Television News

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  Bigg Boss is coming back to the small screen!

  Reality television show Bigg Boss is coming back to the small screen and the buzz surrounding this latest season's inmates is gathering speed.

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  Gurmeet Choudhary wins Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5!

  TV actor Gurmeet Choudhary has won the fifth season of dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa after beating co-contestants Rashami Desai Sandhu and Rithvik Dhanjani. Chandigarh-born Gurmeet, 28, the only finalist who...Read on

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  Madhuri is back with a Lavani performance!

  Actor Madhuri Dixit will be seen doing Lavani, a traditional Maharashtrian folk dance, after almost a decade, in the grand finale of dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa.

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  Finally, Colors cracks it with India's Got Talent!

  This time Colors has cracked it. With dance competition Jhalak Dikhla Jaa and India's Got Talent, they have finally figured out how to convert reality shows into full-on entertainment fests (about time someone did it). Poonam Saxena writes.

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  KJo’s rapid fire for Sridevi and Madhuri!

  With two Indian divas Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit on the same stage for the first time ever in the history of Indian television, filmmaker Karan Johar decided to turn anchor and quiz the two ladies in his rapid fire round on a dance reality show.

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  Kirron Kher, the one-show wonder

  After four seasons on India’s Got Talent, Kirron Kher has become the face of the show. This time, Karan Johar, Malaika Arora Khan and Farah Khan have joined her on the panel, but Kirron’s missing her co-judge from previous seasons, Sonali Bendre.

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  The best of the seasons of Jhalak Dikhla Jaa

  It was the best of the last season, as well as the ongoing one on the sets of a dance reality show on TV recently. The show in question, Jhalak Dikhla Jaa, saw the contestants of the last season — Yana, Gauhar and Meiyang Chang on the sets, performing with the participants of the current one.

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  Sridevi, Big B to be seen together again

  After sharing screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in her comeback movie English Vinglish, actress Sridevi is set to sit on the hot seat of the megastar's game show Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 (KBC). Sridevi, 49, will shoot for KBC in Mumbai on Tuesday.

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  KBC 6 opener gets record-breaking rating

  Megastar Amitabh Bachchan's magic touch and powerful campaign Sirf gyaan hi aapko aapka haq dilaata hai (Only knowledge gets you what you deserve), has helped the opening episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 6 (KBC) in getting maximum eyeballs.

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  I desperately needed to win: Vipul Mehta

  As we predicted on August 23, budding singer Vipul Mehta from Amritsar, won season six of the reality show, Indian Idol, on Saturday night.

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  ‘This season, Sui Mui will needle contestants on KBC’

  Remember Ghadiyal Babu from the first season of KBC and Shrimati Tiktiki from the last? They’ve got married since and produced a child, Sui Mui, who’ll needle the contestants in the new season,” smiles RD Tailang who’s been scripting the game show since it began.

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  I don’t look at TRPs: Amitabh Bachchan

  It’s been 12 years and six seasons since Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) saw Amitabh Bachchan make his TV debut. And what a debut it was. KBC marked the beginning of Bachchan’s second innings of stardom, and the show, since, has gone on to become one of the most-watched programmes on Indian television.

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  Knowledge is the key: Amitabh Bachchan

  Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is back to hosting the sixth season of the popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, believes that knowledge is the key to success.

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  Madhur Bhandarkar unhappy with bar on ‘A’ films on TV

  Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar is disappointed with the Censor Board’s decision to ban screening of adult films on television. He feels the producers will lose a lot of money due to this.

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  Karan Johar confirms being a judge on India's Got Talent

  Filmmaker Karan Johar has finally confirmed that he is joining the judges' panel of the fourth season of talent hunt show India's Got Talent. In the past, Johar has hosted celebrity chat shows like Koffee with Karan and Lift Kara De.

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  Now, kids and teens in Bigg Boss?

  The drama gets bigger; the ages, small. The upcoming season six of reality show Bigg Boss is likely to see children and teenagers be part of the bickering in the house.

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  'Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!' - Madhuri asks Salman again!

  Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit recreated the magic of their hit film Hum Aapke Hain Koun...! on the sets of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 recently.

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  Idiot box not shut: Shah Rukh Khan

  After producing an array of shows like Parindey and Tere Mere Beach Mein, Shah Rukh Khan’s TV production unit had reportedly shut shop. However, enquiries with the actor reveal a different story:

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  Shahid Kapoor’s trainer roped in for SFL

  Actor Sanjay Dutt and businessman Raj Kundra, who have joined hands to churn out the action reality show Super Fight League (SFL), have hired actor Shahid Kapoor’s trainer, Abbas Ali, for the contestants this season.

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  Ravi Kishan out of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5

  Bhojpuri superstar Ravi Kishan is the latest to be voted out of popular dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5. The actor, along with his choreographer Kunjan, tried to put his best foot forward by trying various dance forms like Bollywood, tango and salsa.

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  When TV channels refuse break, Ekta's soaps take leaps

  Film producer and TV czarina Ekta Kapoor says TV channels' refusal to give a few months break to shows forces her to incorporate leaps in her shows.

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  Aamir Khan will return to TV on Independence Day

  Come August 15, and Aamir Khan will return with one last episode of his social-issue-based reality show Satyamev Jayate (SMJ) on Star Plus. The show officially ended on July 29 with Aamir revisiting all the issues discussed over the past 12 episodes.

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  Salman Khan does Dhinka Chika act on Indian Idol!

  Actor Salman Khan revived the magic of his popular song Dhinka Chika on the sets on singing reality show Indian Idol 6.

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  Season 6 of KBC to air only on weekends

  Season six of Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) is barely a month away.

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  Ehsaan-Loy tune in for television

  Not having to work with a set storyline or a brief could be a refreshing change. Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa, who make up two-thirds of one of Bollywood’s most successful composer-teams, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (SEL), say that putting one’s own experiences into making music is most satisfying.