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May 23rd, 2013

Krushna Abhishek and Sudesh Lehri’s team wins Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe

Krushna Abhishek and Sudesh Lehri
History has repeated itself in Comedy Circus as Krushna Abhishek and Sudesh Lehri have yet again won its latest season Comedy Circus’ – Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe (Sony Entertainment Television). This time they achieved the feat along with another funny hand namely, Siddharth Sagar. Yes, the makers (Optimistyx) have already shot for its finale episode (9 May 2013) as reported by Tellychakkar.com earlier. Earlier, Krushna and Sudesh also won Kahani Comedy Circus Ki and Jubilee Comedy Circus. Therefore, this victory does not come as a surprise.

Asit Modi happy on Taarak Mehta winning the award for the Best Comedy show in the Twelfth Indian Telly Awards

Asit Modi
If you do good work, your efforts will be recognised and duly appreciated. SAB TV’s Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (Neela Telefilms) has not only garnered mammoth TRPs over the years but has also been bagging prestigious awards. Producer Asit Modi has been going on stage to receive the award for the Best Comedy show for Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah for five years at the Indian Telly Awards. He won the same trophy again this year at the awards function.

Meet ever charming and effervescent Shruti Ulfat- Guest Editor at Tellychakkar.com

Shruti Ulfat
Click on the pic to view slideshow Keen to know the meaning of the word ‘beautiful’? Then just take a look at ever charming and effervescent, Shruti Ulfat . Shruti has been a part of the entertainment industry for years together now and has proved her mettle in diverse platforms including television, theater and films. Recently seen in Life OK’s Junoon, Shruti spent some quality and ‘fun replete’ time with team Tellychakkar as the guest editor.

Magic of Biji Pandey to return in SAB TV’s Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir

Biji and Surili’s love saga continues as the adorable couple makes a comeback on SAB TV’s Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir. Viewers greatly enjoyed Biji’s antics as he won Surili over and tied the knot at the end of season 1. The irony was that even after getting married, Biji continued to wait outside Mausi’s house just to get a glimpse of the love of his life.

Darpan Shrivastava and Ehsaan Khan join the cast of Life OK's Do Dil Ek Jaan

Life OK's upcoming fiction launch 'Do Dil Ek Jaan' produced by Nautanki Telefilms has already cast an interesting mix of fresh faces as well as experienced actors. And the list goes longer now, with talented actor Darpan Shrivastava and film actor Ehsaan Khan being roped in to play pivotal roles. Darpan who is known for his challenging roles on television is back after a hiatus, his last show being Afsar Bitiya. The actor we hear will play one of the main negative leads and is cast opposite Riddhima Tiwari.

TAM Ratings: Week 20 (2013)

TAM Ratings: Week 20 (2013)
TAM ratings of Week 20 have arrived. So, let’s have a look….. Star Plus remains the numero uno channel with 234 GRPs. Zee TV too maintains its second place with 184 GRPs. However, there has been a change when it comes to the positioning of Colors and Sony Entertainment Television. Colors’ takes the third place this time with 174 GRPs that pushes Sony in the fourth place (152 GRPs). SAB TV stays at the fifth place with 132 GRPs while Life OK is placed in the sixth place with 122 GRPs. Lastly, Sahara One maintains its 13 GRPs. Ratings of Channels: Star Plus 234 (232)

What kind of music do your favourite TV stars listen to...

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.- Billy Joel We have various reasons for listening to music. We may tune into our favourite song and musical number to relax, uplift our mood, dance to its tune, lull ourselves to sleep etc. Music tastes differ from person to person. We asked your favourite TV stars what kind of music they like to listen to.

Dream Theatre acquires official licensing rights for Krrish 3 & Kid Krrish

The superhero series ‘Krrish’ is surely among the top of the list of successful Bollywood film franchises with global appeal. This Diwali, fans will look forward to the release of Krrish 3. To also leverage the popularity of the Film Kraft Production, four animated film sequels are being planned along with Cartoon Network and Toonz Animation. This further opens up merchandising opportunities for Mumbai’s brand management and licensing enterprise Dream Theatre Pvt Ltd which has bagged the official licensing and merchandising rights for both the movie and the series in India.

World's first one take Bollywood horror movie "Super Natural" pays tribute to 100 years of Indian cinema

Super Natural
Celebrations are in the air as the entire country celebrates the completion of 100 years of Indian Cinema. The very first film was a silent movie, Raja Harishchandra made by Dada Saheb Phalke was released 100 years ago in 1913. After 17 years a sound film, Alam Ara by Ardeshir Irani was released. The Indian Cinema kept on progressing and it has now completed 100 years. Many Bollywood movies have contributed towards this auspicious moment in Indian Film Industry and now world’s first one take Bollywood horror movie “Super Natural” is going to pay tribute to the 100 years of cinema.

Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar honoured with NY Citizen's Achievement Award

Madhur Bhandarkar
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, who was recently part of the International jury of the 35th Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), has been honoured with the prestigious New York Citizen's Achievement Award. The three time National-award winning director said that he is highly honoured. “I am hugely honoured and humbled by the Citizen's Achievement Award given to me by people of NYC. I am truly touched,” he said. The Kareena Kapoor-starrer Heroine that released in September last year, was the last film that Bhandarkar directed.