Tumhari Disha celebrates 300 episodes Film Farm's drama Tumhari Disha celebrated the completion of 300 episodes yesterday at Quila in Andheri. The soap on Zee revolves around the life of Disha played by Chavvi Hussein. The entire cast, including Chavvi along with husband Mohit, Ashish Nayyar, Krittika Desai, Sachin Tyaagi and producers Rupali and Pintoo Guha were in attendance. Here's a look at the disha the party took... | |||
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Shake it baby: Moroccan belly dancers mesmerise the telly world | ||
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Black beauties: Krittika Desai and Chavvi Hussein | ||
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Life after remix: Dimple Ghosh finally finds time to party | ||
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Three's company: Gaurav Ghera with friends | ||
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United we stand: Ashish Nayyar with Rupali Guha and Chavvi Hussein. Pics: Sujit Jaiswal |
Zarina storms out of Tumhari Disha's set
Kunal M Shah
Zarina Wahab is known far and wide for professionalism. Considering
that, the fact that she walked out of Tumhari Disha sets is a rather
surprising one.
Wahab says, "I have never misbehaved ever on
any sets. It's been 27 years since I have been working in the industry
and never has anyone complained. Well, I had informed the production
guys well in advance that I would shoot only till 3 pm from December 20
to December 26 as my mother was unwell. However, they kept on delaying
the shoot. But on Friday, I had to admit my mother in the hospital.
Despite that, they made me stay back for one hour extra. I shot till 4
pm but then I obviously had to leave. I don't think there is any issue
and I don't even see any reason why you need to write about it. As far
as I am concerned, there is no dispute or else they would have told me."
She
adds, "The problem is that the new scheduler is good for nothing and
calls everyone on the sets at 9 am in the morning and upon reaching
there, we have to wait for our shots. There is chaos all the time. I
have completed 300 episodes with them and I don't think there is any
serious problem. I have been known for my discipline all these years
and I have been professional every time." The producer was unavalible
for comment.
Zarina Wahab with son |
Zee Telefilms Ltd
The country's largest vertically integrated media company Zee Telefilms Ltd can term 2005 as a year when its hopes got dashed (as the Supreme Court ruled against its petition challenging the Indian cricket boss' diktats) and rekindled as towards the end of the year a new regime took over the Indian cricket board and promptly handed Zee the rights for the India-Sri Lanka Test series.
Considering that the group's promoter Subhash Chandra is bullish on cricket and his sports channel, late developments augur well for the group.
And, then the predictably unpredictable Chandra relinquished the position of managing director deciding to continue as the non-executive chairman and principal promoter of Zee Telefilms. Who'll fill the MD's vacant slot? A good question for which nobody has an immediate answer except guesses like CEO Pradeep Guha who might be elevated to the vacant position.
The high profile Guha joined as the CEO of Zee Tele from Bennett, Coleman & Co, publishers of The Times of India.
While Chandra re-entered the FM radio race through Essel Group company Pan India Network Infravest, he also hived off the news business into a separate company, Zee News Pvt Ltd with scaled down the foreign holding to comply with government norms.
In the restructured news entity, Zee Telefilms' equity stake is 35 per cent, which works out under a complex formula to about 20 per cent of foreign holding on a pro rata basis.
ZTL also restructured its top management. The most crucial was the change at the top for flagship channel Zee TV. Puneet Goenka, who had been overseeing the operations of Zee Sports, was made Zee TV business head, while outgoing Zee TV business head Abhijit Saxena returned to the arena where he first made a mark, the distribution business. Saxena also supervises special projects for Zee TV.
After almost 13 years of existence, the Zee Network decided to sport a new look, which also included renaming of the three English channels. Zee English, ZMZ and MX were re-named as Zee Caf, Zee Studios and Zee Select, respectively. Comedy channel Smile TV became Zee Smile and Trendz got re-christened as Zee Trendz. All channels under the Alpha brand were brought under the Zee brand. The company's lone south Indian presence, Zee Telugu, got relaunched in May 2005.
With game shows being the flavour of the year, Zee TV launched the Rs 30 million Kam ya Zyaada in the last leg of the calendar year with actor Manoj Bajpai as an anchor.
Programming-wise, the channel attempted a variety of genres this year. Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka and a consistent Tumhari Disha have helped the channel to strengthen the 7:30 pm - 8 pm time band. 2005 also saw Zee TV increasing its production and promotion budgets manifold.
On the international front, Zee Arabiya, a music and lifestyle channel for the youth, was launched. This was Zee's first localised channel offering in the Middle East. Zee has commited to invest around Rs 1.2 billion in the region within a year.
Source: Indiantelevision.com
'Prratima' producer is back in action
Sapana Patil
Leading lady: Dimple Inamdar |
Raja Mukherji is ready to launch two new serials, after Prratima, his first production on Sahara One.
"After
Prratima, I began working on the script of my Bengali film," says
Mukherji. "So it took me some time to finalise on the TV serials. Now,
I am producing a serial called Kahkashan for a new channel called Kitab
Entertainment. It is about a Muslim girl called Kahkashan who is a
lawyer. This serial is a family soap with law as its backdrop. The
story is about Kahkashan's search for her father."
"No
one so far has tried doing a serial with law as its backdrop," he adds.
"Thus it will have a fresh perspective That was my main reason for
using the subject." Dimple Inamdar (Mahika of Tumhari Disha) will play the title role.
Mukherji
is also producing another serial for Doordarshan. "We are still working
on it, but the shooting for both serials will begin next month," he
says.
Raja's wife Jyoti Mukherji (who played the lead in
Prratima) is not acting in either serial. "She will look into the
production aspects this time," he explains.
source: mumbaimirror.com
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Kruttika Desai fits into the scheming mother roles with effortless ease. She now plays the bad mum in 'Hhare Kkanch Ki Choodiyan'.
How does it feel playing a bad mother?
I have
had a very long run as the 'bad mummy' on TV. I started playing her
with 'Jeet' on Star Plus. Then I took a break and was in Israel for a
few years. When I returned, I was too old to play a bahu and too young
to play a saas. I guess I fitted into the glamorous, bad mama mode.
Isn't the role repetitive?
Well I mostly play
negative roles these days as the positive ones are boring and
monotonous. At least with these characters you can do something extra
and even create style statements. In 'Hhare Kkanch…' my character isnt
just a bad mother is wicked overall. I think on TV this is the best
option for a person like me.
Is it just the moolah that attracts you to TV?
I
want to act. Rather than sitting at home doing nothing. It's the only
job I can do well. Plus who doesn't need money to survive? I don't
think Smriti Irani is bored playing Tulsi for five years. I have done
some real good work which I am proud of.
What motivates you as an actor?
I should feel
the urge to reach fifteen minutes before the call time. I think that
defines motivation for me. I try to create my own nuances even if I
don't find a particular scene to be very inspiring. I try to steer away
from 'me too' stereotypes. Within my limited capacities I try and bring
variety into a character.
What do you do apart from soaps?
I work with
Aakansha an NGO that works for the betterment of underprivileged
children. I recently directed their play 'Kabeer and the Rangeen
Kurta' with hundred children in the cast. I thoroughly enjoy doing
that. I am also very happily married. Though I have hitches with my
husband I can't think of life beyond him.
Courtesy:Dnaindia.com
Dimple Inamdar enters Kumkum as Kamya Verma | |
Dimple
Inamdar of Ek ladki Anjani Si and Dekho Magar Pyar Se fame will be seen
as Kamya Verma on the forthcoming episodes of Star Plus afternoon soap
Kumkum. Commenting on the character Sanjay Upadhay, Creative and ideation director, B.A.G Films said "Dimple has a very important role to play in coming sequence of the event, Kamya is a strong, vibrant, positive character who helps Sumeet and Krish to overcome a major crisis in London. Krish (Pankit Thukkar) immediately falls in love with Kamya but Kamya thinks Krish is not |
Dimple Inamdar walks into Kumkum | ||||
Dimple Inamdar, (Ek ladki Anjani Si, Dekho Magar Pyar Se) will be seen as Kamya Verma on the forthcoming episodes of B.A.G Films' afternoon soap Kumkum. Dimplw will start shooting for the show from 13 January and play a very important character, who will be central to the plot. "I play a London based girl who is very patriotic. She is a simple
girl with her morals and ethics in place. She enters the Wadhwa
household when she Commenting on the character B.A.G Films' creative and ideation director Mr Sanjay Upadhay, says," Dimple has a very important role to play in the show. Kamya is a strong , vibrant, positive character who helps Sumeet and Krish to overcome a major crisis in London . Krish ( Pankit Thukkar) immediately falls in love with Kamya but Kamya thinks Krish is not her type and then the drama proceeds forward."
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Kruttika
Desai dabbles with tarot cards and voodoo in her new reel-life
character. The actress will be playing the role of Mohini, a tarot card
reader and a voodoo specialist. Starting today, Kruttika will be
playing this character in SaharaOne's Hare Kaanch Ki Chudiyan.
Kruttika Desai
Interesting look
Kruttika's
scenes have been shot at a special set erected in Magnum Studios in
Andheri (East). She tells hitList, "It's a very exciting role. I have
this very interesting look. I am wearing sphaghettis, flared skirts and
chunky jewelry."
Sounds too much like Sunita Menon? The
clothes do but that's where it ends. "I sport short hair and unlike
most such characters, I am not wearing any tikka on my forehead.
Rakesh
Sarang (director) and Sahara One were very particular that they didn't
want the usual long hair and tikkas that go with such characters."
Kruttika says he has been a big admirer of Sarang's work and wanted
to
work with him and is happy that she got this opportunity, "Finally, it
has happened. I am very happy and I am going to give it my best shot."
Currently seen in Zee's Tumhari Disha, Kruttika will be needed for about seven days in a month for Hare Kaanch Ki Chudiyan
Disha finds her mother! | ||
Tumhari Disha is all set for a revelation in its forthcoming episode where Disha
Disha is in a dilemma whether to expose Vasudha or to accept her as her mother. "The story will have a twist in the tale. I work in a news channel and have been trying hard to find ot about Vasudha's past because of a sting operation that I am assigned to do on her. I get to know that she is my biological mother and I am worried about the fact that I will also get maligned because of her," says Chavvi Hussain who plays Disha in the show. . |