Hi, Rai
Who's Who? As you know, Who's Who is a book which lists eminent Indians, celebrated personalities from various fields. You must be wondering why it is getting a mention here. That's because this book also has a section on television personalities and what is worth mention is that in the TV section, it has listed only Ravi Rai, the writer-director of serials like Sailaab, Thoda Hai, Teacher. Rai was not available for a comment. Even his cell phone is usually switched off these days. Probably he is too busy writing his new soap Sparsh which he promises will be so moving viewers would forget Sailaab.

Three-in-one
Pritish Nandy Communications (PNC) is on a hat-trick. In one month, they have released three serials and all on different channels. It started with Raj Kahani premiering on March 14 on DD1, followed by Mr Gayab on Zee and now it's Khwaish which starts this week on Sony. The latter is directed by Manu Gargi and stars Annie Thomas, Mini Mathur, Radhika Anand playing the three female protaganists and it revolves around their lives, jealousies and fantasies.

Slot plot
Zee's becoming very confusing. Neeyat used to be aired on Sundays. Now it's Tuesdays. Difficult to understand the channels strategies when it comes to the change of time slot and days of programmes. Tere Mere Sapne (Zee) has been shifted three times in approximately seven months. Ravi Rai's Teacher, has had four different slots in less than a year. And usually the shift is from a prime time to a non-prime slot of 10.30 pm or 11 pm. But it seems Reena Wadhwa is plain lucky. Her Neeyat which had the Sunday 9 pm slot now gets a Tuesday 8.30 pm one. And Dayanan Rajan's Kaala Sona comes up to 10pm from 10.30 pm (Monday).

Write-off
Recently, we wandered onto the sets of Movers and Shakers. Well, this time we're not talking about Shekhar Suman, (thank god!) but Sukhwant Kalsi. The name may not ring a bell, but he's the one, who writes it. Believe it or not, the man does 10 hours of writing everyday. One episode a day with topical and current issues is not a joke. ``There is no bigger challenge than writing a stand-up like this,'' says he and adds ``It's difficult as I myself don't know what will be the headlines tomorrow and we can't write in advance''. Kalsi, who is Jaspal Bhatti's uncle, has bigger plans. He is planning an audio magazine for kids which would be entertainment based with zero education value and he'd be turning director with a comical parody show.