The queen of soaps hasn't been keeping very well for some time now, but as they say, life goes on, and so do her projects. Ekta Kapoor is all set to launch <em>Kandie Floss</em> on Sony in the coming months and going by the channel USP, it could be another fresh, young and passionate love story in the making. "Sony has viewers who appreciate alternative programming, something that the other channels lack. So I could do a <em>Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai</em> on this channel. I am also doing <em>Kandie Floss</em> for them," says Ekta, declining to say anything more on the soap.

Manasi Varma has been added in Sony and Balaji's <em>Kaisa ye Pyar Hai</em>. Manasi will play Alia, Angad's (Iqbal Khan) cousin. According to Manasi, creative head Sandeep Sikand suggested her name for Alia's role. "Alia has loads of attitude. She is very much like Angad. She cares a damn about what happens to anybody. " It's quite a tom-boyish character," gushed an elated Manasi. As for her role in Star Plus and Balaji's <em>Kahaani</em>..., she will once again develop feelings for her baby's father Aryan (Ali Hassan) since Aryan has now turned positive.

Even before <em>Kaisa ye Pyar Hai</em> has seen the light of day on Sony, Queen of Soaps is rolling up her sleeves on two new shows. Balaji Telefilms is indeed a factory of soaps. The production house will have four shows on air on various channels in the first half of 2005.

A month before he became the cynosure of all eyes on 20 October 2005 as part of Sony's Fame Jodi, Qazi Tauqeer appeared to be someone who was there just to have a good time, not caring much for the final prize on offer. Three months since, it's a different Qazi - mellowed, more mature and....a trifle morose too. What started as a simple chat with Tellychakkar.com's Ananya Sengupta, turned out to be the most moving tete-a-tete thus far, of the young man who made history by claiming the most number of public votes on Indian television. <strong> "I will never do television"</strong>