Celebrity gaze

Goddess Laxmi asks Savita for a wish in Sony SAB’s Shubh Laabh - Aapkey Ghar Mein    By Rajesh Ahuja Shubh Laabh Aapke Ghar Mein ,  the devotional show on Sab TV,  will in the coming days witness an unexpected twist with Goddess Laxmi appearing before Savita(Geetanjali Tikekar) to fulfil her wish. Unexpected twist in Shubh Laabh Aapke Ghar Mein on Sab TV this week  In an unexpected turn of events, after fulfilling Savita’s two wishes, Goddess Laxmi (Chhavvi Pandey) asks her devotee Savita to organize a bhandara for her, Savita gladly accepts. However, Goddess Laxmi has a condition in place. For Goddess’ wish to be fulfilled, Savita has to convince Rohit, who is someone who does not believe in donations and charity to sponsor the event. Shreya  ( Tanisha Mehta )  and Vaibhav  ( Aashay Mishra )  trick Rohit  ( Mithil Jain )  into donating the amount by telling him it is for a lottery. However, preparation for the bhandara is faced w...

It is an exciting time for female directors who can tell stories with strong female protagonists; Meenu Gaur By Rajesh Ahuja Even as the new web series on Zee5  Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam creates a buzz for its unconventional portrayal of Women as fearless, determined to avenge deceit,  it's director Meenu Gaur says that it is an exciting time for female directors who can tell stories with strong female protagonists in male-dominated genres. Writer director of web series Qatil Haseenaon Ke Naam Meenu Gaur says that it is an exciting time for female directors who can tell stories with strong female protagonists  Ahead of the premiere of the show on Zee5 on December 10,  the British Indian director hoped that the strong feminine voice of the show will resonate with the audiences. “I hope people have fun watching this show and the mystery, mood, mahoul (vibe) draws them in. It is an exciting time for female directors who can tell stories with strong female protagonists ...

Nikhil Advani,John Abraham have fanboy moment on  KBC as Big B reenacts iconic scene from Mohabbetein By Rajesh Ahuja Bollywood hunk John Abraham and director Nikhil Advani had a fanboy moment on sets of the game reality show Kaun Banega Crorepati this weekend as megastar Amitabh Bachchan reenacted an iconic confrontation scene with Shah Rukh Khan from the 2000 film Mohabbetein . During the game show,  Nikhil Advani,  who was on the program to promote his new film Satyameva Jayate 2, which features John Abraham and Divya Khosla Kumar in the lead roles,  recalled that as an assistant director in Mohabbetein , which starred Amitabh Bachchan,  Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in key roles, he got an opportunity to direct the megastar.  Amitabh Bachchan reenacted iconic scene from Mohabbetein on sets of KBC  Sitting on the hot seat with John Abraham,  Nikhil Advani fondly recalled that he had had the opportunity to direct Mr Bachchan in an...

Dil Bekaraar; this nostalgic trip to life in the 80s has an old world charm about it. By Rajesh Ahuja In this age of hi tech,  where social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are the prime mediums of communication , where the market is flooded with media channels and digital platforms dishing out a diverse range of shows and where face to face exchange of sweet nothings between a boy and a girl has been replaced by messaging and whatsup, many of us yearn for the days of yore when life was charming, beautiful and uncomplicated and when our judgement of the world around us was not clouded by the plethora of news channels,  each of them bringing to us their perspective of the news and happenings. For many of us who have grown up watching the charming and halcyon life in the 80s where letters, telephones  and telegrams were the only means of communications; where the National channel Doordarshan was our only window to the world around us,  providing us n...