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STARDOM neither came on a platter nor took her by surprise, instead, says Aparna Banerjee, she has worked hard for it.
And her efforts have paid off. Starting off as a co-host of Sony’s Popoadam Show. Aparna has now graduated to sitcoms and is the lead star in two serials on rival channels — Family No. 1 on Sony and Hello Friends on Zee. The fact that all three of her TV appearances have been comedies, it is little wonder that Aparna has a predilection for the lighter side of life. "Laugh and the world will laugh with you," says the sitcom princess. Considering that she entertains so many people, life must be a laugh-a-minute fun for her. |
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| When Satish Kaushik is around can comedy
be far behind? After enacting the role of Phaaji in
Philips Top Ten Kaushik once again proves his
credentials as a comedian par excellence in Hotel
Hindustan on every Sunday at 11.30 a.m. on Zee TV. Two friends, Ranjeet (Satish Kaushik) and Manjeet (Sudhir Pandey) who once owned a dhaba manage to build a three-star Hotel Hindustan. Though their logo is Saare Hindustan main aisa hotel kahan, Is hotel main hain saara Hindustan, they are both simpletons and completely at sea when it comes to running a three star hotel. Their ways of conducting day to day operations are still caught in the time wrap of their dhaba owning days. All of which makes for a situational rib-tickler which is guaranteed to bring cheer to your Sundays. Million-dollar show Star TV has signed a deal to produce, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, one of the most watched shows in America, Australia, UK and across Europe because of the big amounts of prize money it doles out. This quiz-based show, which enjoys high viewership is being produced in a Hindi version to attract more viewers. A production team is travelling to the UK to study the sets of the show, get trained and then commence shooting. Says Peter Mukerjea, Star TV chief, "Star Plus has brought the jewel in the television programming crown. It’s great news for our staff who will be trained on the world’s most successful and programme." Star Plus is currently scouting for en extremely high profile celebrity host for the high stakes quiz show. So keep tuned. Here’s your chance to being a millionaire. VJs and more If you thought VJs were just hot air, take a look at MTV’s Mini Mathur and Nikhil Chinnapa. Both could give any professional a run for a high flying job.
"Once I have done my stint as a VJ, I can go back to advertising," says the cerebral Mini. Nikhil too is not just a professional VJ. He’s an architect from the Bangalore university and a gold medalist to boot. "As far as a second career is concerned, mine is already well chalked out," says Nikhil who recently played the hero’s role in Sunhil Sippy’s about to be released film Snip and is the main lead in a TV serial, Hello Friends. "I am into TV and films because I enjoy them. And I’ll keep doing them till the offers dry up. Then it’s back to the drawing boards." Like management graduate Mini, this architect too has clear plans for the future. Mysterious mummies Death is inescapable. Eventually everyone will die, but that doesn’t keep people from trying to avoid it. For a select few, a type of immortality has been achieved — they have become mummies. Take Sylvester for example, he died in a desert 100 years ago, yet he still has skin, bones, eyelashes, fingernails, teeth and even his moustache. His body was mummified under the scorching desert heat. Discovery’s Mummies: Frozen In Time April 16 at 10 p.m. examines mummification from the Ice Age to the 21st century. It explores the varied ways in which humans have escaped the ravages of time. From the Ice Man to the sophisticated techniques of the Egyptians and modern advances in cryonic suspension, viewers find out how people have been preserved, by design and by accident. The programme uncovers the mysteries surrounding mummification which defied science for centuries. — Mukesh Khosla |
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"Ever since I was a teenager I dreamt
of being an actress. I worked consciously for it,"
says the model-turned-star.
Mini is
a literature graduate from Delhi’s Lady Shriram
College and also an MBA. She did a two-year stint with
Hindustan Thompson Associates and modelled for
organisations like Mescos Rayban, Hero Honda, Binny
Ruffles, Vimal sarees and Atlas cycles.