit was their growing intimacy. I'd requested Bigg Boss to evict me from the show. I couldn't take it anymore."

Ashmit declines being too close to Veena but at the same time expressed his desire to come close to the Pakistani actress if it was possible. Ashmit said that the camera installed here and there barred him from doing so.

Denying the allegations, Ashmit said, “No, it didn`t happen. I would have wanted something like that to happen, but I didn`t have the inclination."

He further adds, "With cameras installed everywhere, how is it possible for anyone to make love? And now that the show is over, I have no chance. But I have only gained from these rumours."

Surekha Sikri: ‘Maa Exchange’ Won’t Show Unnecessary Things

Veteran television actress Surekha Sikri, who is going to appear in a new avatar in Sony TV’s upcoming reality show ‘Maa Exchange’, says that it is different from any other reality shows in Indian television.

Sikri has been appreciated for her strong character in Colors’ show ‘Balika Vadhu’ but she is hated for her toughness. Now, she will be gathering love of audience by hosting this new show, which according to her, will not show any unnecessary things. She promises that this show will surely offer something different to the viewers, who have been used to the overdose of emotional drama in the reality shows these days.

The veteran actress says that it gives her an opportunity to show her real self to the audience as she is not playing any character and will speak out whatever is in her mind. Sikri, who has been popular as the ‘dadisa’ of ‘Balika Vadhu’, says that the show will present some real situations, where a lady has to adjust with a new family and new house with their set rules. She thinks that the participants need to be really committed to perform the role of mother of someone else’s kids.

The show is launching on January 12 on Sony TV and Surekha is very excited to start the journey. Initially, it will show two mothers being exchanged for 10 days.

We hope, Sikri’s words come true and the viewers get to see some real reality show this time!

Shweta Tiwari, Dolly Bindra, The Great Khali DITCH Ashmit Patel!

When Bigg Boss gave the remaining four Housemates the liberty to make a unanimous decision about removing any one contestant from the House, they were all clear about whose names they would take.

Shweta Tiwari and The Great Khali wanted Dolly Bindra to leave and they discussed this in detail. In turn, Dolly wanted Shweta to leave. But Ashmit Patel voluntarily accepted to leave the House if that made the other Housemates happy. At this time, all the three other contestants strongly objected to Ashmit’s words and sacrifice, saying he should not leave. They reassured him that they stood by him and supported his continued stay in the House.

But when Bigg Boss asked the Housemates about their final decision, to everyone’s surprise, ALL three of the others – Dolly Bindra, The Great Khali as well as Shweta Tiwari – took a U-turn, unabashedly deserting and ditching Ashmit Patel for their personal gain of staying put in the House.

Exposing their double-standards, they all agreed to Ashmit’s ouster, without giving it second thought.

But God had other plans for the most genuine man on the show. As it turned out to be, Bigg Boss asked Ashmit to open the mysterious ‘red box’ which was given to Dolly two days ago, and the person who was voted out by the contestants, was not only allowed to stay back in the House, but also earned an extra prize money of five lakhs.

Eva Longoria denies reality show participation

London, Dec 31 – A representative for Eva Longoria has dismissed reports that the actress is inviting cameras into her life to film a new reality show. 

The ‘Desperate Housewives’ star was rumoured to have signed up to star in a fly-on-the-wall series about her personal life, following the split from her basketball star husband Tony Parker.

But a spokesperson insists the brunette beauty has no plans to participate in such a series, reports gossipcop.com.

Longoria sent shock waves through Hollywood last month when she filed for divorce from Parker, citing irreconcilable differences. 

IANS

Celebs at SA RE GA MA PA finals at Andheri Sports Complex

Bigg Boss 4: The Tearful Veena Malik On Aakhri Salaam

It was on Saturday night that Veena Malik was made to bid adieu to the ‘Bigg Boss’ house with her Aakhri Salaam being one of the most sensational ones ever.

Veena Malik looked stunning as usual in a black sari with silver embroidered border giving out her best pouts whenever required. However, throughout her Aakhri Salaam she was in tears and it was as though she had come out of the house with her tear taps open in full swing. But why was this hot shot gal so emotional?

What was it that had got her to be so tearful when she should have been proud that she did manage to stay there for a whole 80 days which in itself is an achievement?

However, when accused of being self obsessed the gal accepted the fact with teary eyes again giving an insight into her life saying that she was made to live away from her parents and thus chose to talk to herself by looking at the mirror saying nice things to herself.

Well this was quite touching for many her fans as herself obsession which once seemed very arrogant now seemed to be quite justified, as who doesn’t want to be loved and cared for in this planet? Thus when Veena Malik was presented with a mirror by hunk Salman Khan on behalf of Bigg Boss she was quite thrilled and kissed it right in the centre! Salman was quite amused with her lipstick mark on the mirror though. Then as she was presented with a lovely white and silver sparkling watch from Salman’s ‘Being Human’ collection it was quite a moment on the show.

As Veena Malik declared her unadulterated love for Ashmit Patel, she was in tears again and if there is anything that the viewers of this Aakhri Salaam can remember it is the tearful Veena Malik.

Kamal Khan wins Sa Re Ga Ma Pa

After nineteen weeks of rigorous training and fierce competition, Patiala’s Kamal Khan was declared the winner of Zee TV’s “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar” Saturday.

Khan beat Bishakh Jyoti of Kolkata and Abhilasha Chellum of Mumbai to win the title of singing superstar in the grand finale at Andheri Sports complex here. He also walked away with the newly-launched Grande MK II car and a Hero Honda ZMR bike.

The finale saw a melange of western, opera, ghazal and classical songs. It saw ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali singing hits like “Dil Yeh Pagal Dil” and “Hungama Kyun Hai Barpa” with Ranjeet Rajwada, who was also a contestant on the show.

Adding to the excitement was the hip hop fusion act by choreographer Rajiv Surthi who is set to be on the judges panel with Geeta Kapoor and Marzi Pestonji in dance reality show “DID Doubles” that replaces the show.

Mentor Daler Mehndi entertained with his songs like “Tunak Tunak” “Zor ka Jhatka”. He was joined by Vishal and Shekhar, who sang hit songs from their films “Tees Maar Khan”, “Anjana Anjaani” and “I Hate Luv Storys”.

Mika also wowed the audience with “Ibne Batuta”, “Mauja hi Mauja” and “Dhano”.

Sajid-Wajid captivated the crowd with their hit numbers from “Dabangg” and “Wanted”.

The show also saw the presence of Alka Yagnik, Suresh Wadekar, Jagjit Singh, Udit Narayan, Lalit Pandit, Mithun Chakraborty and Penaz Masani.

Veena Malik gone; will Ashmit Patel be cornered?

After Sara Khan, Ashmit Patel has had to bid farewell to another ‘good friend’ Veena Malik, who was evicted from Bigg Boss this Friday.

The Pakistani starlet was the last of the housemates to maintain a pro-Ashmit stand. She used to pamper him like a baby; feeding him his morning dose of papaya, making and serving chai, cooking his favourite dishes, massaging him and even providing the daily dose of kisses and bear hugs.

In fact, Veena was the only person Ashmit could count on, while other housemates disliked his frank and straight-forward ways.

Moreover, it was the couple’s obvious fondness for each other that added spice, not only to their lives, but also to the viewer’s interest.

For latecomers, Veena’s affection for Ashmit surfaced during their task this Diwali, where night cameras caught her fondling and caressing him, as he fell asleep. Despite their arguments, the couple had immense understanding for each other and Veena had become Ashmit’s emotional support in a House full of back-biters.

Now that Veena is out, everyone expects Ashmit to be cornered by the unruly Dolly Bindra, who seems to be calculatingly waiting for another chance to pounce on him.

But the Bollywood actor’s publicist Dale Bhagwagar is still confident of his client. “A little aloofness will give Ashmit a breather and time to introspect in a House full of stress. Knowing him, I can vouch for his guts to slug it out and try to be a survivor even in this hostile environment,” remarked the PR specialist.

As the drama escalates, only time will tell, how Ashmit Patel will cope with life without Veena Malik in the Bigg Boss House.

What Can Be Expected On ‘Bigg Boss 4’ Final Episode On January 7?

The drama inside ‘Bigg Boss’ house has come across more than two months and now the final moment has come when the curtain has to go down disclosing the name of the winner of ‘Bigg Boss 4’. The last six contestants have two more weeks to fight out to the top level.

In tonight’s episode, Veena Malik, Khali or Ashmit Patel will be evicted and the house will be left with five members. However, the channel has already started preparing for the final episode on January 7, which will see reunion of the former contestants of previous seasons as well as evictees of this season.

Model Hrishant Goswami, who was evicted from the Bigg Boss house few weeks back, said that he has been approached to perform on the final episode and he has agreed. The aspiring actor is very excited after coming out of the show and says that the show’s host superstar Salman Khan has promised to help him in his acting aspiration.

Salman Khan will be performing on the finale evening and he is supposed to be joined by Mallika Sherawat, Terrence Lewis and Javed Jaffrey, who will be judging the kids’ reality show ‘Chak Dhoom Dhoom’.

There is high pressure being built up inside the ‘Bigg Boss’ house now and we hope Dolly Bindra does not burst out again!

It will be interesting to see the evicted contestants coming together again and how they react with each other. However, the biggest question is that who will be the winner so keep guessing till then.

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Finalists Keep Themselves Open To Plan B!

Santa will pour the best gift to one of the ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Singing Superstar’ finalists this Saturday when everyone will be in the mood of Christmas. The grand finale of the reality show will be aired live on Saturday evening and one lucky finalist will become the Singing Superstar and take home the grand prize money and the contract.

Abhilasha Venkatachellum, the 21 year old girl from Pune will compete with two other male finalists on the live episode. The 23 year old guy Bishakh Jyoti from Kolkata and 21 year old Kamal Khan from Patiyala will face each other on the stage for the last time. The fate of three aspiring Singing Superstars now depends on the audience votes.

However, the youngsters do not seem to be very worried about losing the title. All of them have their plan B and will pursue that if they fail to win the title tomorrow. Abhilasha, who was one of the finalists of the Marathi Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, says that she wants to educate herself in music and will teach music to the kids. She also wants to invent a plan to treat illness with the help of music.

On the other hand, both the boys plan to have their own albums and turn composer. They also plan to shift their base to Mumbai as both of them are from other parts of the country.

One of them will not have to think for plan B because he or she won’t get the time to think of it as the channel offers a contract and the winner will remain busy throughout the year.

I will never want my show to stoop down: Shah Rukh

The TV industry today might be inundated with regular notifications, criticisms and controversies for its reality show content but Shah Rukh Khan, who is making his comeback on the small screen as the host of ‘Zor Ka Jhatka’ on Imagine TV, says his will be a dignified show, just like the superstar himself.

‘I might joke around, fool around with my loved ones, entertain people at length. Sometimes they misinterpret it but I believe I am a dignified person. I am a dignified husband, a father, a brother, a son-in-law,’ Shah Rukh told IANS in an interview here.

‘I will never want my show to stoop down to a level where I feel ashamed of it. I will never do or let any kind of misbehaviour rule my show just for TRP ratings as people say.’

The 45-year-old has earlier hosted shows like ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ (2007) and ‘Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain?’ (2008) and people loved him for his natural wit and humour that had audiences in splits.

Last month, the information and broadcasting ministry cracked down on two shows – ‘Bigg Boss’ and ‘Rakhi Ka Insaaf’ – by issuing directives to change their telecast timings following viewers’ complaints about vulgar content being proliferated through them.

Shah Rukh’s new show is the Indian edition of the internationally popular ‘Wipeout’.

‘Zor Ka Jhatka’ will see 28 TV stars battling it out in an obstacle course set in Argentina and the superstar also claimed he will stand as an apostle of love and peace to curb eventual male egoes on the show.

‘Fights on my show are a little dicey to see. I am a love maker and not a fight maker. And if they do, I will stand as a peacemaker then,’ he said in his trademark dimpled smile with visible ripples around his cheeks.

Asked about his competitive strategy to tackle other celebrity hosts on the small screen, he said: ‘Till the time competition is healthy everything works perfect. Everybody is doing their job and are giving it their best shot.’

‘My competition is with myself and not any celebrity. I truly believe that I do a good job, I work very hard and I will keep working hard. And that is what is of concern to me,’ he added in his nonchalant King Khan manner.

So will the host perform any adventure sports too?

‘The first thing that I made clear to the channel was that please don’t make me go there and do any of those sports. They want me to do a promo where I need to do some of the activities, but I’m not looking forward to it. Getting dipped in mud, drenched out in dirty water – I can’t take that humiliation. But lets see,’ he quipped.

The show will go on air in January next year.

Married couple, Sara-Ali split-up

After the big wedding on national TV, Sara Khan and Ali Merchant broke up. It is heard that the couple is not living together. They split over monetary issue. Hence, Sara is living at her Lokhandwala house and Ali with his parents.
After her ouster from Bigg Boss, when Sara came to her apartment, she has found hell change in the house.  She was shocked to find Ali too extra extravagant. She called off the marriage and asked Ali to leave her house.
Sara's official spokesperson confirms, "It's a personal matter but yes it's true. Sara and Ali are not together anymore.

After she got back from the Bigg Boss house she found out a lot of things and was hurt and she took this decision. That's all we can say."

While Ali maintains, "Yes, I am not staying with her. But it is not due to any problems between us. It is because of her family members who still do not accept me.

I want to win their approval and then live with Sara. I need time to win them over and I feel it is better I am not with Sara for the moment."

He adds, "Sara's family had issues with me from Day One. They were the ones who went around saying that we were already married earlier and stayed away from the wedding celebrations in Bigg Boss."
Ali Merchant and Sara Khan were seeing each other for three years before they got married at the Bigg Boss house.

Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4: The First Elimination Surprise The Judges

Madhuri Dixit

The fourth season of ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ is back and it has already packed a punch of surprise on its first elimination night. While Shushant Singh Rajput from the serial ‘Pavitra Rishta’ scored a perfect 30 there were also some mismatched or slow performances like that of Daya the super cop from serial CID, the boxer Akhil Kumar and veteran actress Renuka Shahane.

But singer Anushka Manchanda was in no position to get eliminated after the first dance show-down. However, ‘JDJ’ is another such reality show where the contestants’ dancing skills, ability and style is not the only thing that would count. A contestants’ fan base is of utmost importance to survive and lift the trophy in this competition.

So going by that trend, the lover boy, or a good bahu, or a super cop stands a better chance of lifting the trophy than anyone else due to their fan base. But the dance show is a place where the viewers can witness the non-dancers improving by leaps and bounds to become a part of a contest that has no place for people with two left feet.

Apart from Shushant, the other contestants that were worth mentioning for setting the stage on fire were Shekhar Suman and Krushna Abhishek. The latter contestant was pretty good to have an encore with Malaika Arora Khan and it was delight to watch.

Dolly Bindra becomes violent again

When the thunderstorm of the Bigg Boss house retuned back, she was a cool breeze but as time passed Dolly Bindra came back to her old form, loud, aggressive and outspoken. She took up fight with Ashmit Patel and both had a war of words.
For the last few days, Dolly was very quite and did not interfere in fights. She tried to remain calm and her friendly behavior helped her to add her friend list. But her violent avatar cut short her friend list.
Dolly accused Ashmit Patel and Veena Malik for not doing any household chores. She suggested that the duo should not be given the garden area task as they are very lazy and the entire day, they chatted and don’t do any work.
On the other hand, Ashmit and Veena discussed as how hard they work. Dolly the whole day accused Ashmit. Even foe turned friend, Shweta Tiwari bitched about Dolly.
Well, Dolly’s old loud avatar might not go well with the housemates but it will definitely raise the TRPs of the show.

Zee TV’s SaReGaMaPa To Celebrate Christmas With Ghulam Ali And Mika

Music reality television show SaReGaMaPa will celebrate a musical Christmas this season with maestro Ghulam Ali and genext singer Mika. According to reports from the sets of the Zee TV reality program, Ghulam Ali and Mika have agreed to take part in the finale episode that will be broadcast on Christmas day, i.e., the 25^th of December. While ghazal ace Ustad Ghulam Ali will be the star attraction of the SaReGaMaPa finale, young ghazal singer Ranjeet Rajwada will also be present on the sets of the Zee TV reality show on the 25^th December episode.

The contestants who have reached the final stage of the competition are Bisakh Jyoti from Kolkata, Kamal Khan from Patiala and Abhilasha Chellam from Pune. Media reports suggest that the participants will have to deliver renditions to ghazals, sufi songs, western numbers and popular Bollywood tracks. Needless to say, the best performer will go home with the SaReGaMaPa trophy in hand.

In a statement to the media, Ranjeet Rajwada said that he was very excited when invited to judge contestants of Zee TV SaReGaMaPa because it would give him the opportunity to share the same stage with ghazal specialist and his inspiration Ustad Ghulam Ali. And now that his wish has come true, he is eagerly waiting for the program to go on air on the 25^th. The finale of SaReGaMaPa begins at 8o’clock evening on Christmas day.

Shahrukh Khan back on small screen

Shahrukh Khan has started his acting career from Television and after making big on big screen, he has hosted few game shows and now after a hiatus, he is again back to entertain the TV goers. He will host a game show inspired from American famous show 'Wipeout' on Imagine TV.

The show titled, ‘Zor Ka Jhatka’ and as Shahrukh Khan is the host, the show will obviously have lots of humor along with some risky stunts. He says the show mirrors his belief that "we should face trouble in life with a bit of humour".

Twenty-eight celebrity contestants will take part on the show and they will try to finish extremely funny and difficult things like obstacle race, climbing huge balls and standing on rolling logs, while SRK will play narrator, guru and commentator.

"I will do my commentary well and hope that people will laugh. I know that sometimes people get offended by what I say. It is possible that this will happen with this show too, and if it does, we will apologise," he said.

However, SRK has not yet tried the obstacle course which has been set up in Argentina. "I would like to try it. I will take my children along in January," he said.

In the past, King Khan has hosted shows like ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ and 'Kya Aap Panchvi Paas Se Tej Hai’.

Seema Parihar evicted from Bigg Boss

Seema Parihar

Jungle queen of Chambal Seema Parihar has been evicted from Bigg Boss 4. She was nominated along with Sameer Soni, Khali. Seema Parihar played very well as she managed to stay in the house for a long time. Despite no fan following, she managed to stay in the house till the end.

Her simple nature and decent behavior earned her maximum number of votes. Her length of stay in the house was totally unexpected looking at her de-glam factor and no celebrity backing. But she impressed one and all with her polite nature.

She gelled well with every member of the house shared a good rapport with Shweta Tiwari.

Bigg Boss 4: Ashmit Patel,Veena Malik Torn Between Love And Hate In Relationship

Veena Malik & Ashmit Patel in Bigg Boss 4

Well the last episode had Veena Malik getting very upset with Ashmit Patel over her stilettos not being kept by him properly after the task of hiding them was done successfully by him and Shweta Tiwari.

As Ashmit went and got the shoes down, he asked Veena where the shoes should be kept. Veena who was quite irritated asked him to clean them up and then keep them in place.

Ashmit who did not like Veena's rude tone simply kept all the shoes in the wash room. This annoyed Veena and she went on to argue with Ashmit. All this went on till Ashmit walked off in a huff and Veena sat down crying her woes in front of Khali and the rest of the inmates. Sameer Soni sympathized with her and agreed that Ashmit had not done the right thing.

However, after Ashmit had taken off his anger and discussed his point with the others, he went to pacify the angry Veena. Amazingly Veena gave in to his sweet talk and both were seen talking normally to each other. This annoyed Sameer Soni so much that he warned Veena Malik that if next time she came running to him crying about Ashmit he would never ever sympathize with her.

Well, with love birds like Ashmit and Veena one really never knows when there is to be a fight and when a patch up!