With just a month away from celebrating a new year, Star One already has plans to add a new show to it's programming strategy. Premiering on 23 December is Idea Ek Se Badhkar Ek - a one-of-its-kind countdown show to be hosted by the dashing Manoj Bohra & the chirpy Tina Parakh.The show is interspersed extensively with celebrity interviews, graphics, special effects, compelling AV montages and more. Adding to the fun element, in an all-new look, Manoj and Tina share an interesting chemistry but are usually at loggerheads, trying to out do one another with witty and snide remarks and fun repartee but an entertaining combination in all! The countdown show includes exciting categories ranging from 'Top 10 Action Heroes', 'Top 10 Love Triangles' to 'Top 10 Sizzling Singles', amongst many others. Announcing Idea Ek Se Badhkar Ek, Mr. Paritosh Joshi, Advertising, Sales and Distribution, Star India, said, "Idea Ek Se Badhkar Ek is a unique Advertising Funded Programme and is all set to add excitement to Saturday night viewing on Star One. With young hosts, Tina and Manoj, there will be a great amount of interactivity in every episode and viewers will get to win prizes as well. We are thrilled to be associated with a young brand like Idea and hope to reach out to our audiences like we have done in the past with shows like The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Nach Baliye and Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai amongst others"Let's see if Tina-Manoj can re-create the same chemistry that they are portraying in Star Plus' Kasauti Zindagi Kay.

Jan 2007 will see veteran actress Aroona Irani's AK Films put forth a new
serial on Sahara One for her loyal viewers. The new show is titled Doli Sajaa Ke and is directed by Pawan Sahu. The story deals with father-daughter relationship in the backdrop of a modern yet to some extent superstitious society, which regards the female protagonist as unlucky.

Aroona irani ready with Doli Sajaa ke

The father-daughter relationship is highlighted as the story revolves around
the death of wife and the birth of daughter. Anuj Saxena who plays Barkha Bisht's dad was never averse to the idea of playing father to a contemporary heroine, as the versatile actor puts it, "I have played father to Aashka and Rucha in Kkusum. I have no qualms in playing Barkha's father, after all it
is only acting. I might be father in this serial and a young hero in another."

The other starcast comprises of the main lead being played by Manoj Bidvvai along with Amit Sarin. Manoj who is all geared up to tie the knot with Raavee Gupta this
weekend in Goa, has worked with Aroona earlier in Zameen se Aasman Tak on
Sahara One and Tum Bin Jaaon Kahan on Zee TV. He is quite elated as he says,
"Yes, it is a pleasure to work with Aroonaji." Elaborating on his character,
he reveals, "It is the story of two families. I play Ved, a mamma's boy who
is engaged to Barkha, but when my mother discovers that she brings bad luck,
my engagement to her is broken and I marry someone else."n the relevance of the title, Manoj explains, "the heroine is supposed to be unlucky because on her birth, her mother dies and then many incidents follow to reinstate her bad luck. The title is relevant kyonki uski doli sajti hai, magar shaadi nahin hoti."

Manoj plays the main lead

On the relevance of the title, Manoj explains, "the heroine is supposed to be unlucky because on her birth, her mother dies and then many incidents follow to reinstate her bad luck. The title is relevant kyonki uski doli sajti hai, magar shaadi nahin hoti."
The recently married actor Amit Sarin provides the third angle to the love triangle. Yet another gripping soap from Aroona Irani's production after Desh Mein Nikhala Hoga Chand, Mehendi Tere Naam Ki, Rabba Ishq Na Hove and Vaidehi, we are sure this one too will have the home viewers glued to the tv sets on prime time!

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