MUMBAI: A new week has begun, and TellyChakkar brings to you the latest news from the world of television. Read on to know what your favourite stars are up to!
Arshi Khan to do a dance number on &TV’s Bitti Business Wali
Arshi Khan is doing quite well for herself on the professional front. She has been on Juzzbaat twice and performed a dance number in Ishq Mein Marjawan. Arshi will now be seen in &TV’s Bitti Business Wali, where she will dance for a Sunny Leone number. Arshi said that she is very excited to dance on a Sunny Leone song. She also said that a bold song would be seen for the first time on television.
Priyal Gor, Naman Shaw, Shaleen Bhanot, and Sonia Balani roped in for Laal Ishq
&TV’s Laal Ishq is a supernatural show with elements of love. Audiences have been enjoying the fresh casting in each new episode. According to reports, Priyal Gor and Naman Shaw will be seen on the show for an exciting episode. Naman is known for his character in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, and Priyal Gor has worked in Aap Ke Aa Jaane Se. The show will be produced by Dipti Kalwani under the banner Sunny Side Up.
As per media reports, Shaleen Bhanot and Sonia Balani will also play lead roles in an upcoming episode of Laal Ishq. We cannot wait to see how their performance turns out.
(Also read: Priyal Gor to enter Aap Ke Aa Jane Se and other Telly updates)
Colors’ Mahakaali: Anth Hi Aarambh Hai topping international charts
Colors is riding high with the success of its show Naagin 3. The show is in the top 3 in terms of TRP ratings. Another show doing exceptionally well is Pooja Sharmaa starrer Mahakaali: Anth Hi Aarambh Hai. The show incidentally completes a year tomorrow and has certainly had an amazing journey so far. It aired in Thailand last week to a great response. It has been topping the charts since. Pooja shared the good news on her Instagram profile.
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This Bepannah actress’ film is all set to release
The audience loves Bepannah. Harshad Chopra, Jennifer Winget, and the rest of the cast are quite popular. Parineeta Borthakur, who stars on the show, has also been shooting for a film alongside. Parineeta posted that her film The Underworld will be releasing on 5 October 2018.
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Bigg Boss 11 contestant Sabyasachi Satpathy meets with an accident
Sabyasachi Satpathy, who was seen as a contestant on Bigg Boss 11, recently met with an accident. However, it wasn’t a fatal accident, and he escaped from it unscathed. The former contestant of the reality show enjoyed a much popularity, which has now fizzled out. Incidents like these do end up creating quite a stir though. He shared a post with pictures of his damaged car to reveal what happened.
Pooja Banerjee joins Kasautii Zindagii Kay reboot
As the launch of Kasautii Zindagii Kay’s remake is nearing, the excitement among the audiences is also increasing. Actress Pooja Banerjee will be joining the cast of the show in the role of the lead’s sibling. Her role will be extremely important to the development of the show.
Anu Malik's emotional moment on Indian Idol 10
Sony TV’s Indian Idol 10 is a huge hit with viewers. Singer Neha Kakkar often gets emotional on the show. Recently, Anu Malik became really emotional when talented contestant Neelanjana Ray performed on stage. Neelanjana’s singing brought tears to her father’s eyes, and this moved Anu Malik. He said he could relate to what her father was going through, as he also gets emotional when his daughter performs. He also said he was proud of his daughters and Neelanjana too. Anu even called his daughter Adaa to tell her he loves her.
Bepannah actor served as a waiter initially
Actors’ struggle stories are inspiring and interesting. Actor Shehzad Shaikh, who is adored as Arjun in Colors’ Bepannah, had actually served as a waiter before he became an actor. He went on to share this with his fans on social media.
Shantanu Maheshwari is called bade bhaiya by these kids
Shantanu Maheshwari is currently hosting Zee TV’s India’s Best Dramebaaz. The actor has also been bonding with the child contestants, so much so that they all now love him and call him their bade bhaiya on set. The kids are always questioning him on how he completed all the stunts on Khatron Ke Khiladi.
Kishwer Merchant’s befitting reply on social media
Social media can be an ugly place to be in; anyone can write a nasty remark. Actors are under constant scrutiny for what they post and say. But fans need to know where to draw the line. One of Kishwer Merchant’s followers recently asked her to leave Delhi and to settle in Mumbai, to which Kishwer had the perfect response.
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Erica Fernandes hits another milestone
Erica Fernandes is on cloud nine these days, as she is all set to hit the TV screens with her second fiction show Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2. Now, she has reached another milestone, as her YouTube channel has reached 500K subscribers. The actress shared a post on her Instagram profile and thanked everyone for the love and support.
Shaheer Sheikh’s Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi throwback moment
Fans are missing the pairing of Shaheer Sheikh and Erica Fernandes. It seems like even Shaheer is missing the serial. He recently shared a throwback photo where he is seen dubbing for a scene of the show and captioned it ‘memories’.
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Mansi Salvi and Jiten Lalwani roped in for Star Bharat’s Papa By Chance
Star Bharat’s upcoming show Papa By Chance, produced by Amir Jaffer and Sonali Jaffer’s Full House Media, will be an interesting watch for viewers of all ages. The show is touted as the remake of the movie Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke. We hear that senior actors Mansi Salvi and Jiten Lalwani will shoulder the responsibility of being the most experienced actors on the show, which mostly has newcomers and kids. Jiten, who is mostly seen in comic and light-hearted avatars, will don a never-seen-before role, that of the main antagonist. Mansi Salvi, who was recently seen in Woh Apna Sa, will play a powerful role.
Ishqbaaaz actress blessed with baby girl
Actress Nitika Anand Mukherjee, who rose to fame as Nakuul Mehta aka Shivaay’s on-screen mother Pinky in Star Plus’ popular show Ishqbaaaz, is ecstatic. She has been blessed with a baby girl.
Rasik Dave to enter Colors’ Roop
Colors’ Roop – Mard Ka Naya Swaroop has introduced a fresh story line post the 10-year leap. Senior actor Rasik Dave, who was last seen in Zee TV’s Aisi Deewangi, will soon join the cast as a formidable and strong character. As per sources, ‘Rasik Dave will play the patriarch in Ishita’s family. Ishita is played by Donal Bisht. Rasik will essay the role of Ishita’s tayaji.’
Rasik confirmed the news and said that he is excited to be a part of the show but couldn’t reveal more.
Anita Hassanandani Reddy’s throwback moment with Colors
GEC Colors recently completed 10 years. Actor Anita Hassanandani Reddy, who has worked with the channel, wished it on its successful run on her Instagram profile. She also captioned a photo of two shows she has done for Colors: Dancing Queen and Khatron Ke Khiladi Season One.
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein actor to star in music video
Actor Ribbhu Mehra of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein fame will star in the video of a song titled Re Piya along with actor Sanjay Dutt’s Torbaaz co-star Sneha Namanandi.
‘The song is sung by Altaf Sayeed and is directed by Aslam Khan. I'll star with actress Sneha Namanandi in its video,’ Ribbhu said in a statement.
The actor says he is not nervous to feature in the sensuous number.
‘Initially, I was a little hesitant because it’s important that such emotions should not look vulgar or desperate. I was meeting Sneha for the first time. We had little time to work on it, but we made each other comfortable and everyone had a gala time shooting this music video,’ he said.
Anup Soni returns to his first love, theatre
After a gap of eight years, Anup Sonii has returned to his first love, theatre. The versatile actor, who has been anchoring reality-based television show Crime Patrol on television for a while now, couldn’t take up any other project because of the hectic shoot schedule.
Now that Annup has taken a break from TV, he is excited to be part of a new play and wants to focus on movies too.
Annup says, ‘Theatre is where I started my acting journey. I’ve been a student of National School of Drama (NSD) and had the privilege to perform on stage with some noted and brilliant actors. Since I was quite occupied with my television shows all these years, there was hardly any time left for me to do anything else. But in this new play, my character is really interesting and I am doing something that I haven’t done before on stage. It’s intense and drawn from real people,’ he says.
‘I think it’s an individual choice. I personally enjoy performing for theatre as it’s live and your audience is in front of you, and there are no retakes,’ he adds.
Siddharth Shukla meets with a near-fatal accident
Popular actor Siddharth Shukla met with an accident in Andheri, Mumbai. Siddharth was driving his luxurious car when, as per eyewitnesses, he lost control of his vehicle and dashed into the adjoining road divider. The investigation is still on, but the actor is safe. Siddharth was rushed to a nearby hospital and, although shaken, is fine overall.
Manish Paul having a gala time in USA
Manish Paul is busy hosting the Dabangg Tour. But he has also taken time to have some fun. Manish recently flew across the Sasquatch, the longest zipline in all of Canada and the USA, giving his fans major travel goals.
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ALTBalaji’s new series
ALTBalaji brings some more madness for viewers with their new show Baby Come Naa, which will star Shreyas Talpade, Chunky Pandey, Kiku Sharda, Shefali Zariwala, and Manasi Scoot. ALTBalaji is doing extremely with its web series. Shows like Ragini MMS and Kehne Ko Humsafar Hain have been a huge success among the audiences.
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