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.

‘Pavitra Rishta’, ‘Pratigya’, ‘Taarak Mehta’ lead Apsara awards nomination

New Delhi, Jan 6 – ‘Pavitra Rishta’, ‘Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya’ and ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ are leading the 6th Chevrolet Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards list with five nominations each.

Star Plus’ ‘Mann Ki Awaaz Pratigya’, a show on based on eve-teasing, has garnered nominations for best drama series-fiction, best director fiction for Yatin Dang, best writer for Pearl Grey and best ensemble cast.

The show’s protagonist Pooja Gor is also vying for the title of best actress in a drama series.

Zee TV’s ‘Pavitra Rishta’ has also been nominated in best drama series category. Both the lead actors Ankita Lokhande and Sushant Singh Rajput are also up for the trophy of best actress drama and best actor drama respectively.

The show’s director Kushal Zaveri is nominated in best director fiction category, while writer Rajesh Joshi has been nominated in best writer category.

SAB TV’s ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ has also been nominated in best drama series – fiction, while Disha Vakhani, popularly known as Daya and Dilip Joshi as her on screen husband Jethalal, are also nominated for best actress and best actor award respectively. The show has also been nominated for best ensemble cast.

Writers Raju Odedra and Rajen Upadhyay have earned nomination for best writer for the comedy show.

Also vying for the trophy of best drama series fiction are Sony’s ‘Baat Hamari Pakki Hai’ and Star One’s ‘Dill Mill Gayye’.

In the best actor category, Ronit Roy will compete with Sushant, Dilip, Barun Sobti of ‘Baat Hamari Pakki Hai’ and Kanwaljeet Singh of ‘Sabki Laadli Bebo’ in the best actor category for his role in ‘Bandini’.

The best director category includes Nikhil Sinha for ‘Baba Aiso Varr Dhundho’, Pradeep Yadav for ‘Balika Vadhu Kacchi Umar Ke Pakke Rishte’, and Dharmesh Shah and Khazaan Panesar for ‘Ek Veer Stree Ki Kahani Jhansi Ki Rani’.

‘Baat Hamari Pakki Hai’ and ‘Dill Mill Gayye’ have also been nominated in best drama series fiction.

Other nominations in best actress category are Rashmi Desai for ‘Uttaran’ and Reena Kapoor of ‘Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki’.

The nominations in the best non-fiction category are ‘Dance India Dance Season 2′; ‘Big Boss – Season 4′; ‘Zara Nach Ke Dikha-Season 2′; ‘Entertainment ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega’ and ‘Koffee With Karan – Season 3′.

The awards ceremony will take place Jan 11 and will be shown on Colors Jan 23.

IANS

Vibha Anand Turns Sanskar Laxmi, Leaves Balika Badhu

Vibha Anand, the bubbly 'Sugna' of Colors' popular show 'Balika Vadhu', has left the show to take up the lead role in Zee TV's upcoming show 'Sanskar Laxmi'. The actress has confirmed the news saying that she is not shooting for 'Balika Vadhu' since last two weeks.

Recently, we have not seen Sugna in action in the show as the storyline concentrated in Jagya's college life in Mumbai and Anandi's fight for saving 'Gully' from child marriage. Vibha is also clueless about the fate of her character in the show but has promised to co-operate if they need her because she has made her identity as an actress through this show only.

Vibha played a pure Rajasthani girl in 'Balika Vadhu' whereas she will play a Gujarati girl in her upcoming show in Zee TV. She was earlier seen in another Zee TV show 'Shree' in some of the episodes.

In 'Sanskar Laxmi', Vibha plays the daughter of a florist and gets married in a joint family. Speaking about her character in the new show, Vibha said that she plays an Indian girl with all core values. She added that her character is very family oriented, obedient and well mannered.

Apart from Vibha, the show will also have renowned television actors like Vivan Bhathena, Aamir Dalvi and Anisha Kapoor.

All the best Vibha, hope you win the heart of your fans as Laxmi too!

'Mukti Bandhan' Gets Ready For A January Broadcast

At the beginning of January, Colors television network will get ready to broadcast its new daily soap 'Mukti Bandhan'.

Going by the trailers that are presently doing the rounds on Colors, 'Mukti Bandhan' seems to be loosely based on the real life story of Indian business tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani. However, the makers of the television serial are not prepared to agree on this matter. In a statement to the media, the producers of 'Mukti Bandhan' have announced that their serial is based on a Gujarati novel of the same name.

According to the statements issued by the production team of 'Mukti Bandhan', they have purchased the rights to showcase the novel's story on television. And it is according to the story written on the pages of the Gujarati novel that the makers of the Colors show will frame the television format of 'Mukti Bandhan'. The novel penned by well known novelist Harkisan Mehta centers on the life of a man named Ishwarlal Motilal Virani and his rags to riches story.

The protagonist of the Colors television serial 'Mukti Bandhan', Ishwarlal Motilal Virani, will be portrayed by Shiv Subramaniam, the same man who was earlier credited for giving Bollywood some superb scripts in the form of 1942 A Love Story or the more recent Teen Patti. 'Mukti Bandhan' will go on air at the 9.30 night slot on Colors after the end of the its reality show 'Bigg Boss' from the 10th of January.