<strong>Click on the pic to view slideshow</strong> Manish Goel might be out of the small screen space for quite some time now… but boy oh boy…he is looking fitter than ever. As a guest editor at <em>Tellychakkar.com</em>, he entered the office looking dapper and chic wearing a blue T-shirt. His stubble look can surely make females’ hearts go aflutter. “Well…I keep experimenting with my looks. You never know what suits me the best. And usually I don’t look bad in any of them,” laughed the talented actor.

With the clock ticking fast for <em>Bigg Boss 6</em> to invade the small screen space, there is a lot of speculation regarding the contestants who will be roped in for this season that is due to premiere on Colors this November (2012). Rumour mills are abuzz with the news that this time around, two contestants among the 13/14 might be commoners. Our source says that a lot of wannabe celebs are trying their luck to get locked for three months in the Big Boss house this year.

Manish Goel, who was last seen in a cameo in Contiloe Entertainment’s Adaalat on Sony Entertainment Television, celebrates his birthday today. Says Manish, “Well I was in Dehradhun yesterday for a fashion show where I was a show stopper. Since, yesterday also happened to be my mother’s birthday, I was with her. Understandably, yesterday was a very special day for me. Today, I am in Mumbai and I am l yearning to celebrate my birthday in Delhi with my family. It’s been close to 14 years I haven’t celebrated my birthday with them. I hope to celebrate my birthday next year along with them.

Manish Goel, who had last hosted Mahayatra on Star Plus, is all set to anchor a married women talent hunt called <em>Big Memsaab</em> on Big Magic. The Season 5 of this property, the previous two seasons were hosted by Natasha Sharma of <em>Na Aana Iss Desh Laado</em> (Colors) fame. In this edition, though, she will be seen in limited proportions.

<a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/manish-goel-approached-show-imagine>Manish Goel</a>, who was last seen on TV doing a cameo in Sony Entertainment’s <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/manish-goel-enter-adaalat>Adaalat</a>, has realized one thing. He has realized that things have changed with passing time in the fascinating world of TV. Instead of being hard-headed and snobbish, he has learnt to live with the fact that the TV industry is now dominated by youngsters.

Rumours have it that <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/snippets/manish-goel-turns-show-stopper>Manish Goel</a> who was recently seen doing a cameo in Sony’s <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/manish-goel-enter-adaalat>Adaalat</a> has been approached for one of the historical shows on Imagine.

<a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/snippets/manish-goel-goes-online-channel>Manish Goel</a> who is best remembered for his role as Anupam in Star Plus’ <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/stardiary/when-i-served-nimbu-pani-urvashi-dholakia>Kasautii Zindagi Kay</a> will be back on the small screen as a murderer called Brijesh Rana in Sony’s <em>Adaalat</em>.

<strong>A page from the personal diary of <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/are-manish-goel-and-aroona-irani-guests-bigg-boss>Manish Goel</a></strong> Very few people know that I started my career in television as a spot boy. I was a spot boy for the immensely popular sit-com <em>Dekh Bhai Dekh</em>. I was in charge of looking after Farida Jalal, Navin Nischol, Shekhar Suman and Vishal Singh. I used to do most of their jobs like serving them food, getting water, etc.

There have been a number of names popping up every now and then that are apparently being approached for <em><a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/rahulsiddhesh-tipped-be-bigg-boss-4>Bigg Boss 4</a></em>. <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/aroona-irani-rani-lakshmi-bai-zee>Aroona Irani</a> and <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/manish-goel-punished>Manish Goel</a> are also said to have been offered the show. As per our source, Colors has approached Manish. Tellychakkar called the actor to confirm the news but all he said was “No comments”.