Shaktiman to endorse POGO chips

Mukesh Khanna's added another feather to his already chequered cap! Gee Pee Foods (P) Ltd. a group company of Priya Biscuits has signed the actor as their new brand ambassador for POGO chips. Former Indian Cricket Captain Saurav Ganguly was the previous face of POGO chips. Mukesh Khanna a.k.a. Shaktiman is excited with the offer and was heard saying, "Shaktiman is the favorite Indian superhero among children and will always promote quality products for his young fans." Incidentally, Mukesh's production house, Bheeshma International will also be producing the advertisement. The production house has produced many successful ad films and the super hit kids show, Shaktiman. The ad film is said to be both entertaining and humorous and will begin shooting on 24 April. Vivek and Amrita on Ek Main... Ek Main Aur Ek Tu's Friday's episode ( 21 April) has Vivek Oberoi and Amrita Rao as guests on the show in a cross promotional exercise, which would work for both the film and the show. The movie Pyare Mohan, which is a story of two people who go beyond from being just ordinary and become heroes, showcasing the power of resilience of human spirit, is a perfect film to be associated with Zee's Ek Main Aur Ek Tu. Hasya kavi takes home prize! The admiration for comic sensation continues as the Hasya Kavi of Mumbai, Gaurav Sharma was declared the winner of episode eight of TGILC Dwitiya. The episode that aired on 14 April, saw outstanding comic performances and yet another distinctive challenge of laughter by the six contenders - Krishna Kumar Naicker, Subhani G and Hamid Kamal, Rajan Srivastav (declared the runner-up of the show), Gaurav Sharma from India and Tariq Mahmood from Pakistan. The one-hour episode witnessed a tough and hilarious battle of competition between the contenders, as they got into their best dose of whacked-out humor and stole the sight and imagination of Shekhar Suman, Navjot Singh Siddhu and the viewers. The show also featured some of the finest array of comic performances by the other four challengers - Krishna Kumar Naicker, Subhani G, Hamid Kamal from India and Tariq Mahmood from Pakistan. To add to the high spirits, for the first time ever, The Great Indian Laughter Challenge 2 - Extra Dose will feature behind the scene action, reality footage, judges and viewer speak and lots more dhamaal around the second season. What's in a name! Kiran Dubey has two names. The actor's school friends call her Smita, while the rest of her friends and folks at home prefer to call her Kiran. Interestingly, her parents wanted to name her Milan before she was born, but chose to call her Kiran later. "My neighbours were very fond of me and Smita Patil was a rage when I was to get into kindergarten, so my neighbours thought of naming me Smita. All my school friends call me Smita while every one else call me Kiran. In fact, I prefer Kiran to Smita but my passports and bank documents have both the names," says Kiran Dubey, who is incidentally a big fan of super cop Kiran Bedi. The actor is happy with her ongoing travel reality show Jet Set Go on Star One, but intends to become a filmmaker in the future. Besides there are a few film offers in the offing too. Here's to you, Smita, Kiran...err, whatever! Bollywood calling for telly stars! Television stars are all over Bollywood now. The soon to be released Akshay Kumar starrer, Humko Deewana kar gaye has as many as five television stars - Bhagyashree, Neena Kulkarni, Anju Mahendroo, Delnaz Paul and Upasana Singh. This is not all! Tanaaz Currim and Vivek Vaswani will soon be seen in 36 Chinatown. Lately there have been a slew of stars who have done commendable jobs on the big screen - Rohit Roy, Yash Tonk and Maninee De have all been part of big projects! Who's next, we wonder!