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This is an archive article published on September 23, 2011

Amusing Arjun on PZ show

After getting Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan on the show,Preity Zinta gets Ra.One aka Arjun Rampal on Up,Close And...

After getting Salman Khan and Hrithik Roshan on the show,Preity Zinta gets Ra.One aka Arjun Rampal on Up,Close And Personal With PZ. The host got her act right as she made Arjun spill some entertaining facts about himself on the show. Here’s a part of their interesting conversation.

Preity: Tell us about your friendship with Katrina Kaif.

Arjun: It was during Raajneeti that we became very close friends. Funnily there’s one incident wherein we were all having a meal together and Katrina asked for yellow sauce. Everyone looked blank and didn’t realise what she was asking. After going into a little more elaborate description,we realised she was actually referring to dal!

Preity: One thing about Mehr Rampal that no one knows.

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Arjun: This is my big secret. Mehr was already a model before I became one and I had her poster pasted on the walls of my hostel room.

I would think to myself that if I get married some day,it would be with someone like Mehr.

Preity: Do you have any crazy fan incident on you?

Arjun: Fans are fun! Having said that,once there was a stalker type of woman who landed up at my residence and refused to budge. I was afraid she would do something drastic like tear her clothes or something obnoxious.

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While performing an impromptu play act with PZ,which is regular segment on the show,Arjun said something that left the actress agape. Preity played a firang character and said that she was smitten by Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan,to which the actor quipped,“Shah Rukh doesn’t like white women and Salman doesn’t like girls at all!” Wow,we recommend PZ to get more such celebs on board. They will surely get the show’s TRPs rising. This episode goes on air on September 24 at 7 pm on UTV Stars.

Comedy circus in Bol Bachchan

Rohit Shetty,who judged reality TV show,Comedy Circus,is totally addicted to the show. The director has decided to cast two of the members from the show in his directorial,Bol Bachchan. Archana Puran Singh and one of his favourite stand-up comedians,Krushna Abhishek,have been signed to do interesting roles in the film. Krushna,always in his acts,used to request Rohit to sign him for a film. Finally the actor’s wish has been accomplished. He says,“It is a dream-come-true moment for me. In my performances,I always used to ask Rohit to sign me in his project. And I am glad that in Bol Bachchan,he has done that.” The film,which is made on the lines of the Amol Palekar-Utpal Dutt -starrer Golmaal,is currently being shot at Jaipur and also stars Ajay Devgn,Asin and Prachi Desai.

Mata Ki Chowki to go off air

Sahara One’s Mata Ki Chowki that went on air in 2008,is going to go off air after a successful run of over three years. But the makers are planning to bid adieu to the show,pleasantly. And for the same, the show will have ten days constant back-to- back episodes during Navratri festival. News is that Sudesh Berry,who plays an important role,will die in the show before it reaches the logical end. Producer Siddharth Tewary confirms,“ It’s been a fabulous journey for over three years now,we couldn’t have asked for a better time than Navratri to end a series based on Mata… We are celebrating the success of the series by showing interesting episodes all through Navratri and the concluding episode on Dussehra.” The show will complete 850 episodes and will end on a high note in an era where a show goes off air within three months if it’s not working.

Kangna on India’s Most Desirable

After getting stars like Ranbir Kapoor,John Abraham,Deepika Padukone and even Lady Ga Ga on the show,host Simi Garewal is all set to get Kangna Ranaut as her guest in India’s Most Desirable that airs on Star World. The episode will go on air on September 25 at 9 pm.

Limitless celebrations

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Star Plus’s show Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak? completed its 200 episodes recently. And for the same,the producers of the show,Tony and Deeya Singh hosted a party to celebrate the success of the show. Maryada,which went on air in 2010,is based on a Jat family set up in Haryana. It focusses on the challenges faced by four women in this traditional family and how they break their silence and fight the conventional norms to protect their own dignity. The show recently turned controversial as it also weaved in a story that showcased gay relations.

Hoping for Season 2

Umashankar Nair and Gaiti Nair,who are currently judging the dance reality Footloose on Channel [V,recently finished shooting for the show. The duo are now already missing the show and are hoping for its new season to come up. The two,who previously judged Dance Premiere League and Dance Ke Superstars,feel that Footloose was a reality show without any unwanted drama and that is what they liked about the show. “This dance reality show was fully based on talent and had no unwanted drama like the emotionally filled background of the contestant,which shows how the person struggled all the way to come to the show,his or her family melodrama,the human interest stories etc. And this is what they find is unique in the show,” expressed Umashankar. Whereas,his all-time work partner,Gaiti,supporting his thoughts further added,“Also,here there were no public or audience votes involved. The contestant themselves had to eliminate their team members and this was quite interesting to watch.” The show that airs every Saturday at 7 pm on Channel [V will go on for just three to four episodes.

Flashback of a massacre

Discovery Channel is all set to take viewers back to the nightmare. The channel chronicles the events of the day when Anders Behring Breivik killed eight people in a bomb set off outside government headquarters in Oslo. It also focusses on this self confessed assassin’s 90-minute shooting spree that resulted in the death of 69 people on Utoya Island. All this,in a one hour special called Norway Massacre: The Killer’s Mind. Apart from showing the massacre scene by scene,and focussing on the impact it had on the nation and the people,the show will also provide the first-hand accounts from the eyewitnesses and survivours of that disaster. It will also provide new insight into Breivik’s intention by some of the world’s leading experts on criminal psychology. The show,Norway Massacre: The Killer’s Mind to go on air on September 21 at 9 pm.

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