Remember the character of Rituraj, played by Ali Merchant who was the first guy in Akshara aka Hina Khan's life in Star Plus' Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, produced by Rajan Shahi.The actor essayed a cameo role earlier wherein he succeeded in bringing out the feelings of love in Akshara. And now when Akshara is all set for marriage with Naitik (Karan Mehra), her first love reappears!!
Yes, you heard it right!! Ali Merchant is back in Yeh Rishtha, and this brings a new twist in the tale!!
According to our source, "Engagement preparations are on when we see the reappearance of Rituraj. This gives rise to a complex situation as he happens to be the first guy in the life of Akshara. She will go thro' all the troubled moments upon seeing him, and the fact that Naitik is not aware of Rituraj and Akshara's earlier relationship will add on to the situation".
Earlier, Rituraj and Akshara had seen each other, and the alliance was almost finalized, when the guy decided to call it off, as he was not convinced with Akshara's desire to seek a future in singing.
Will Rituraj's comeback create a problem in the relationship of Naitik and Akshara? What role will Rituraj have to play in such a situation?
Keep watching the show to know more..
Talking about her entry in the show, Mink says, "REAL channel wanted one celebrity wild card for the show, and they approached me. I am basically a very private person, comfortable in my own life. So I thought this is the best opportunity to explore myself. Through this reality, I will get a chance to test my patience level, and will also be making food for myself (smiles)".
This means Shakuntala, the periodic love story coming from Sagar Pictures which was aired at two slots 8 PM as well as 9.30 PM will now be shown only at the 8 PM slot.
As reported earlier, Hats Off's Burey Bhi Hum Bhale Bhi Hum on Star Plus, which presently holds the 7.30 PM time slot is making way for the new BAG Films show Mitwa Phool Kamal Ke.
The Grand Finale will be telecasted next Sunday night. "Most finals are usually telecast deferred live, but this had to be delayed because tonight's IPL Finale was being aired live on the sister network of Sony", says a source.
As reported earlier, Ankita Lokhande essays the role of the protagonist Archana, who is from the middle class society, well past her marriageable age, and is not getting a good match as she is not well-educated.
Diya Chopra who played the character of Loveline in Swastik Pictures' Hindi Hai Hum on REAL TV is no more part of the show, and the buzz is that her unprofessional behavior forced the production house to look for a replacement.
Rough and tough inspector Chandramukhi Chautala from Sab Tv’s FIR will now flaunt her feminine oomph on big screen. She is busy shooting all these days for the film ‘Film city’ opposite Bollywood’s coolest hunk John Abraham. Though she is on cloud nine from the time she has bagged the role but she maintains absolute silence about her debut character on big screen as of now. But she has hint that she is in the movie for glamour quotient and it is the story of people who are influenced by the film industry. 
Yashoda maiyya’s natkhat Kanhaiyya managed to melt even the toughest heart with his cute little smile and little baby antics. But time waits for none and even our beloved little Krishna now has to grow up. ‘Jai Shri Krishna’ the successful and popular mythological drama on COLORS which is based on Shri Krishna’s life is all set to grow up – literally. The show which had been focusing on Krishna’s life as a toddler will now have an adolescent Kanha making Vrindavan and the gopis dance to his bansuri’s tunes. 
Talking about the experience, she says "It is unique as she has never undergone a make over in real life i.e. changing her hair style and wardrobe. I have never had my hair colored under a panel of experts. My character had experienced the same in Jassi though. She also finds no comparison with her other show Extreme Makeover for there, you had victims with serious injuries getting a new lease of life". 
3ccording to our source, "Both Baichung and Gauhar gave their best performance this week, and the judges found it difficult to rate them. The level of competition amongst both is so high that they could not be separated even in points, as they ended up a tie".
According to our reliable source, "The little kid Antara is born an autistic child, and her biological mother is played by Rupali Ganguly. She will be seen in a very brief cameo lasting two episodes".
This romantic story will have the typical flavor of middle class to lower middle class Maharashtrian families. And as reported earlier, Ankita Lokhande who was earlier seen in Zee Cinestars Ki Khoj plays the main lead, Archana.
parallel lead and has a powerful character of a business woman to portray.
As it was reported earlier, the promos on air showed a different girl Apple Reetoria Rishi as the central character. But it was heard that the production house and channel were looking for more options.
"I was indeed approached but then the dates collided with my US shows which were already penciled in, hence I had to opt out", says Roshni. However, she has passed on her best wishes to Rakhi thro' a promo she shot recently for the show.
The channel has thoughts of providing a counter attack with Mitwa to Zee TV's Choti Bahu which is doing well at the 7.30 PM slot. The lavish manner in which the show is being shot now also indicates to the fact that Mitwa might get an early evening slot rather than being placed in the afternoon band. Mitwa is most likely launching on 27th May and will take up the 7.30 PM slot.
Says Aman Verma about his entry in the show, "I am absolutely delighted to be a part of Namak Haraam. The character I play on the show is very different from what I have done earlier, which makes it even more exciting for me. Namak Haraam has received lot of appreciation from viewers and with the entry of my character the show will take an interesting new turn!"
According to the Producer Monish Sekhri, "The show will depict the very essence of life, and will have drama, lighter moments, emotions, and will talk about various relationships and their psychologies. The show takes off in a society where the young kid stays with her parents and brother. Prabhleen Sandhu and Darshan play the kid's parents, while noted actor Sujata Kumar plays the little girl's grand mother".
As per the current track Dev (Avinash Sachdev) has a hint that Radhika (Rubina Dalaik) loves him, though she has never admitted to it. In the coming episodes Radhika will accept that she is in love with him and this will be a pleasing track in the show.
This is the first time that COLORS is coming up with such a concept which will have a different feel to it. There will be a westernized approach to the story and will also have some naughty comedy too.
The present track focuses on Rasik Mama emotionally blackmailing Menaka (Tanushree Kaushal) by telling her that nobody in the family is bothered about Yuvraj who is serving a jail sentence at the moment for having killed his father. This instigates Menaka to fight for her son and bring him back.
There was a time when to become a heroine or to even get a role in television shows or films you needed to be handsome or pretty. Looks were your passport to the celebrity world. In the recent past, however, things have changed drastically. Specially in the television industry. They have made it to the top solely on the basis of their acting prowess. Case in point is Vibha Anand, better known Sugna in Balika Vadhu. 
Daksh is in fact back as Dharma, as he has lost his memory and is now working for the group of Don Raman Pujari. He is his henchman who is wanted by police. Daksh and Anupama (Barkha Bisht) come face to face for a second in a temple, but before Anupama realizes that he is Daksh, the guy vanishes. On the other hand, Samar is forced by Anupama to start hunting for Daksh. As the story progresses, Dharma who is on the run is hit by a police man's bullet and is wounded very badly. As he runs for his life, he spots Samar's house and enters it, and this is where Daksha and Anupama finally meet.
However, the strong subject failed to generate the required response from audience and lagged behind in the TRP charts, which had earlier forced the channel to shift the show from the prime time slot of 10 PM to an early evening slot of 6.30 PM.
Meerabai is the new venture of Sagar Arts for NDTV Imagine. It was reported that the show is slated for a weekend slot. However, the latest development is that the show will get a prime time slot and will be a daily.
If sources are to be believed then Colors’s Bandhan Saat Janmon Ka is going off air by mid June. The show enjoyed a good TRP for a brief period of time but suddenly the viewers started losing interest in the show and the show started losing its TRP. Now that the show isn’t working, the channel has decided to shut down the shutters. We called up the lead of the show Gunjan and she said, “I have no idea about it. I have no clues about show going off air.” In fact she was surprised on listening such news and was asking us that where have we got this news from? Writer of the show, Sampurn Anand too denied our sources report, “I have no such intimation from the channel as of now but if I get to know something I would definitely inform about it.” The crew of the show maybe denying the news but according to our sources the news is confirm, but it is yet not decided that which new show will replace it.
The Jodis who have been approached are newly wed couple Juhi Parmar and Sachin Shroff, the much-in-love Jodi Ali Merchant and Sara Khan, Ashita Dhawan and her boy friend Shailesh Gulabani, the couple with the comic touch Jaspal Bhatti and Savita Bhatti, Rajesh Kumar and his wife Madhvi and Gurdeep Guggi, the Laughter Challenge finalist who was also seen in the Akshay Kumar starrer, Humko Deewana Kar Gaya along with his wife, Kuljeet.
the channel. Shruti Seth is tipped to host the show again.
It will be a content oriented show and will focus on faith and religious sentiments. The central character of the show is Shraddha who is very devoted to her parents, and essaying the lead role will be Neha Janpandit who was earlier seen in Woh Rehne Wali Mehlon Ki.
Confirming our news, Producer Sunjoy Wadhwa says, "Yes, it is true that Saat Phere is going off air in the third week of May". When asked him about the leap introduced recently, he quips, "Ya, I know. But even after all this, the show is winding up".
However, not many know that the Story and Screenplay writer of the show, Raakesh Paswan was inspired to write this story based on a real-life happening which he witnessed long back in his home town, Jharkhand.
According to our source, "The Dill Mill Gayye team has been shooting back to back as they do not have enough episode banks. One day, it so happened that the entire cast was getting ready to pack up when the production house requested Shweta Gulati, Pankit and Sunaina to stay back for a particular scene. The trio readily agreed to finish the scene and all was fine".
The story is about four women of different age groups who interact with one another in the Ladies compartment of a particular train on a daily basis.
Bhaskar Bharti is a show which will have a message to convey to the audience. The story is about a playboy, Bhaskar who has ditched umpteen number of girls and has taken all their curses. The young lad ultimately gets punished by God who turns him into a girl one fine day.
Aamrapali Dubey aka Shweta from Saat Phere had never thought that her dream would take the shape of a reality when few years back she had visited the set of the soap with her neighbour aunt who’s a Jr. artist by profession. “My parent had left me at my neighbour’s house since they had to leave for an urgent work. My neighbour aunt is a Jr. artist and she took me along to the Saat Phere’s set. I was amazed and excited to see the wonderful set and dreamt of being a part of the show but never imagined that my dream would really come true.” Meanwhile she would soon find her love interest in the soap in dashing Ali Merchant who is playing the character of Rajveer. It would be interesting to watch the on-screen chemistry of these two young and cute actors.
As reported earlier, Abhishek Rawat who plays the lead in the show essays the role of Loha Singh's (Sudesh Berry) youngest son.
reported earlier that Hum Ladkiyaan, Aathvaan Vachan and Ek Safar Aisa... Kuch Socha Na Tha are surely winding up, but the channel might continue with Meet Mila De Rabba, but the recent decision has brought in bad news.
The handsome lad will play the love interest of Gauri, one of the Betis in the show.
Pavitra Rishtha will have the basic flavor of Mumbai and the story will focus on a middle to lower middle class Mahrashtrian family.
Badi Malkin, produced by DJ's Creations has been scrapped as the concept was similar to Imagine's Bandini...
The character of Bindiya essayed by Madhurimma Tuli in Zee's Shree has been appreciated by one and all, and this has prompted the producers and channel to extend her role in the show.
