Hardly a 'Roy'al return

The quirky world of television is full of stars, starry mood swings, the rat race for the stellar roles and lots more... Hardly a 'Roy'al return Rahul Aashiqui Roy (married to lissome model Rajlaxmi Roy for three-and-half years) may not have been heard of since he turned nocturnal feline in Mahesh Bhatt's Junoon. But the guy has been rescued by producer director Raman Kumar who has cast him in his Ehsaas, currently running on Doordarshan's national network. Ehsaas, says an enthusiastic Roy, will showcase him as an obsessive cum split personality lover. The former Mahesh Bhatt favourite is also to be featured in Agneepath, another Raman Kumar serial for DD, the details of which are still being worked out. Not bad for an out of work actor, what say? KGGK conundrums continue Ekta Kapoor is just a little confused on who should be blamed for the Parvati Aggarwal-Swati Dixit fiasco in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii. Buzz is, she is undecided between Sanjay Doshi (Rituu Raaj) and Pallavi Agarwal (Shweta Kawaatra). Our sleuths have it that it will most likely be Sanjay Doshi, the baddie turned good. But remember we told you a leopard doesn't change spots? A trifle more about Swati Dixit, err, Jaya Seal. She had chucked up a film called Trishna to land a role in Balaji Telefilms' KGGK. The actress claims that the Trishna shooting schedules kept getting postponed, which is why she left the film midway. Last heard, Meera Vasudevan (Milind Soman's love interest in Rules-Pyar Ka Superhit Formula) has stepped into Seal's sandals for Trishna. 'Des'tination unknown for Irani? Going on a holiday while swimming in turbulent waters seems to be the norm with celebrities. Aroona Irani is no exception. For obvious reasons, Irani (who is no more doing Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand for Star Plus) is virtually out of range and reach. There are lots of questions to ask actually: Why did Star break a good working relationship with Irani? Will she work with India's leading entertainment channel again? Was she against the fast forward that Des Mein… was pushed into? Wasn't it true that she wanted her favourite actor Sangeeta Pammi Ghosh to be retained in the show's new avatar? Tisca - from soap factory to Factory Her Hyderabad Blues 2 releases in the first week of July, but she is equally excited about the fact that she has signed a Ram Gopal Varma film. Under strict instructions from Ramu (who else!) the vivacious Tisca ( Mallika of Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii) is chuckling, grinning, laughing... but isn't telling. Surely it isn't Gayab which is ready for release. Is it Galti/Sarkar/Darna Zaroori Hai/Naach/Other? "Take your pick," gushes the Air India pilot's wife who made her Bollywood debut opposite Ajay Devgan in Platform. With Bollywood beckoning, will Tisca too bid bye bye to TV? Nishan bags Boney flick Navneet Nishan, who plays the witty and successful Hansmukhi in Sony's pet serial Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin has bagged a pivotal role in Boney Kapoor's Dost- My Best Friend starring Sanjay Dutt. The film also stars a new child star Rushitta Pandayaa (numerologically spelt, apparently) in a leading role. Latest on the grapevine, Aftab Shivdasani and Rimi Sen have been added to the cast. The film is being readied in a 45 days start-to-finish schedule in Romania and expected to hit the marquee in December '04. Urvashi's game's up Pssst… Here's a sneak peek into one of your favourite shows. Did you know that Komolika (Urvashi Dholakia) of Kasautii Zindagi Kay has been meeting her husband Subroto (Pracheen Chauhan) on the sly to hatch plans to destroy Anurag (Cezzane Khan). Anyway, the vamp's game is up, a little bird tells us. She is going to be exposed by none other than Mr Bajaj. Of course, no prizes for guessing that she'll soon be working on another devious track. Old habits die hard, and well, vamps never tire on Indian television, do they?