Television News

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  Antakshari duo reunites!

  Before talent hunts became popular, Antakshari (1993- 2005), with its viewer-friendly format, caught the fancy of telly viewers. The show's hosts Durga Jasraj and Annu Kapoor continued their association doing live shows of Antakshari and then started Jalsa - Music for the Soul in late 2008.

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  Salman jumps from 10,000 feet up for soft drink ad

  Bollywood's "Dabangg" actor Salman Khan will be seen doing a daredevil stunt in PepsiCo's new Mountain Dew ad - he jumps from 10,000 feet in a "wingsuit" from which a parachute springs open.

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  Court notice to UTV reality show 'Emotional Atyachaar'

  The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to the ministries of information and broadcasting and home affairs, chairman of UTV and team of the reality show "Emotional Atyachaar" following a plea seeking a ban on the show due to its "vulgar" content.

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  Hrithik: Price as nice!

  Safedi Lal is not done yet. Now he wants to tell me that Hrithik Roshan is the highest paid star on television today... and not Salman Khan, as the popular notion. And if that's not enough, he claims to have a valid explanation to substantiate his claim.

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  Mithunda : Lift karade!

  Left speechless after a phenomenal dance act by Cornell and Sonali from Geeta Kapur's team, which had Cornell lifting Sonali 19 times, DID Doubles Grandmaster Mithunda wanted to check if anchor Jay Bhanushali had it in him to lift Sonali even once!

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  Bollywood Stars: Back on demand!

  Many Bollywood stars are being signed on to do the next season of their popular reality shows.

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  Now, Colors launches crime-based reality show 'Wanted..'

  After game show "Bigg Boss" and adventure-based "Khatron Ke Khiladi", Colors channel has launched crime-based reality show "Wanted - High Alert" to help curb crime.

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  Shammi Kapoor is the god of dance: Hrithik Roshan

  Known for his difficult moves and mesmerising dance style, Hrithik Roshan feels that veteran actor Shammi Kapoor is actually the god of dance.

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  Sudesh Berry returns with negative role

  After successfully playing the shrewd Loha Singh in "Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo", actor Sudesh Berry has bagged yet another negative role - that a devious lawyer in Zee TV's "Dil Se Diya Vachan".

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  World Cup fever: No threat for entertainment channels!

  The World Cup begins Saturday but entertainment channels are not fretting about losing too many viewers or advertising. They are safely banking on their dedicated female viewership that is hooked on to their daily dose of soaps and cricket lovers who would only be watching select matches this year.

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  Television: Mushy soaps make way for urban plots. Finally!

  Often, when you like a serial, you're told it doesn't get ratings because it's not what the "masses" want. The masses, according to TV executives, have a deep and inexplicable affection for serials about suffering women, usually set in Machiavellian joint families.

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  Roadies is a thankless job: Raghu Ram

  Raghu Ram has grown weary of his popular brainchild MTV Roadies. Currently in its eighth season, the show has withered away the producer and co-host into half, literally. “Roadies is a 24X7 thankless job. It’s just so tiring,” says a visibly fatigued Ram, who has lost oodles of weight.

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  Want to tap core flavours of native India: Chef Sanjeev Kapoor

  For 17 long years, he made people explore the culinary art through his iconic cookery show "Khana Khazana". And now chef Sanjeev Kapoor has come up with his own food channel and promises to bring core Indian flavours to the masses.

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  TV is so tiring: Preity Zinta (Movie Snippets)

  It seems Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, who will be hosting the Indian version of "Guinness World record", is finding her stint on small screen hard.

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  Dance India Dance: Hold your horses my boys..!

  It's the Valentine's Day weekend. Most male contestants on Dance India Dance Doubles wanted to shake a leg with host Shveta Salve.

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  Vidya Balan: Singing Star!

  Balan, Sher Lock says, has recorded a rock video with a Bengali band called Chandrabindu. Sher insists that the actor comes across like a rockstar and seems to thoroughly enjoy the music.

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  Kareena to perform at Ekta's awards

  Kareena Kapoor, who is like family to producer Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms will be performing at the soap queen's awards show tomorrow night. The actor gave the nod on yesterday afternoon.

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  Shabbir is Preity's co-host!

  Actor-producer Shabbir Ahluwalia has cracked a big deal with Colors. The actor, whose first production Ganga Ki Dheej is on air on Sahara One, will now be seen as actor Preity Zinta's co-host on Guinness World Record- Ab Todega India on the channel.

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  Raveena Tandon to judge comedy show on TV

  Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon, who tickled our funny bones with films like Andaz Apna Apna (1994) and Dulhe Raja ( 1998), is set to be the judge of a new comedy show on television. "Yes, I am judging another reality show on TV. It is a comedy show on Star Plus, but shooting hasn't begun yet," says Tandon.

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  Shah Rukh to host Zor Ka Jhatka 2

  Barely over a week old, reality show Zor Ka Jhatka - Total Wipeout, hosted by Shah Rukh Khan, garnered a dismal TRP of 2.6 points in the first episode and 2.8 points as the week’s average. Regardless of the low TRPs, the channel Imagine is ready to roll out another edition of the reality show to be produced by Endemol.

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  A dance dedicated to Mithun!

  In the TV dance reality show Dance India Dance Doubles, contestants Rahul and Roza recently performed the song I am a Disco Dancer that brought back memories of dancing star Mithun Chakraborty.

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  Talks on for 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5': Madhuri Dixit

  Bollywood diva Madhuri Dixit is in talks to judge the next season of "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa", but says nothing has been finalised yet.

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  Emmy president meets members of Indian TV industry

  Bruce Paisner, president of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the body behind Emmy Awards, visited India early this month and met television broadcast CEOs, producers and actors to get to know the nitty-grity of the Indian TV industry during his four-day trip.

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  Dolly Bindra returns to TV as Kabootari Mai

  After creating havoc on reality show "Bigg Boss 4", loud-mouthed Dolly Bindra has been roped in to play Kabootari Mai, an overbearing character in Imagine TV's "Armanon ka Balidaan".

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  Rishi, Madhuri set the stage on fire!

  What would happen if two of the Bollywood's dance legends come together on one stage? The stage would indeed be on fire. Something similar happened on the sets of Sont TV's "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4" when veteran actor Rishi Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit danced together.