Earshot 8212; Pune

Party waysOn the party front Sailesh Dave of In-House Productions who produce shows like Movers amp; Shakers, Harmony, Star Yaar Kalaka...

Party ways
On the party front Sailesh Dave of In-House Productions who produce shows like Movers amp; Shakers, Harmony, Star Yaar Kalakaar threw a bash last week at Hotel Ambassador to celebrate the completion of 100 episodes of the talk show. It started in December 1997 as a once a week programme, progressed to twice a week, then thrice and now features daily. For a change Shekhar Suman was there for the conference on the dot of 7.30 pm. Amongst other personalities present were Kunal Das Gupta. CEO 8211; Sony, singer Penaz Masani, Ashish Roy who co-hosts the show, Bhavna Balsaver, Parikshit Sahani.

Another party came from Zee at Hotel Centaur to launch their new serial Chota Muh Badi Baat which premiered at 10 pm on Zee TV the same day. It8217;s produced by actress Deepa Sahi wife of noted film maker Ketan Mehta under her banner Parvali Pictures Pvt Ltd. Executive and is directed by Parvati Balgopalan. Sudhir Pandey, Meher Kamal, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Sanjeev Vatsa, Shobha Pradhan play key roles in it. Chota Muh Badi Baat is a look at life through the eyes of a baby. It8217;s a hilarious journey into the mind of a baby and it recreates a baby8217;s first encounters with life and his adventures. The bash was well attended by television folks like Kavita Chaudhary, Raajeshwari, Sudhir Pandey, Milind Soman, Saahil Chedha, Harsh Chaya, Tanaz Currim, director Ajai Sinha 8211; only to name a few.

Shanti weds
Mandira Bedi who shot to fame with the daily soap Shanti is in news these days. She finally tied the knot with fiance Raj Kaushal on Valentine8217;s Day in Delhi. They had met on the sets of Philips Top Ten which was then being directed by late Mukul Anand and Kaushal used to be an associate director of his. That8217;s when they started seeing each other. Recently Raj turned independent director with a few ad films and he has also done the music video of the album Pyar Mein Kabhi Kabhi. The couple had a reception in Mumbai two days back and is now away in Goa for a honeymoon.

Mommie dearest
Reena Wadhwa who turned producer with Neeyat is making headlines. Well she brings in the concept of surrogate motherhood to the box in her latest soap Ek Mulaqat on Star Plus. In case you didn8217;t know the term surrogate mother, it means having a child through some one else when the wife can8217;t conceive. I8217;ve always wanted to be different and I love to experiment and this concept is interesting8217; says the actress cum producer. Bhooshan Banmali who pens this serial and is introducing this concept, is quite excited as it8217;s never been thought of or done on television. 8220;It8217;s actually happened in Maharashtra 20 years back and I wanted to make a film on this but now we8217;ll educate the public through our serial,8221; claims Banmali. Director Vijay Pande feels that a lady who hires out her womb to someone should be allowed to do so legally as there is nothing wrong in it. 8220;This can solve a lot of problems of many families. People do adopt kids. So why not allow this too? We8217;ll make people aware of it,8221; heargues.

Fighting fit
We had told you that now Himesh Reshammiya takes over Colgate Top Ten. But there8217;s been a little change. First it will be Rajan Waghdhare of Shrimaan Shrimati who will do 13 episodes of the show which starts this week. It stars Ashok Saraf, Reema Lagoo and Rakesh Bedi as neighbours. Ashok Saraf plays a hot tempered hyper Jagannath Rao while Bedi is just opposite and very cool. It8217;s about the fights and quarrels in a society. Waghdhare says that it8217;s the same sitcom format with songs but with a proper story and is written by Ashok Patole who8217;s written Shrimaan Shrimati and Tere Ghar ke Samne. 8220;I8217;m trying to portray the correct picture of our society and I8217;m indirectly trying to show what are social rights are8221; says Waghdhare. Whatever that means.