Telly Gupshup - Sangeeta goes costlier

The quirky world of television is full of stars, starry mood swings, the rat race for the stellar roles and lots more... Wedding bells for Karan-Nandini! For those of you Kyunki...fans the world over, here's some news that will warm the cockles of your heart! Nandini and Karan are finally going to be joined in wedded bliss, more sooner than later. Vicious Ansh is going to be shown the door, but not before he tries his very best to get into Nandini's good books by flying her off to Switzerland for a fortnight. Last we knew, part of the Kyunki...crew had jetted off to the Schweitz over the weekend to shoot the crucial Ansh-Nandini-Karan scenes. Now, wasn't that just what was needed for our hottest television jodi currently - Gauri and Hiten - who have tied the knot recently in real life and wouldn't mind the scenic climes of Europe for a while, while they mix business with pleasure? We also hear that Gauri, who's been a trifle under the weather for a while, is looking forward to a shooting stint in the foothills of the Alps! For more on the foibles of the Virani family, stay tuned into Telly Chakkar! Sangeeta goes costlier A little bird told us that Sangeeta Ghosh hiked up her rate 2.5 times when she was approached to play Mahi in Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand. The bird further informs that the pouting voluptous babe got away with it! Seems, Star strongly felt that the show would die a quick death if they didn't bring her back. Let's see if Pammi, err, Mahi justifies her exorbitant rate. Think of it, Star has not taken an enormous risk. Another bird tells us that they have signed her for four or six months. Or maybe Sangeeta wanted it that way? Offers are pouring into her kitty and she would like to weigh them. Meanwhile, a third bird (birds too are crazy about Sangeeta!) tells us that her second current assignment on the tube Zameen Se Aasman Tak might soon be phased out. Hot numbers or damp squibs? In the end, only 35 candidates auditions on Tuesday evening at the Hyatt, making channel head Yogesh Radhakrishnan's earlier assertion that "Mumbai is a huge market for Zee Music, we look forward to a big turn out of aspiring girls to participate in the audition for our hunt for Item Bomb for Musafir" sound a trifle over-optimistic. To cap matters, not many of the aspiring sirens expressed willingness to shed their inhibitions, nor did they express much inclination to give up their existing careers for a celluloid career, according to a radio station that aired some interviews with the babes. With the field for item numbers expanding, one would have assumed a metropolis like Mumbai would throw up some more aspiring item numbers. One assumed wrongly, presumably. Renuka complains Renuka of Kumkum- Pyaara Sa Bandhan, Tassnim Sheikh, is shouting herself hoarse that she is the first one to do a Pakistani serial (Partition Ek Safar) even before ex-Kkusum Nausheen Ali Sardar (who has lost oodles of weight and is looking hot, by the way) and Aamna 'Kashish' Shariff. "I play the main lead of Zainab, a girl from India. A Muslim guy comes to India and falls in love with me and wants me to marry him and settle in Pakistan. The 40-episode serial has been shot in Pakistan, Bangladesh and India (Delhi, Lucknow, Ajmer, Mumbai, Panvel). We didn't speak about the serial earlier because we felt the issue of the serial was sensitive at that time. The serial has been produced by Mrs. Rana Shaikh who is the chairperson of Geo channel." Why should we mind giving you the credit if you're telling the truth, Tassnim? Aamna to turn on the heat The mosquitoes know whom to bite and where to bite. Like men, even they are crazy about beauties. Recently, Aamna Shariff was down with malaria. But bechari sunder ladki could take only two or three days off from her hectic schedule of Kahiin To Hoga. Reason? The shooting for the wedding week was round the corner and she was naturally supposed to be present on every occasion. Now for the breathtaking part. Mausiji (Nim Sood) had designed six special costumes for this special beauty for the six different occasions that culminate into the wedding. You can bet your last penny that she will look hot in all six. As for us, we can't wait. Manasi to deliver Is the entire focus going to be on Kunika Sadanand Lall (Boy! She is doing a helluva job) & Co, in Ekta's Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii for some time hereafter? Not really. Manasi Varma is knocking the doors of the obstetrician's room. And don't you dare think that this will be one of those common TV deliveries where the child will be born dead, you know how it is when an unwanted baby is born on Indian television. Ms Varma is all ready to become the mother of a baby boy! Nandini too big for her boots ? Have you noticed that Nandini Sen is hardly being seen in Ekta Kapoor's Kesar on Star Plus. Our sleuths got to work. This is what they sniffed out. The girl had contracted jaundice and gone on a month's leave. But this girl is not easy to work with. She has loads of attitude and gets along with hardly anyone on the sets. Hmmm...