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At
a time when actor Bhaktiar Irani is contemplating
marriage to lady love Tanaaaz Lal, he has
been signed on to play Rahul, a fashion
designer in UTV's next production on Star
One, Arranged Marriage.
 Arranged
Marriage is a special show, because
it brings powerhouse performer couple Rajeshwari
Sachdev and Varun Badola together for the
first time on screen after Phir Se, the
telefilm on SaharaOne, during the filming
of which they decided to tie the knot.
Rajeshwari, who plays Sanjana in Arranged
Marriage, is a wedding planner and together
with Swetta Keswani (Sheena), Bhaktiar Irani
(Rahul) and others, undertake the smooth
functioning of Indian weddings.
"Yes, I am doing Arranged Marriage.
I play a fashion designer who does a
good job, but manages to ruin it all in
the end. I work with Rajeshwari and Swetta
and together we plan weddings," says
Bhaktiar, who can be seen in Sab's Lo
Kal Lo Baat, Zee Smile's Home Sweet
Home and Star One's The Great Indian
Comedy Show.
We ask him if his character is as pansy
as the other fashion designers on screen,
and pat comes the reply, "This is Arranged
Marriage, not Jassi Jaissi..."
For Bhaktiar, the show perhaps has come
at an opportune moment. A chance to experience
all that goes into making a wedding work
and all in time to plan his own impending
marriage!
Arranged Marriage...the
story so far!
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the first episode of the show (which
has an uncanny resemblance to the Jennifer
Lopez starrer, The Wedding Planner),
Sanjana falls in love with the man whose
wedding she is planning. Manoj Bidwai,
who plays Ajay Zaveri in Zee Cafe's
Bombay Talking plays the to-be
groom. The story unfolds from there
on. Our sources tell us that the show
will have the story of the main characters
moving forward in a linear track with
episodic characters coming in, in each
episode. The show is an one hour weekly
and will be on air some time by March
end or in April. |
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PS: Marriage seems to be high on
the minds of show makers nowadays, with
two new shows dealing with the same theme
already ready to air in the first quarter
-- Shaadi Street on Star Plus and
now, Arranged Marriage!
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By ANANYA SENGUPTA |
Posted
on 27 January 2006 1:00 pm
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