Veena Ka Vivaah: Veena wants a man like Big B

Veena Ka Vivaah: Veena wants a man like Big B Mumbai: If a guy has characteristics like Amitabh Bachchan, she will marry him, says Pakistani actress Veena Malik, who will hunt for her ideal man on reality show 'Veena ka Vivaah'. "Not exactly like Big B but if the boy has certain characteristics like him, like his beautiful voice and a personality like him, I think I can compromise on other things," said the actress on the sets of TV...
07:46 PM, Apr 09, 2012

Reality TV is the new India-Pak battleground

Reality TV is the new India-Pak battleground New Delhi: The fervour and frenzy of an India-Pakistan contest has gone beyond the realms of cricket and entered the reality television pitch, with shows like 'Foodistan' and 'Sur-kshetra'. Simmering on the small screen is rivalry and bonding over food and music. 'Foodistan', which went on air on NDTV Good Times Monday, brings together 16 professional chefs - eight each from India and Pakistan - on a common platform to...
06:09 PM, Jan 25, 2012

Siddharth is going to win 'Bigg Boss 5': KRK

Siddharth is going to win 'Bigg Boss 5': KRK New Delhi: Actor-director Kamaal R. Khan, who featured in the third season of 'Bigg Boss' and was asked to leave because of his acrimonious fights with his inmates, feels the latest version of the reality show is more about fights than entertainment. "It is difficult to differentiate, but one thing that came across very clearly was that this season of 'Bigg Boss' was high only on fights and abuses and...
01:51 PM, Jan 05, 2012

Pooja Bedi to stay away from 'Bigg Boss' finale

Pooja Bedi to stay away from 'Bigg Boss' finale New Delhi: Actress Pooja Bedi says she has been asked to refrain from attending the grand finale of Colors' reality show 'Bigg Boss 5', in which she was a participant. "Have been informed by channel that I'm not to attend finale, despite it being mandatory in my contract! Wonder why! Any guesses?" Pooja posted on micro-blogging site Twitter. "Have asked channel to state reason I cannot be there at finale...
05:40 PM, Jan 03, 2012

I am game for more reality shows: Swami Agnivesh

I am game for more reality shows: Swami Agnivesh New Delhi: Social activist Swami Agnivesh says his brief three-day stint in 'Bigg Boss 5' has left him tempted to taste reality television once again for the mass reach that entertainment channels provide. "After being in the show, now I will wait to watch 'Bigg Boss' whenever I can. In fact, now I feel like coming on more such reality shows. I don't know the available options, but I will...
11:25 AM, Nov 12, 2011

The Swamy of Reality TV

Chanakya's Chant |  Ashwin Sanghi

This week, Panditji observes that there isn't much difference between political life and reality TV shows... both are equally absurd. ...
01:02 PM, Nov 11, 2011
Meet the winners of this year's talent hunt shows

Meet the winners of this year's talent hunt shows

Suresh and Vernon group won 'India's Got Talent', Ankan Sen won 'Just Dance finale' and Azmat Hussain won 'L'il Champs' title. ...
09:38 PM, Oct 03, 2011

Court upholds government notice on reality show

Court upholds government notice on reality show New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday upheld the show cause notice the information and broadcasting ministry issued to Star Plus channel for its telecast of two episodes of the controversial TV reality show 'Sach Ka Saamna' in 2009. Justice S. Muralidhar turned down the plea of Star India Private Ltd., and said that the content shown in the programme was "vulgar, indecent and against good taste and decency", violating...
06:17 PM, Sep 30, 2011

Reality show 'Russian Dolls' stirs controversy

Reality show 'Russian Dolls' stirs controversy New York: A mother is lecturing her 23-year-old daughter about her love life, flailing a kitchen knife above her head for emphasis. Mom's point: She'd like her immigrant daughter, from the former Soviet republic of Moldova, to marry a man with similar roots, keeping the family's East European Jewish tradition. Alas, the daughter informs mom that she's already dating a Hispanic man. But she soon dumps him, on-camera, during a...
10:10 PM, Sep 01, 2011

Suicide rocks Beverly Hills 'Real Housewives'

Suicide rocks Beverly Hills 'Real Housewives' Los Angeles: The estranged husband of 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Taylor Armstrong has been found dead in an apparent suicide, just three weeks before the reality show is scheduled to return to US television. In the most tragic event to befall a reality TV show, venture capitalist Russell Armstrong, 47, was found hanged in a bedroom on Monday evening at a house in Los Angeles, coroners officials and...
10:52 AM, Aug 17, 2011

Govt to form watchdog to monitor TV content

Govt to form watchdog to monitor TV content New Delhi: The government will constitute a panel headed by a retired judge to regulate television content in India, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said on Tuesday in response to complaints by MPs on vulgarity in TV reality shows. "We are right on the threshold of announcing a self-regulatory mechanism to monitor content on television," Soni told the Lok Sabha. She said the panel once formed would take up...
02:56 PM, Mar 15, 2011

Reality Bites

Borgub's Lair |  Amrita Tripathi

Who's your favourite star? A long, long time ago, in a galaxy not too far away - let's call it the Nineties - it would've ...
01:38 PM, Dec 14, 2010

My letter to the insaaf called Rakhi Sawant

Anushree's Space |  Anushree Bhaumik

Dear Rakhi, How are you doing? Last week again dragged you in a controversy that I know you didn't want to be ...
02:24 PM, Nov 23, 2010

Rakhi accused of abetment to suicide, FIR filed

Rakhi accused of abetment to suicide, FIR filed New Delhi: Rakhi Sawant's latest reality TV show 'Rakhi Ka Insaaf' has landed her in legal trouble. A contestant allegedly committed suicide after being insulted on the show. Her agony aunt act on reality TV show 'Rakhi Ka Insaaf' has gone horribly wrong with the death of a participant she had called 'impotent'. Laxman, a 24-year-old, youth from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh appeared on the show with his wife to...
08:31 AM, Nov 13, 2010
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