Preparation of Garba In Saath Nibhana Saathiya

Preparation of Garba In Saath Nibhana Saathiya

Shyam Finally exposed in Iss Pyar Ko mein kya naam doon

Iss Pyar Ko Mein Kya Naam Doon

It has been a suject of constant debates amongst all the fans of Star Plus' Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon.

After a lot of speculation, Shyam ( Abhaas Mehta) has finally been exposed in front of his reel life wife Anjali ( Daljeet Bhanot).

Aniruddh, Vishal and Vikram’s pain full dedication

Get ready to witness the one of its kind and the most energetic performance of the year that will soon hit your television screens.

Aniruddh Dave aka Indu Sigh, Vishal Singh aka Jigar and Gautam Gulati aka Vikram burned the dance floor during their performance at Star Parivaar Khushiyon Ka Tyohaar. 

While the entire family was praising them for their outstanding performance the actors also received some very sweet comments about their looks. But little did the family know that the boys had to undergo a lot of pain to fit themselves into this look?

'Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai' completes one year.

The Star Plus daily soap Ek Haazaron Mein Meri Behna Hai' completes a successful one year on television. We got in touch with few of the star cast of the show to share their feeling on being a part of the show and the characters they portray.

Let's have a look on what have they to say about the same...

Amit Dolawat to enter Sasural Genda Phool...

Star Plus' Sasural Genda Phool is bringing in new entrants to make their show interesting. Amit Dolawat is the latest one to join the show. He was last seen on Sahara One's Hi! Padosi...Kaun hai Doshi?

An industry insider states, "Amit Dolawat will play the character of Abhishek, Sonali's (Hunar Hali) husband. Sonali earlier entered as Ishaan's friend. The couple will bump into Ishaan and Suhana in a restaurant. Abhishek will be shown as a psychopath who can go to any extend to prove her love for Sonali. In the future, he won't like Sonali's closeness with Ishaan and will doubt on them."

When contacted Amit he asserted, "I am entering the show as an obsessive lover who loves his wife very much to an extend that he turns a psycho. He also feels insecure by seeing the closeness of Sonali and Ishaan. Very nice character it is."

Amit Dolawat and Hunar Hali will enter the show in tonight episode.

So is an extra marital affair on the cards? The answer lies with the makers...

Sach Ka Saamna vs. Iss Jungle Se...

Truth always prevails. And it certainly does on Indian television, as the ratings of two newly launched reality shows indicate. Sach Ka Saamna, which tests a person's honesty, has surpassed the popularity of jungle-based adventure reality show Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao. The premiere episode of Sach Ka Saama, aired July 15, recorded a television rating point (TRP) of 3.4 percent as against 1.6 percent registered by the first episode of Iss Jungle Se...,according to data provided by television viewership tracker Audience Measurement and Analytics (aMap).

Both these shows have generated a mixed response from the audience. If a section of viewers is to be believed, Iss Jungle Se...,which first aired July 13, is lagging behind Sach Ka Saamna because its tasks involve a lot of creepy, slimy and dangerous creatures that leave them feeling horrified.

Twenty-year-old Leena Hiranandani says she can't stand the sight of celebrities getting so close to snakes, flies, frogs and other creepy-crawlies on the show and instead enjoys watching how people face questions on their personal and professional decisions on Sach Ka Saamna.

"Once I was eating while watching the show and Aman Verma was asked to perform a task where he had to break a few watermelons that had vague things and animals inside them like lizards, fish intestines and even monkey shit. It was the ugliest and scariest of things I've ever seen and I didn't even feel like eating my food after that," Leena told IANS.

"I'd rather watch a show like Sach Ka Saamna. It has suspense and doesn't generate a disgusting feeling. Besides, it is being hosted by Rajeev (Khandelwal)... he is a sweetheart," she added. Sach Ka Saamna puts contestants through 21 controversial and uncomfortable questions about their lives to win a Rs.10 million prize money if they answer them honestly. And Iss Jungle Se... has TV actors like Aakashdeep Saigal and singer Anaida swapping a life of luxury in Malaysia's' Taman Negara tropical rain forest to walk away with an equal amount.

Nandita Singh, a Delhi University student, too finds the tasks in Iss Jungle Se... distasteful. "The entire show looks like a set-up. It doesn't look very real. Even the celebrities who have been roped in are not very known; so it makes it all the more boring. And the tasks are not pleasing at all," said Nandita.There are many who feel the show is repulsive, but there are some viewers like Neha Sharma, 18, and Ashish Mohan, 25, who prefer Iss Jungle Se... over Sach Ka Saamna.

While Neha says she doesn't like Sach Ka Saamna because the truth about a person's personal life can break his or her family, Mohan feels there is no adventure in telling the truth about your life on national television.

"You can tell the truth to anybody any time. But the tasks these celebrities are made to do on Iss Jungle Se... are not everyone's cup of tea. I wouldn't imagine doing such things myself and watching celebrities do it with so much willingness is what thrills me about this show," said Mohan. Both the shows are adaptations of popular international reality shows.The TRPs of both the shows dipped post their launch.

Jo Jeeta Wohi Dancing Star postponed till June 2009

It seems that Star Plus is not having a very good time with it's reality band of late. After a not so successful Nach Baliye 4 and the premature ending of Arre Deewano Mujhe Pehchano comes the news that Jo Jeeta Wohi Dancing Star which was scheduled to air very soon, has now been pushed back to June.

The latter show which includes winners and contestants of earlier reality competitions is a continuation of last year's Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star, which will pit the Champions V/s Challengers. But this time, the only difference is that the singers will be replaced by dancers. Some of the names being discussed are Rajeshwari-Varun Badola of Nach Baliye1, Aamir-Sanjida( winner Nach Baliye 3), and many more. The latter duo who had also partially anchored Nach 4 confirmed that they had heard that the show had indeed been pushed back. About their participation, Aamir says "I want to do realty show in 2009 and may be Dancing Star could be my choice".

Kashmira Shah and Krushna who won Kabhi Kabhi Pyaar Kabhi Kabhi Yaar who are approached for the show say the main reason for delay is the IPL. "During this time the whole country only wants to watch cricket", says Kash. But a source who did not want to be named added that besides IPL, one more reason could be that the channel could not find the correct combination of dancers. Our khabru questioned the choice of Shama Sikander – Vinod Kambli of Ek Khiladi EK Haseena.

Rakhi Sawant who won Yeh Hai Jalwa and finished runner up in Nach Baliye 3 has also been approached, but she is adamant on not dancing with ex beau Abhishek. "How can I dance with him? He is not my partner anymore. I have told the channel that, I will dance with my choreographer and we will rock the dance floor", says Rakhi. This assertion coming from the item girl queen is not working well with some of the other possible jodis. One of whom quipped "Rakhi and Abhishek fights and patch-up are common. You never know, may be they will again come together for Jo Jeeta".

Further, the possible choice of Karishma Tanna and Mouni Roy from Zaraa Nachke Dikha teaming up as Champions has not gone down well with team mate, Ashita Dhawan. "Its surprising that the channel did not choose me, for it was my contest with Bhaktiyaar which ensured our girls' side the win in this Star One show. Ironically Bhaktiyaar has made the cut along with Chaitanya Chaudhary for the same show.

As of now, the teasers of the show that was on air has also been withdrawn, and viewers will have to wait longer to see this battle between the Champion Dancers and Challengers..

Tuj Sang on a 'High Alert'...

We had already reported that Balaji's new venture on Star Plus Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna has got the first warning from the channel due to its decreasing popularity. The latest development is that the show heard the second bell recently.

If sources are to be believed, "The show got a second warning this week from the channel and every body is tense as there are bright chances of the show going off air."

We called the lead Pooja Bose to know more on this. "Well I don't have any idea. The TRP's have been dipping but the creative are working on it. However, there are lots of twists and turns to come in the future episodes which will be liked by the viewers," she quips.

Another actor on terms of anonymity says "The show has got a second warning, and the future is very uncertain. All I can say is that we are working hard towards it."

A little birdie from the production house chirps, "For Ekta this 10:00 pm time slot means a lot and we are trying our best to hold on to that. There are changes made in the script and lets see what happens."

All we can say is that hope 'Tujh sang preet chootey na'…

Krratika Sengar nurses a bad back..

Krratika Sengar who recently entered Kis Desh Main Hai Meraa Dil as the best friend of Gaurav aka Prem (Harshad Chopra) had a nasty fall which has aggravated the back problem she was carrying for many years now!!

"I fell from the stairs when I was shooting for Kis Desh. When I was in the 12th standard, I had this slip disc problem which got aggravated again because of this fall", says Krratika.

The actress was advised bed rest and regular physiotherapy, which forced her to fly to her native place Kanpur. "I was in Kanpur for more than 15 days, had to go thro' traction and physiotherapy. I have got back to Mumbai just few days back, and don't even know what's happening in Kis Desh", verbalizes the actress.

"As of now, I need to take proper rest so that my back does not give way in future. After all, health is wealth", concludes Krratika.

While work takes a back seat for the actress, we wish her a speedy recovery!!

Finally Sumit Kumkum Get Together

Finally, there is a reason to smile for fans of Sumit and Kumkum, as the news is that the eternal lovers in the Star Plus' show Kumkum Pyaara Sa Bandhan are all set to unite very soon!!

According to our source, "Kumkum (Juhi Parmar) will come to know that Sumit (Hussein Kuwajerwala) is in Bhuvanpur, and will go there looking for him. This is when the big moment arrives, and Sumit and Kumkum unite. After they get together they sort out the issues surrounding them".

The present track revolves around Sumit-Aditi and the manner in which Ranveer Singh (Hiten Tejwani) is trying his best to locate Aditi (Gauri Pradhan). As we had reported earlier, the coming episodes will also see Sumit uniting Ranveer and Aditi.

For Juhi Parmar who got wedded to beau Sachin Shroff over the Valentines' weekend, this is 'Sone Pe Suhaaga' as she is all set to unite with her on screen lover too

The eternal Jodi will get together sometime next week

Shaleen -Daljit win Nach Baliye 4...

After 13 grueling weeks of non-stop dance, Star Plus' Nach Baliye 4 produced by Wizcraft came to an end with the face-off between the Finalists Naman Shaw-Megha Gupta and Shaleen Bhanot-Daljit Kaur tonight on February 1st. And when the ultimate moment came, Jodi #11 and favorites Shaleen Bhanot and Daljit Kaur were declared worthy winners of Nach Baliye 4.

The Finale was graced by the Badshah of Bollywood Shahrukh Khan and Lara Dutta.!! The duo won a cash prize of 50 lakhs and a swanky Maruti Estello which was presented to them by SRK and Lara.

The night was Dhamakedaar with fabulous performances by the contestants of this season as well as previous seasons. Winners of previous seasons Hussein-Tina and Aamir-Sanjeeda performed with full vigor while Rakhi Sawant sans Abhishek Awasthi proved to be the perfect 'Helen' of today!!

The cute and adorable jodis of the earlier seasons – Krushna-Kashmera, Tanaz-Bakhtiyaar, Varun-Rajeshwari, Alex-Shweta and Yash-Gauri Tonkk combined well to groove on stage. Karisma Kapoor gave a fitting tribute to the Divas of yester years, Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit while Arjun Rampal rocked on stage like never before. Farah Khan, the Teacher of the class grooved with her chelas, Abhijeet Sawant, Amit Gupta, Mohit Mallik, Jaspal Bhatti and Kapil Nirmal.

Few interesting awards were given away wherein the aptly titled Rakhi Sawant Walkout Award went to the Judges of Nach Baliye 4 for their great walkout when they got pissed off with the contestants. The Sarvottam Hindi Award went to Kapil Nirmal while Arjun Rampal walked away with the Great Laughter Champion Award. Sudeep Sahir won the Award for the Best Role Reversal while Karisma Kapoor won the Cut-Cut Queen Award.

Farhan Akhtar to host a reality show

The ‘Rock On’ star, Farhan Akhtar is back on television, and this time the producer-director turned actor is not on the panel of judges, but will be hosting a reality show on a relatively new channel.

A person close to Farhan Akhtar on terms of anonymity said, “He is doing a reality show, produced by Endemol. When the production house came to him with the offer as host of the reality show, he liked the concept and accepted it.”

He is yet to sign the contract on the dotted lines. “The concept of the show is not just about dance and singing, but is something very unique. The proceedings for the show are in its initial stages though”, adds our source.

The shoot of the same will start by the end of this month. Well for the viewers, it’s a treat to see their favorite star rocking the TV screen again.

Watch this space for more news on this upcoming untitled reality show!

Bips and Vijender set the pace for Nach Baliye 4..

She may have shimmied to 'Kaun banega mera lucky boy' for the inaugural episode of Star Plus’ Nach Baliye 4, but it turned out that Bipasha Basu was the lucky girl to have met one of the current heart throbs of the nation -- Vijender Kumar.

The good looking boxer who recently got home the bronze in the Olympics Games held at Beijing met up with the Bengali bong shell right after her dance performance and both, as onlookers put it, couldn't contain their excitement.

In any case, Vijender who has admitted to having a weakness for Bollywood girls had Bipasha coo at a press conference recently on how she would love to go on a date with him. Though that didn’t happen we are sure after their Nach Baliye meeting, the two did some catching up on boxing and Bollywood. But having said this, we sincerely hope we don't have to see some really close-ups of the two (remember the last time Basu had met up with soccer star Christiano Ronaldo and the 'dangerously close' kiss they had shared which she dismissed as a cruel camera angle).

Dev Keswani to enter Grahasti....

Dev Keswani who was unceremoniously replaced by Amit Verma in Star One’s Annu Ki Hogayee Wah Bhai Wah is back to television now!!

The actor will now be seen replacing Akshay Sethi in Star Plus’ afternoon saga on women power, Grahasti. Dev will be seen as Raunak who used to be the love interest of Soni. “I have not seen the manner in which this character was played before by Akshay before. There have been lot many changes in the life of Raunak and with his comeback, a new track will start”, says Dev Keswani.

Elaborating on his entry, the actor says, “Raunak will come back from abroad after completing his studies. He has made name, fame as well as money. He has got more calm, composed and very organized and is glad that he is back as a more successful and responsible person. He now wants to get his love, Soni back”.

With Raunak’s comeback, there is a complicated love quadrangle that develops in Grahasti. “Shaleen Bhanot who plays Manas Ahuja is in love with Soni, but Soni loves me and I love Soni. At the same time, Rano loves Manas, but he treats her as his friend”, states Dev about the complex situation in which the love-birds are in.

Dev wants to move ahead and does not want to touch upon the past. “I was getting many offers, but wanted to get the right role to be back. I am looking forward to playing the very positive, honest and down-to-earth character of Raunak”, says the actor as he signs off.

A new flavor to Milind-Prachi love story post leap....

Star Plus’ Kayamath is going for a 4-year leap and a new Bengali family is going to be introduced this Thursday, September 10th.

The post leap will show Prachi (Panchi Bora) in the Dasgupta household where she is wedded to Proteek Dasgupta played by Gaurav, a newcomer to television.

Telly Buzz talked to Panchi Bora to know more on the post-leap story. “I am very much missing the Shah family, Sanjeeda, Shabbir and Jay. But I am sure that the new family will be accepted by the viewers”, says Panchi.

When asked about the reasons for her re-marriage in the serial, Panchi says, “Well, I cannot disclose much but I can tell you that Prachi has not suffered from a memory loss and she has a genuine reason for getting married”.

However, a well-placed source from the production house informs us that, “Prachi has got into a ‘samjhauta’ with Proteek and has married him just for her kid”. For the uninitiated, Prachi was pregnant with Milind’s kid when she left him. “Prachi has stayed away from Milind to keep him safe and secure; at the same time, she is a good mother to her little son”, says our source.

We further talked to Sandiip Sikcand, Senior Creative Director, Kayamath to know more on Milind and Prachi’s future. “I can only say that the leap will bring in a new flavor, and a fresh love story between Milind and Prachi. Fans can breathe a sigh of relief as Mallika will not be seen at least for sometime post leap”, says Sandiip.

With the leap, many characters of Kayamath will go missing, and one big name happens to be Jay Bhanushali. Jay had his last shooting schedule for the serial yesterday, and the actor now misses the serial that gave him recognition. “I will miss the entire unit and cast. Kayamath was my first big project and it feels bad to be out of it. But all good things need to come to an end”, says Jay. When asked whether there will be a comeback for Neev, the actor states, “As of now, there is nothing planned”.

As Panchi Bora puts it, Kayamath is all about ‘Changing Relationships’ and the viewers will surely wait with bathed breath for their most popular Jodi MICHI to get together!! But for now, the focus is on the new Bengali family and of course on Prachi who adorns a Bengali look, as Milind aka Shabbir Ahluwalia is given a much needed break to cool his heels!!

Bidaai celebrates Success...

Rajan Shahi’s Sapna Babul Ka Bidaai has been raking high TRP’s and undoubtedly holds the Numero Uno position in Television!!

And to celebrate the success of Bidaai, Rajan Shahi’s Director’s Kut Productions along with Star Plus hosted a Press Conference followed by a grand bash on 20th August, Wednesday at Sangam Ball Room, J. W. Marriot.

The Press Conference was hosted by Shabaana Mullani and on the dias were present Rajan Shahi, the eldest in the Bidaai family Alok Nath, Sara Khan, Parul Chauhan, Angad Hansija and Kinshuk Mahajan. A nostalgic AV was shown which depicted the progress of Bidaai to the topmost position which was followed by Rajan Shahi addressing the entire gathering present there.

Speaking on the occasion Rajan Shahi, Head of Director's Kut Productions said, “The success of Bidaai can be attributed to the hard work, sincerity and dedication of my team, star cast, channel and the production of Bidaai has been an excellent experience". Rajan Shahi then handed over the mike to Alok Nath who introduced the cast of Bidaai to the media and everyone in the cast shared their experience working in Bidaai.

Followed by the Press Conference was the big bash which was a rocking success as it saw a galaxy of stars making it to celebrate the occasion with the entire cast of Bidaai.

Actors present from the show Sapna Babul Ka Bidaai included Veteran Alok Nath with wife, Vibha Chibber (the woman who played coach in Chak De India), the two young girls Parul Chauhan and Sara Khan, the two male leads Angad Hansija and Kinshuk Mahajan, Seema Kapoor with husband Amit, Ashita Dhawan, Naveen Saini, Amardeep Jha, Shabaana Mullani, Vimarsh Roshan, Avinash Wadhavan with his wife.

Rajan Shahi was seen in an upbeat mood as he personally welcomed all his guests and was very much grateful to see the TV fraternity congratulating him on the success of Bidaai. His fraternity friends who have worked with him, the actors who have worked under him turned up in big numbers. But Rajan Shahi got nostalgic to see Ravi Rai at the party, with who he had worked for 6 long years.

Everyone in the cast of Bidaai, starting from Sara Khan to Parul Chauhan, Alok Nath and many others gave credit to Rajan Shahi and also to the simplistic story telling.

Celebrities who graced the special occasion included Rajshree Thakur of Saat Phere fame, Mona Singh, Juhi Parmar, Rakshanda Khan, Anuj Saxena, Apoora and Shilpa Agnihotri, Amar Upadhyay, Vikas Bhalla, Renuka Shahane and Ashutosh Rana, Twinkle Bajpai, Rupali Ganguly, Kiran Karmarkar with wife Rinku, Sharad and Kirti Kelkar, Sachin Khedekar, Yatin Karyekar, Mahesh Thakur, Moulli Ganguly with boyfried Mazher Syedd, Aanchal Dwiwedi, Rakesh Bapat, Pallavi Joshi with husband Vivek Agnihotri, Vishal Singh, Ali Merchant, Rucha Gujrati, Mohan Bhandari, Rajeev and Rakesh Paul, Kartik Sabharwal, Gaurav Gera, Akshay Anand, Kshiti Jog, Tanushree Kaushal, Vineet Raina, Neeta Shetty, Uttkarsha Naik, Rajesh Khera, Ashiesh Roy, Gajendra Singh, Jayati Bhatia, Anang Desai, Gautam Rode, Shaleen Bhanot, Raju Kher, Mohit Malik, Rushali with husband, Madhura Naik, Reeta Bhaduri, Jay and Kinnari Mehta, Manish Goswami, Deeya and Tony Singh and Rajendra Chawala.

Throughout the party, Sara and Parul were seen together while Kinshuk Mahajan and Angad Hansija appeared together. Kinshuk was doubly thrilled for the fact that his character which was sidelined for a while after his entry is now back on track and is shaping extremely well.

The party went on till the wee hours of the night with the actors hitting the dance floor as if there was no tomorrow!!

Nautanki and Tamasha Unlimited in Aajaa Mahi Vay..

To indulge in some extreme entertainment, grab your remote control and tune in to the upcoming masti packed ‘Circus/Tamasha Special’ episode of Reliance Mobile Aajaa Mahi Vay on Friday, August 22, 8 pm only on STAR Plus.

Shaking a leg and matching contestant Sneha’s grooves, judge Shweta Tiwari, applauds Sherjil and Sneha’s performance on the hit ‘Billoo Rani’. On the other hand judge, Apara Mehta believes Sneha’s performance could easily land her an item number in a Bollywood movie if spotted by a film producer!

Much to the dismay of the judges, hit jodi Kabir-Sajal fall short of their earlier performances with a performance on the song ‘Its magic’ from Koi Mil Gaya but Kabir more than makes up for this with an impromptu mimicry of host Vineet!

An extraordinary performance by jodi, Manav-Rashmi on ‘Aja Gufaon Mein Aa’ leaves the judges asking for more! Overwhelmed by Ronit’s gesture of accepting Rashmi as his younger sister, she reciprocates by tying him a Rakhi and strengthening the bond of a brother and sister.

Making their best attempt to impress Greesha’s mother, Dhawal and Greesha try to appease her with a shocking performance on the song Bam Lahiri and win praises and admiration from the judges for their performance.

Closing the episode on a lighter note, the contestants even go to the extent of mimicking the styles of the judges…

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Rock fever Grips Star Voice of India...

The Rock fever empowers Amul Star Voice of India this Saturday as the ‘Rock On’ team –Farhaan Akhtar and Purab Kohli grace the ‘Scoring Saturday’s’ performance round on the show.

The high tension episode on Friday where Ismail walked out after a shocking elimination on the show encouraged Shaan to ask him what went wrong and why the public is reacting this way. Ismail with no explanation requested the public to listen to the kids with their hearts and not with their minds.

With Farhaan and Purab talking about the film Rock On, Shaan introduced the theme for the episode as ROCK MUSIC. All the contestants had prepared Rock songs to impress the judges. The first contestant to present his claim to TOP 9 was Ryan Dias, the Voice of Andhra Pradesh who sang Rishtey. Farhan thought that this was a fantastic performance and said that Ryan held the promise of lasting for long in the show. Purab really liked Ryan’s performance and his hairstyle too! Sukhi felt that Ryan delivered more than what was expected. With an incredible headstart, the stage saw each performance being far superior than the previous one as Saptaparna the Voice of 7 sister states, sang Johnny Gaddar.

Just before Zakir’s performance there was tension as Ismail Received a note from Zakir’s family. Ismail said that Zakir’s family was trying to bribe him. He handed a letter to Shaan. Shaan read it out and it turned out that Zakir’s son had written a letter to Ismail asking him to make his father the Voice of India so that Zakir could buy him a cycle. An emotional and apologetic Ismail promised to buy his son a cycle. Zakir said that he was really sad because he couldn’t run behind the cycle because of his disability.

Zakir Hussain the Voice of Chattisgarh sang Aaja aaja main hoon Pyar tera and received a standing ovation from the audience; Monty told him that there was no need to worry as Zakir was flying thanks to his brilliant singing.

Ritisha, the voice of Bangalore mesmerized audience with his rendition of Gustakhiyaan hai, She also requested Farhan to sing his titkle track from Rock On for them. A very sporting Farhaan just reeled the song with much ease and rocked the Amul Star Voice of India Stage. Purab also joined in with the famous ‘ROCK ON’ number.

Ravi, the Voice of Delhi performed on AAp ki Dua, Sayantani, the voice from Orrisa sang Dum Maro Dum, Rohit, the voice of 7 sister states got the crowd to groove with O meri Jaan, Vinti, the voice of Uttar Pradesh impressed the judges and Farhan with her recital of Mast, Rahul Mukherjee from Maharashtra sang Alvida and Vipul, the voice of Punjab gave a mind-blowing performance from Farhan’s movie Dil Chahta Hai. Purab told Vipul that "Last ball par sixer maare to bahut accha lagta hai...par agar sixer maarne waala Punjab se ho to ball stadium se bahar chali jaayegi"

This high energy episode ended with the participants, Farhan, Purab and Shaan singing Rock On! To catch this exciting episode, tune-in to Amul Star Voice of India Mega music league on Saturday, August 23rd, 10 pm only on Star Plus.

Bemisaal Barah go patriotic in Voice of India...

‘Independence’ is the flavor of the week as we head towards the 61st anniversary of our Independence. Amul Star Voice of India dedicates this Friday episode to celebrate the Spirit of patriotism and Freedom by reinforcing your right to all good things in life like ‘music’ and right to vote for your favorite contestants on the show. Yes, the journey to unparallel success, fame and stardom begins for the Bemisaal Barah this Independence Day as the Indian junta exercise their right to vote and propel their favorite voice to TOP 11 on Amul Star Voice of India.

All the judges, Host-Shaan and the kids looked worth million-dollar in their white costumes specially designed for the Independence Day. Sukhwinder Singh and the Bemisaal barah set the mood for the evening with Aye Mere watan ke logon, Chak De India and Jana Gana Mana medley. This strong and powerful performance aroused emotions, passion and the feeling of patriotism in all the contestants which was apparent in the performance that took place thereafter.

Rohit Sonar from Seven sister states forced everybody to think of how much do we thank this motherland with his song Vande Mataram. Sayantani from Orrissa sang O palanhare praying for peace and harmony of this nation. Ryan from Andhra Pradesh poured out his heart with Yeh Jo des Hai tera. Vinti from Uttar Pradesh dedicated her performance to kids, the strength & hope of this country with Taare zameen Par.

Mallar from Kolkata impressed everybody with his zealous Zindagi Maut na ban jaye while Zakir from Chhattisgarh made the crowd dance with Watan Pe jo Fida hoga. This battery of Patriotic songs continued with Rahul chanting Mera Rang De Basanti chola, Ravi singing Roobaroo. Saptaparna(seven sister state) and Punjab da puttar-Vipul’s Lukka Chuppi gave goose bumps to everybody witness to their soulful rendition. Also Ritisha from bangalore and Shraddha from Jharkhand gave a rocking performance with Badal Pe Pao hai.

This patriotism that filled the air of the sets rubbed on an otherwise shy Shaan who performed on Yeh Des Hai Veer jawan Ka, Phir Bi Dil Hai Hindustani and really made everybody forget about the sour part of the episode. Yes, It is a freaky Friday where one state will bid a final adieu to the Amul Star Voice of India stage; the first elimination for the Bemisaal barah. One person's dreams will not see the light of the day on this episode of Amul Star Voice of India while the other 11 will move forward to achieve their goals. Who will it be? Which state will disqualify to become the Voice of the nation?

TIMES NOW brings the Battle in Beijing to your living rooms!!

Ten thousand, five hundred athletes. Three hundred and two events in twenty eight sports, twenty one thousand eight hundred and eighty one torchbearers; All moving towards the same dream of making their country proud at the world’s largest sporting event: the Olympics. This year, TIMES NOW has introduced several initiatives to capture the spirit of the 29th Olympiad.

One of the key initiatives taken by TIMES NOW is to launch a focused show hosted by Charu Sharma on the 2008 Olympics – ‘GoldFest’. Expressing his enthusiasm, Charu Sharma said, “The Olympics is the mecca of all sport, and as a sports buff I couldn’t have asked for anything more. TIMES NOW’s initiative for comprehensive coverage of the Olympics ensures that Beijing Games receive the attention and prominence they deserve. Along with that, the analysis by our experts help in giving an all round perspective.”

The show reflects the nail biting excitement that surrounds the sporting event with reports from the venue,analysis by guests like former athletics star Ashwani Nachappa and world renowned shooter Morad Ali Khan, interviews with the Indian contingents, Olympics trivia, moments of the day and lots more. The show also offers the viewers a chance to exhibit their enthusiasm by participating in various quizzes and contest related to the current and past Olympiad Games. ‘Goldfest’ kicks off on August 7 and will be aired every night at 10:30 pm till the end of the Olympics, August 24.

Speaking on the unique initiative to provide comprehensive coverage of the Olympics, Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief, TIMES NOW said, “As a channel, we have always given precedence to an event that impacts our audiences, irrespective of whether it is being held in India or elsewhere. The 2008 Olympics is a benchmark in history and with a prominent Indian presence at the games this year, TIMES NOW viewers have an opportunity to catch all the action from Beijing.”

TIMES NOW will also host an Olympics special in its comprehensive sports show ‘The Game’ with Boria Majumdar and incorporate regular updates on the Olympics as a part of their daily news bulletins to keep the viewers constantly updated about the latest happenings. Commenting on his involvement with TIMES NOW, Boria Majumdar said, “Olympics is the biggest spectacle in the world and I am really excited that it is taking place in Asia after such a long time. I truly appreciate TIMES NOW’s initiative for giving attention to a significant global event in a country that has focused entirely on cricket.”

So Tune into TIMES NOW to catch all the news, action and excitement of the 2008 Olympics.