KYUNKI SAAS BHI KABHI

New Delhi: Sudha Shivpuri, who played the elderly 'Baa' to Smriti Irani when they starred together in the longrunning TV soap opera "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi", has sent her blessings and good wishes to the newly appointed cabinet minister, whom she believes will carry out her duties with...

Mumbai: Television actor Aman Verma has been part of many shows like 'Teen Bahuraniyaan' and 'Devi', but says 'Kyunki... Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi...' and 'Khullja SimSim' were the game changers for him. 
"The turning point for me was getting entry into 'Kyunki...', a famous show.  Then I got my...

New Delhi: Television's favourite bahus Smriti Irani, Sakshi Tanwar are all set to team up for Ekta Kapoor's mega series 'Ek Thi Naayika'. ' Ek Thi Naayika' is a thrilling eight-part promotional series for Vishal Bhardwaj and Balaji Motion Pictures' upcoming supernatural thriller - 'Ek Thi Daayan'. 
Smriti, who became a household...

Mumbai: Television audience has matured enough to watch intimate scenes, TV producer Yash Patnaik said here Sunday. " At times the story needs this momentum, and the expression of love provides that.  The audience has matured a lot.  But there has to be a need for it.  Sometimes it is just...

New Delhi: Where has all the creativity gone, wonder television viewers who find that an increasing number of soaps have annoyingly familiar stories, taken from one Bollywood blockbuster or the other. 
From 'Kya Hua Tera Vaada' to 'Hitler Didi', many serials are taking a cue from the movies, whipping up storylines...

New Delhi: I am not going to talk about reality TV.  Reality shows have destroyed the TV viewing experience everywhere, not just in India.  They are a mindless, easier to produce sureshot ratings hack and this post will not delve into that.  This post is about fiction programming. 
There was a...

Mumbai: TV actor Akashdeep Sehgal will be the third male contestant to enter the reality show Bigg Boss.  The fifth season of Bigg Boss started with Shakti Kapoor the lone male and 13 female contestants. 
Soon after the first eviction from the show, TV actor Amar Upadhyay made...

New Delhi: Former cop, Dr Kiran Bedi turned TV host and arbitrator with her latest show Aap Ki Kacheri that replaces the most popular prime time family drama, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. 
The woman known to fight for justice is now using television for her personal show to have...

Mumbai: In the last episode of Kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi world saw the last frame of Tulsi lighting the lamp and weeping.  This was the last time everybody saw their beloved Bahu. 
After over 1500 episodes of multiple twists and turns after generation leaps, facechange operations, amnesiac...

Mumbai: After eight years of love, tears, passion and schemes; Balaji Telefilms biggest soap opera Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi comes to an end. 
It has crossed the 1500 episode mark and even though the struggles of fictional Virani family continue, the curtains will come down on Kyunki Saas...

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court declined to grant relief to Balaji Telefilms for its show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. 
The channel, Star TV had sent a termination notice to Balaji on October 10 saying that Balaji has time till November 10 to change the storyline of the show...

Mumbai: After receiving a onemonth termination notice from Star TV, Balaji Telefilms producer of the TV serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi has filed an application in the Bombay High Court seeking a stay on the notice. 
But the vacation bench of the High Court has refused to...

New Delhi: After Balaji Telefilms popular soap Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki, it is now time for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhie Bahu Thi to go off air. 
One of the longest running soap in Indian television's history, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhie Bahu Thi has been running for the last eight years....

Mumbai: The original Tulsi is back in India's longest running soap opera Kunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi but Smriti Irani's return has sparked off many questions, is this comeback only to please the masses and get the ratings. 
Producer Balaji Telefilms Ekta Kapur says, "I have not got Smirti to...

Islamabad: Afghanistan government has ordered private TV stations in the warravaged country to stop broadcasting popular Indian soap operas by April 15, a move that apparently reflected the growing influence of hardliners who criticised the serials as being "unIslamic". 
A spokesman for Afghanistan's Culture and Information Ministry said the decision followed...

Mumbai: Smriti Irani is all set to make a comeback in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi after having resolved issues with the producers Balaji Telefilms Ltd.
The actor along with Ekta Kappor and creative head Nivedita Basu conformed her comeback on the show. 
Smriti Irani left the show after...

New Delhi: Young television actors are no longer required to play older characters as was the practice until recently.  With a host of new shows and channels being launched across the country, opportunities for young talent to play their age are increasing manifold. 
In a far cry from the times when...

Kabul: The Afghans are so engrossed with the Dari versions of Ekta Kapoors never ending Hindi family dramas, that all activities come to a grinding halt at 8.30 pm in Afghanistan. 
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi is the most popular of all these Indian soap operas and Tulsi is regarded...

Mumbai: The Queen of Indian soap operas, Ekta Kapoor, has been dragged to the court by an actor from her own camp. 
Actor Pulkit Samrat, who played Lakshya in Balaji's longest running soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court against Balaji...

New Delhi: Sariclad Indian woman worshiping husbands and raving about family values is a scenario thats rarely seen nowadays in real households.  But on the Indian idiot box, its the one and only theme that sets the TRPs of soap operas soaring. 
Popular Indian soaps are pegged on family...

New Delhi: Sariclad Indian woman worshiping her husband and raving about family values might rarely happen in real households, but on the Indian idiot box, its the only theme that all the soapoperas follow. 
Deepa Venkat, a known face on the south Indian telescreen, started acting when she was just...

New Delhi: After reigning as the most popular bahu on Indian television for seven years, the character of Tulsi Virani in the serial Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi will die in Wednesday's episode. 
With that, actress Smriti Irani will bow out of the serial. 
Producer Ekta Kapoors Kyunki Saas Bhi...