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We
bring you exclusive excerpts from the upcoming
episode of Kara's koffee with Ekta
Kapoor along with her favorite men on television-
Ram Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Hiten Tejwani
this coming Sunday.
She's a one-woman army. She's single handedly
revolutionized Indian television They don't
call her the queen of prime time for absolutely
nothing! She's combated cricket, game shows,
reality shows and always emerged victorious!
Karan's first guest this week is none other
than Ekta Kapoor! Joining her are her favorite
men and television's blue-eyed boys… Ram
Kapoor, Ronit Roy and Hiten Tejwani.
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In this very exciting episode, watch Ekta
talk about the winning streak which she
has always possessed since she was a child-
from a desire to win dance competitions
at birthday parties to being numero uno
in her field. She discusses the twists and
turns, generation leaps, murders and comebacks,
which are created in shows to combat competition!
She also clears all speculation on her relationship
with Smriti Irani and Rajeev Khandelwal!
On the other hand, her favorite men- Ram,
Ronit and Hiten talk about the warm bond
they share with Ekta and how they deal with
her temperamental nature. They admit on
the show that they owe their success to
her, along with hundreds of other actors
who are now millionaires thanks to her!
Also, watch an entertaining vox-pop in which
the aam junta and members of the Balaji
fraternity choose the perfect husband for
Ekta. Who is the favorite contender? Is
it Jai Walia, Rahul Bajaj, Karan Virani,
Mihir Virani or Sujal? Or even better is
it Karan Johar!
That's not all, the tables turn this time
round! In the much awaited rapid fire round,
Karan hands the reigns to Ram, Ronit and
Hiten who quiz Ekta on her likes and dislikes!
Which Bollywood couple would win in Nach
Baliye and who would lose? Who is the Amitabh
Bachchan of television? Who is the Ekta
Kapoor of Bollywood? Who is the most over-rated
actor on television? The one actor, whom
she discovered, she is proud of? What is
Ba's real age? Is it 100+, 200+ or more
than that? Does Ekta succeed in winning
the hamper? Watch out in this week's exciting
episode of Koffee with Karan.
Excerpts from
the interview :
Karan :
Look at you… looking all glamorous! I
look at you like this and get the visual
of the same little podgy girl. Look at me
talking, I was double your size then, dancing
in Abhishek's birthday party in a silver
dress…you looked like a silver ball… like
a silver disco ball..
Ekta : (Laughing)
Disco Rani! .
KKaran: And
you were doing this little disco step and
I remember you crying because you came third!
Ekta: I came third and they gave
the first prize to Adi and I wanted that
prize.
Karan: Now, it's a lesser-known fact
that Aditya Chopra won over Hrithik Roshan
in the dance competition. Hrithik came second
and Aditya Chopra came first and you came
third and I remember you bawling and then
Adi
very magnanimously gave you the crown and
made you get the first prize!
Ekta: I think it was in his genes
to be extremely gentlemanly.
Karan: Now when I look at you I think
life has taken a complete circle with him
doing so well and you doing so well!
Ekta: I hope in the future also
he gives me something generously. (Laughs)
Karan: But really today you are the
queen of prime time. Two years ago I told
you the same thing. Two years later you're
even beyond that. How does it feel to be
the numero uno in your field?
Ekta: You know what? It has been
the same! There was a sense of complacency,
which had come into the medium a couple
of months ago when there was no competition
and we were doing well. But now suddenly
with Zee coming up, it's becoming tougher
to be on the top. But the fun, the aggression,
and the competition that TV has now…it's
only going to get better and more fun!
Karan: Ram, she has had a problem
with you earlier during your bout with Ghar
Ek Mandir
Ram: Yeah! I have to say I was
a very different person at that point of
time. She gives all the credit to my wife
for changing me and I have to agree with
her because my first innings in television
was more of discovery. I was deciding where
I want to be.
Ekta: And you know what happened?
I didn't know at that point of time that
Gautami and he were seeing each other and
I bitched him out to Gautami only!
Karan: Ronit… you are the blue eyed
boy of Balaji. You are practically in every
show. With grey hair in some, without grey
hair in the other! You play all kinds of
ages, stages, rages, everything…How is it
working with Ekta?
Ronit: You know there was a point
in my life where there was a lot of alcoholism.
One evening, this friend of mine called
Raj, who was looking after my work, he came
back home after meeting a producer. I asked
him, 'What did he say?' so he went and he
fixed me a drink and said, 'Let it go, we
just had a chat!' so I said, 'No, tell me!
I am a big boy, I can handle it!' He said,
'You know Ronit… You are done! He said why
should I take Ronit when I can cast any
junior artist with more talent and less
money!' and I thought, 'Yeah man! Maybe
I am done!' and then Ekta came along and
Balaji came along and I said to myself,
'No! I'm not!' At that point of time, Karan,
I really did not know which way to go so
that's why I always thank her. She has brought
a dead actor, a dead human being… she has
resurrected me!
Karan: Hiten, you are a young boy
today. You are in your early 30's but you
are playing what… a 50 year old man in one
show and who knows with another leap you
will be 80 soon but you have the love and
the regard of millions of people at such
a young age. How does it feel?
Hiten: It feels very nice. I
never thought of it! I always wanted to
be somebody somewhere and suddenly one day
everything happened and it's all her (Ekta)
doing!
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on 24 May 2007 3:00 pm
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