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Grand extravaganza
Star Plus is celebrating its 10th anniversary of superlative Hindi programming on its flagship event,the Star Parivaar Awards 2010. This year,the event is going to be on a never-done-before scale for television awards when Star Plus will recognise the work of artists both in front of the camera and behind it. India’s favourite television artists from the last 10 years of Star Plus—including big names like Smriti Irani,Sakshi Tanwar and Ronit Roy—along with creative names like Rajan Shahi,Ekta Kapoor and JD Majithia will grace the occasion with their presence.

Love triumphs
Abeer (Gaurav Khanna) and Lehar (Yami Gautam),the love birds from Colors’ Yeh Pyaar Na Hoga Kam,are finally tying the knot against their families’ wishes. Abeer barges into Lehar’s wedding to Omi (Chandan Anand) and asks her to marry him instead. Although Leher initially decides to sacrifice herself at the altar of duty,good sense finally prevails and she marries Abeer. Of course,we already knew that because in life (read Indian television),love conquers all.

Mango mania
The latest episode of Lapataganj revolves around mangoes. Mukundilal (Rohitashv Gour) was watching over a box full of juicy Alphonso mangoes when Indumati (Sucheta Khanna),unaware of the situation,distributed all the mangoes to the residents of Lapataganj. The mango episode shoot took the longest to complete due to the mangoes disappearing after each take. “I just love mangoes and wish the fruit was available all year round,” said Gour. That makes two of us.