Baa Bahu aur Baby is all set for season 2 from 23rd August

Dedicated viewers of Star Plus' most popular show Baa Bahu aur Baby is finally coming back, as the Hats Off show is all set for Season two from 23rd August at 8 PM. The show will be a biweekly, which will be aired every Saturday and Sunday.

According to sources, "The show will have a new and fresh look, but the aroma will remain the same. The new story will kick-off with the most awaited and predictable wedding of Birju (Amit Verma) and Baby (Benaf Dadachandji), and after that story will focus more on their marital life The show is also being shot with a new set in place".

"The main cast of the serial will remain the same with the exception of Lubna Salim who played the popular character of Leela Bhabhi. She will be replaced by theater personality Anjali Mukhi".

Choti Bahu become 1 hour on Mondays

From coming Monday, that is, 17th August, Zee TV's popular daily show, Choti Bahu, produced by D J's Creative Unit will become one hour (7.30-8.30) on Monday only, while rest of the days of the week, it would maintain 7.30-8 pm slot. The 8 pm slot falls empty with Dheeraj Kumar's long running show Maayka ends on August 13th.

Zee TV also has a new release “Ek Veer Stree Ki Kahaani…Jhansi Ki Rani” which will be aired at 8 PM from Tuesdays to Fridays starting from August 18th.

According to sources, "Choti Bahu has been doing very well ever since its launch, so the channel and production house has decided to make it one hour on Mondays, while Jhansi Ki Rani will be aired from Tuesday to Friday".

Very expected result in Sony's Iss Jungle se Mujhe Bachao

Sony's Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao saw a extremely embarrassing event happening to Jay Bhanushali when Mika pulled down Jay's pants without his information!! This had frustrated Jay to such a level that he almost decided to pack his bags and leave the jungle.

According to sources, "However, fortune brought them face to face again as Jay and Mika scored the least votes this week. In the Maha Jungle Challenge, Jay had the final laugh as he brought to a lock the short yet eventful stay of Mika".

In fact Mika had irritated every participator in one-way or the other. His cheap activities with Negar and the way he targeted Jay and Chitrashi did not go well with many of the participators, and majority wanted him to be off from the show.

Fianlly Dev propose Radhika for marriage

Galaxy of stars from Zee TV will celebrate the occasion of janmashtami with great devotion and passion. The show will see a two hour special episode this coming Friday, August 14th at 7.30 PM.

According to sources, "The event will see number of great performances coming from Dev-Radhika of Choti Bahu, Archana-Manav of Pavitra Rishta, Laali-Abhishek of Agle Janam mohe betiya hi kijo, Shree-Hari of Shree and Jhanvi-Nihkil of Betiyaan. They will be seen dancing on the popular songs of Radha and Krishn, and also songs of the famous Dahi Haandi. The special guest for the evening will be the Musical Maestro Jagjit Singh. The star list does not end here, as SaReGaMaPa L'il Champs contestants Shreyasi, Hemant and Yatharth will also render their numbers".

This special day will also see a most important twist happening in the life of Radhika and Dev, wherein Dev proposes to Radhika for marriage.

Shastriji (father of Radhika) comes to Dev and asks him to marry Radhika. On the Janmashtami day, the big day arrives when Dev ultimately proposes to Radhika. Whether Radhika accepts Dev’s proposal or not is something to be watched

Khwaish fame Yasir Shah is back with Balaji Telefilms

Khwaish fame Yasir Shah is back on Indian television, and will be entering Star Plus' Tuj Sang Preet Lagai Sajna for a small role.

According to sources, "His character name is Siddharth who is the friend of Ashish (Mayank Gandhi). As per the track, there will be a fight sequence between Vrinda and Ashish; and this is the time when Siddhath come in to solve matters between them".

Yasir is now backing from Pakistan, and he started shoting from yesterday
Yasir expressed his happiness at being back with Balaji Telefilms. He said "It's a great honor to be back with Balaji. As of now, my role is a cameo and I am happy doing it. I hope viewers will give me the same acceptance as they gave me before".

Hiten and Khemi finally deciding to elope and get married in NDTV's show Bandini

The exciting track in NDTV Imagine's Bandini have kept the viewers glued to the show, so much so that the TRP have seen an increase in the last few weeks.

The Love story of Hiten Mahiavanshi (Mrunal Jain) and Khemi (Leena Jhumani), Santo’s sister has reached its climax as Khemi is now getting married to Shambu, servant in the house of Dharamraj Mahiavanshi (Ronit Roy).

According to sources, "Hiten and Khemi have been silent till now, and have kept their love life secret. Now Santo knows that both of them are in love, she keeps this secret to herself. But just before the marriage, Hiten and Khemi disclose their love in front of Shambu, and assume that his refusal to marry Khemi will open the way for their marriage. But with Shambu turning up as the Dulha even after knowing everything, so that love bugs has no other option left but to run off and search a life for themselves".

This will be a very big twist in the tale. "Khemi and Hiten escape and get married in a temple without the knowledge of their family", informs our source.

The marriage sequences are being shot back-to-back, and the runaway sequence followed by the wedding of the much-in-love couple will be aired tonight.

first elimination results of Sony's Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao

The very first week of Sony TV”s Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao has given the viewers a great mix of adventure, obvious tension, some fun-loving as well as horrifying jungle tasks, and of course a good share of arguments and cat-fights between contestants.

According to the design of the show, every Friday will see the Elimination episode in which the two contestants found themselves in danger zone and they have to fight it out in the 'Maha Jungle Challenge' and the one who succeeds will be saved, and the one who loses out will be shown the door.

Recent news is "IshQ Bector and Anaida were the celebrities who got the least number of votes. They were given a task related to aquarium activity, in which Anaida fare better than IshQ. With this, the Indo Canadian rapper IshQ Bector say goodbuy to the contest and to the jungles of Malaysia".

Priya Bhatija and Amit Jain playing main roles in NDTV Imagine's new show Janam Datta

Sagar Arts' new show on NDTV Imagine 'Janam Daata' already boast of some big names like Ram Kapoor, Neelu Kohli, Benjamin Gilani, Supriya Pilgaonkar and Pallavi Subhash, and the latest news is that Priya Bhatija Shah and Amit Jain will be part of the younger age group of the show.

According to sources, "The concept of the show which is similar to hit bollywood movie Baghban will focus on four families, i.e. Gujarati, Maharashtrian, Punjabi and Muslim families. Priya Bhatija will play the daughter of one of the families".

With this show, Amit Jain is back in a full-fledged role after taking up small roles in Saat Phere and Kis Desh Mai Hai Meera Dil. His last show playing the lead role was 9X's Mere Apne.

Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai will be launching mostly at a prime time slot on 27th July 2009

Shashi and Sumit Mittal's new show on Star Plus, Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai is on air, and the most recent development is that the show will be beginning on 27th July 2009. The show will be a new love story; the leads being fresh face, Neha Saxena and Kunal Bhatia. The show will also see the comeback of Vidya Sinha to television. Others in the cast include, Abigael, Sanyojita Bhave, Tushi Sharma etc.

According to sources, "27th July seem to be finalize for the launch of the show, but time slot is still not finalized.

However, future of three shows on the channel seems to be in danger right now!! There is a news that the show might take up the time slot of either 8 PM, 8.30 PM or 10 PM. This only means that the future of Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat, Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil or Sabki Laadli Bebo is at risk".

According to the ongoing story line, all the three above stated shows have a crisp and new track running; so there is a high chance that one of the shows will be shifted to the afternoon slot and give room for Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai.

According to our source, "Since Sajan Ghar Jaana Hai is a high budget show, with a large set erected at Kurukshetra it is very unlikely that the channel will give it an afternoon slot instead of a good prime time slot".

Nimisha Vakharia is all set to enter in Zee TV's Shree

Nimisha Vakharia, popularly known as Kokila Ben of Teen Bahuraniyan is now all set to play the very important role of Kangana's mom in Zee TV's Shree, produced by Hats Off Productions.

According to sources, "The present track of Kangana playing disaster, by getting into the body of Shree's sister Bindiya (Madhurimma Tuli) will may be end by the beginning of next week. After Bindiya's exit, one new character is introduced named Putli Bai, who is mother of Kangana (Vibha Anand).

In the ultimate action sequence, Kangana will leave Bindiya's body and get into the body of Hari (Pankaj Singh Tiwary). "There will be a major fight sequence between Kangnai and Shree in which Shree will win and Kangana will leave Hari's body and go out of his life forever.

With all well in the Raghuvanshi family, the family members leave the Purani Khoti and go back to their house. "After they go out of the Khoti, there will be seen an old woman entering the Purani Khoti and crying her heart out. She will be Putli Bai, Kangana's mother and the role will be played by Nimisha Vakharia",.

"Putli Bai will enter the Raghuvanshi house, as Sarla Ben. She has come with a intention in mind, and with her entry, the family will again get into a bad phase which will finally lead to the death of one of the family members.

Laali returns to Loha Singh's haveli to save Shekar's life.

As we had reported earlier, Zee TV's Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo will see Laali (Ratan Rajput) return back to the haveli in the upcoming episodes, as she has no other alternative left!!

So what accurately forces the girl to get caught in the control of Loha Singh yet again? Well according to sources, "Shanichari helps Laali to run away from the brothel, and from the control of Balli and his men. However, in the progression Laali gets to know that Shekar (Abhishek Rawat) has lied to Loha Singh that Laali is pregnant with his child. She also gets to know that if she does not go back to the haveli, the cruel Loha will not even terror to kill his own son Shekar".

"The will-power to save Shekar forces Laali to take the largest decision of her life, to go back to the haveli, and live the life of Shekar's rakhail all over her life".

Dr. Armaan loses his memory in Star One's Dill Mill Gayye..

Star One's Dill Mill Gayye, produced by Cinevistaas will see a main twist in which Dr. Armaan (Karan Singh Grover) meet with an accident and loses his memory.

According to sources, "A entire new chapter will begin in Armaan's life wherein he does not remember anything. He feels that he has just joined Sanjeevni, and interact with all in the similar way as we saw him doing in initial episodes, when he actually joined the hospital. The all-responsible Armaan is gone, and audience will see the playful and bindaas Armaan again. He exactly repeats everything, including his flirtatious attitude with Anjali. He does not know his love, Riddhima (Jennifer Winget) as she was a late entry into the hospital ".

"This will leave Riddhima dazzle, but she firstly does not accept that Armaan has lost memory. Even after Dr. Shashank explaining to her about Armaan's problem, she still think that Armaan is playing a joke on her, and there is nothing much to it. But the fact is that he has really lost his memory of two years.

Once Riddhima understand his situation, she will be determined to win over Armaan, and make him fall in love with her again. This exciting phase will eventually lead to a new love story brew between the couple, Armaan and Riddhima".

There will also be a small part performance coming from popular writer Gautam Hegde who will be seen in a typical Mehmood of Padosan look. He is basically a prisoner who will stay in the hospital to run away from the control of police. Gautam Hegde's cameo of 8-12 episodes will add on to the comic element of the show.

New twist in Sony's Bhaskar Bharti..

Sony's cheerful comedy, Bhaskar Bharti produced by DJ's Creative Unit will have a new approach to the story line in the coming episodes.

To make story more interesting, there will be a love triangle seen in the show.According to sources, "Bharti (Ragini Khanna) sees a spark of hope when KK (Rajesh Khera) tells her that if she marries Armaan (Aamir Ali), he will give back the real identity of Bhaskar. A upset Bharti sees this as the only answer to all her problems, and think of an plan to propose Armaan. This will be an exciting turn as Bharti who has all time been ignoring Armaan is now keen on getting him in her life".

Now there is a twist in the tale as Bharti's close friend Payal (Aanchal) falls in love with Armaan. "Though Armaan has always had a soft corner for Bharti, he falls in love with Bharti's friend Payal. This new development will leave Bharti in a fix, as she has to struggle against her friend to get married to Armaan, so that she gets her identity back. This will direct to certain very funny sequences, wherein Bharti finds herself at crossroads”.

Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao! Starting, July 13…

Sony Entertainment Television brings a reality show first time ever on Indian television. 'Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao, is an version of ITV Global Entertainment's format show I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! The show brings together 10 celebrities to face the eventual challenge – swapping a life of lavishness to stay alive in the Malaysian rain forests, in a bid to be crowned King or Queen of the Jungle.

The show which goes on air from July 13, 2009 is being shot in Malaysia's' oldest and largest Taman Negara Tropical Rain forest. Mini Mathur and Yudi are hosts of the show and the ten celebrity contestants who have dare to accept this grand challenge of living through the dangerous jungle life are Aakashh Deep Saigal, Aman Yatan Verma, Anaida, Fiza, Chetan Hansraj, Marc Robinson, Shweta Tiwari, Mona Vasu, Palak (Gurmeet Kaur) and IshQ Bector.

It's a deep-dense forest and our daring contestants will have to fend for themselves… live on insufficient ration, do risky tasks, live with the scary crawlies, come across the wild lives… all this under 24/7 scrutiny of the cameras. To make things a little more challenging, everyday, Monday to Thursday, one celebrity will have to take the dread Jungle Challenge, which involve overcoming a fear and collecting "Stars". The number of stars collected determines how much food the camp gets for the night. Apart from the Jungle Challenge, there is Celebrity Chest that they must find. You will see these celebrities live through hunger pangs, loneliness and boredom. Their struggle for survival, the grueling jungle and the fear of elimination will bring out never- seen- before personality traits in each one of the ten celebrity contestants.

On Monday, the phone lines open for viewers at home to call in or sms their votes in favor of their favorite celebrity, to keep them on the show. The phone lines will stay open until Thursday 12.00 pm. On Friday, the hosts will reveal the results of the voting, and the two celebrities with the least votes will have to go through the Maha Jungle Challenge to find a place in the camp.

Jennifer Winget comes in as the host of Sony's Dekh India Dekh

Shweta Gulati had just got in as host of Sony's new designed show Dekh India Dekh, but the news is that she will be replace by her co-star in Dill Mill Gayye, Jennifer Winget for the next two weeks.

According to sources, "Shweta is suffering from hairline fracture on her toe, and is not hosting the Sony show for the next two episodes. So taking her place as host will be the gorgeous and stunning actress Jennifer Winget".

Dekh India Dekh, which saw popular TV personalities enact gags in different avtars, has now moved into the Comedy Circus format from last Saturday. Shekar Suman and Archana Puran Singh are judging the show.

Laali of Zee's Agle Janam will eventually go back to the Thakur family

Swastik Pictures' Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo on Zee TV has been going great, doing remarkably well on the TRP charts.

The present track has Laali (Ratan Rajput) struggling a lone fight with her fortune. She cannot go back to her parents after knowing that they had sold her off; also she has no space in Ganesia's heart as he is getting married to her small sister Rekha.

The upcoming episodes will be a turning point in the life of Laali, wherein accept present conditions and decides on her next destination. According to sources, "She comes face to face with her friend Shanichari again. Shanichari who had been sold by her parents previously is now a sex worker, living the life of a prostitute in a brothel. All the shocking revelation eventually leads to her taking a conclusion of going back to the haveli".

After her argument with Shanichari, the story line will focus on the way in which she realize that she has no other alternative left, but to go back to the Haveli. This will be an exciting little journey full of realization for Laali.

The coming week will see her getting back to Loha Singh's haveli on her own. "This will bring in horrifying reaction from each and everybody in the Thakur family. Shekar (Abhishek Rawat) will at first get the wrong idea about her, and will go on to think that it is the chance to get big money that brings her back to the haveli".

The story line after Laali getting back to the haveli will have some very interesting turns that will explore the future of Laali.

Sudha Shivpuri, Sakshi Tanwar, Rakshanda Khan and Swini Khare will test the grooms of Rakhi this Wednesday

This Wednesday, catch all the thrill as all fun multiply, when Rakhi's well wishers from telivision world Sudha Shivpuri, Sakshi Tanwar, Rakshanda Khan, and Swini Khare join in the Swayamvar to help Rakhi make the accurate choice... Watch the dhamaal and masti created by Baa and the Saalis this Wednesday, July 8 at 9.00 p.m. on Rakhi Ka Swayamvar only on NDTV Imagine.

Just to crack the ice between the dulhas and the dulhan, Sudha Shivpuri proposed to play some traditional fun games. They started with Antakshari where Saakshi and Rakshanda divided the grooms into two groups led. Here the dulhas display there singing ability and tried to charm their ladylove through their songs. In the next game Rakhi and the to-be dulhas had to compete and search a ring out of a bowl filled with milk, rose petals, coins and marbles. This game indicated that whomever wins from amongst the couple will be dominate in their relationship.

Having set up the atmosphere with complete thrill, Baa then tied two kerchiefs into knots and called Rakhi and the groom to untie both knots using only one hand. The meaning of this game was to see how successful the couple would be in solve the problems that may come their way. They then played Tukbandi where the couple had to rhyme each other’s sentences.