The lady who gave the noodle strap industry in India a boost is returning to woo fans, this time on Star One. In a special episode, Mandira Bedi will don the avatar of, not a cricket commentator, but a Bollywood actress who seduces the patriarch of the Sarabhai household. Indravadan, played by Satish Shah, will fall for the charms of Cookie, the film actress, and invite her home for a romantic dinner, at the same time trying to keep wifey Maya at bay.

The reactions you get when you do something for the first time are always more loud. This time, my clothes didn't throw up any surprises, says the lady in her first interview after returning from the UK The Champions trophy is over. The noodle straps are gone. Mandy is back to where she belonged. RaMa (Ra=Raj, Ma=Mandira) bungalow is a place of bustling activity as I am led in to her drawing room. While her housekeeper informs "memsaab thodi der me haazir hongi", I sip on a cold drink. It's a hot afternoon and he puts on the air-conditioner.