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The Week That Wasn't

Cyrus Broacha

In addition to being CNN IBN’s Funny Man, Cyrus Broacha has been the face of MTV India for several years. He has acted in many commercials, television serials and plays. He also hosted shows and corporate events, while pursuing his passion of theatre with several commercial theatre productions.

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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 at 19 : 13

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To understand the idea of The Week that Wasn't, we have to travel back a few years to about the pre-Mohenjodaro and Harappa period. This was a difficult time for television for many reasons. For one, there was no electronic media. In fact, there wasn't even any print media; just sexual comments on low-cost housing walls, and above all Rakhi Sawant hadn't been invented or put together by surgeons, whichever came first. Let's now move on a few years to the actual birth of the show. This happened due to the union of two important units, Rajdeep Sardesai (Editor-in-chief, IBN18 Network) and four glasses of vodka. This led to a chemical equation which caused Rajdeep to alter his fluent thought process for a little while. In that few minutes Rajdeep ordered three things: (a) Wonton soup (b) A plate of honey fried chicken (c) And a political and news spoof. Two of these he regretted immediately, though it must be said that till...

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Monday , February 26, 2007 at 09 : 19

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Air-Hostess fired after sex on plane The Australian flight attendant Lisa Robertson who said she had a midair sexual encounter in an airplane's bathroom with actor Ralph Fiennes was fired by Qantas, Tuesday. Insiders say that she has been now hired by Air-India and that Business Class, First class is fully booked on all flights. Lilawati, the hospital for Stars In an effort to offer elite facilities, and in response to it being the favored Hospital of film stars, the Lilawati Hospital, now has wards exclusively reserved for various actors, actresses, their friends and family. There is the Bachchan ward where friends, heroines and family of Amitabh Bachchan can check in when required. Now with Salman and Shahrukh not being able to share the Bachchan ward because of issues, they have their own Khan ward which all the Khans and Khan loyals can enjoy. Then there is the Kumar ward for Akshay Kumar and his friends. But what happens to those who...

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Thursday , February 22, 2007 at 12 : 30

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Lilawati, the hospital for stars In an effort to offer elite facilities, and in response to it being the favored Hospital of film stars, the Lilawati Hospital, now has wards exclusively reserved for various actors, actresses, their friends and family. There is the Bachchan ward where friends, heroines and family of Amitabh Bachchan can check in when required. Now with Salman and Shahrukh not being able to share the Bachchan ward because of issues, they have their own Khan ward which all the Khans and Khan loyals can enjoy. Then there is the Kumar ward for Akshay Kumar and his friends. But what happens to those who have not yet made it in the industry. Say the young struggling nubile girls. Not to worry, for the young struggling starlets the Lilawati has a brand new ward, the Aditya Pancholi ward. HC okays death for Sushil Sharma The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld the death penalty to former youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma...

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Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 10 : 16

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Governor for President's rule in UP New Delhi: There is a crisis brewing in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the Assembly polls in the state. Sources have told CNN-IBN that UP Governor T V Rajeshwar has written to the Centre saying that the Mulayam Singh government has lost the moral right to stay in power. He has asked for the Centre to impose Article 356 - President's rule - in the state. Mulayam, who was at a rally in Uttarakhand, said, "If the Centre wants to President's Rule it may as long as Amitabh Bachchan becomes President. Vegetable Prices Stable New Delhi: Rising vegetable prices, which resulted into hike in inflation rate last week, have stabilised now. Farmers and wholesale sellers say the rise was due to unseasonal rains. But inside sources say that eventually it's a game of demand and supply, and for the whole last year there...

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