Tele-talk

Party ways
On the party front Sailesh Dave of In-House Productions (who produce shows like Movers & 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 – Sony, singer Penaz Masan, 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. It’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. It’s a hilarous journey into the mind of a baby and it recreates a baby’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 – 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 Valentine’s Day is 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. That’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 Khabi. The couple had a reception in Mumbai two days back and is now away in Goa for a honeymoon.