Best & Worst of TV Game/ Reality Shows

It has been a decade since the Television Big Bang, and nine years since the biggest star of Constellation Bollywood decided to break walls and invade the small screen. What we witness now is a Game show deluge.

Reality has a new meaning in the world we live now. It is quite not the one that Eli Seigel or Vittorio De Sica would approve of. Fiction, Economics and Demography have joined hands with Raw Ambiton to form a terrific/terrible cocktail, on TV. They call it "Reality Show".

Click on, for our list of the best and worst TV Game/Reality shows to have appeared on Indian Television to date.

SRK will romance Ash again

They were last spotted together in the film DEVDAS that was directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and created magic at the box-office.
Now, the hit pair of the film Aishwariya Rai and Shahrukh Khan are all set to come together again. The two will be seen in an upcoming film that will be directed by cinematographer-director Rajiv Menon.

It's known that Menon flew down to London to narrate his script to SRK, who according to reports has liked the story and agreed to be part of it.

Though the spat between SRK and Salman Khan had Ash as the bone of contention, now with SRK all set to romance the lady again; let's hope Salman maintains his cool this time.

When 'My Name Is Khan' left Karan Johar stressed out

After making candy floss romances, Karan Johar is dealing with serious issues in his 'My Name Is Khan', which brings Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol together on screen after a long time. Though he is excited about presenting a different side of Shah Rukh, making the film did turn unpleasant when actor Aamir Bashir was denied a visa to the US.

Karan's latest directorial venture is 'diametrically opposite' to his earlier films.

'You know, on the very first day of shooting my cameraman Ravi Chandran looked at me and said, 'I don't think you've ever shot something like this'. Shah Rukh plays a completely different human being ... I've never directed that person before,' Karan Johar told IANS in an interview.

But he had his share of problems too.

'Yes, there were problems. We had certain legal issues. We had to make some changes to accommodate the developments. They were sorted out. I believe in completely going by the law of every land. That's what we did in LA (Los Angeles) when troubles arose,' said Karan, who replaced Aamir with Jimmy Sheirgil in the movie.

Were you upset with Aamir for going to the press about the visa problem?

'I don't see why the issue had to be reported so prominently in the Indian media. It complicated things for me. If creating hurdles for a filmmaker on a difficult foreign location makes news, so be it. It constantly kept creating stress for me,' he added.

Written by Shibani Bathija, 'My Name Is Khan' is about a Muslim (Shah Rukh) who suffers from the Asperger syndrome, a form of autism that impacts social interaction abilities, and he is arrested as a suspected terrorist in post-9/11 Los Angeles after authorities mistake his disability for suspicious behaviour.

Excerpts from the interview:
Q: You could make a film on the things that happened during your Los Angeles schedule of 'My Name Is Khan'.
A: Besides normal problems, there were unforeseen problems. Thank god for my fabulous technical team. Without them I could never make my film the way I want to. Yes, there was stress.

Q: There were visa problems for some Muslim members of your cast?
A: Yes, there were problems. We had certain legal issues. We had to make some changes to accommodate the developments. They were sorted out. I believe in completely going by the law of every land. That's what we did in LA when troubles arose.

Q: Was Aamir replaced by Jimmy Sheirgil after a great deal of deliberation?
A: Yes, we did have to do some serious re-thinking. I spoke to my casting director Shanu Sharma for immediate release. I was very happy to have Jimmy Sheirgil on board. I had done his clothes for Aditya Chopra's 'Mohabbatein'. So I know him from his debut. It was unfortunate that things didn't work out with Aamir Bashir. Like Jimmy, he was terrific in 'A Wednesday'. I look forward to working with him some other time.

Q: Were you upset with Aamir Bashir for going to the press about the visa problem?
A: I don't blame anyone for the situation. I don't see why the issue had to be reported so prominently in the Indian media. It complicated things for me. If creating hurdles for a filmmaker on a difficult foreign location makes news, so be it. It constantly kept creating stress for me.

Q: Was it a painful experience to shoot in LA?
A: In all my 11 years as a filmmaker, I've never felt the experience to be so different. Content-wise 'My Name Is Khan' is diametrically opposite to whatever I've done in the past. You know, on the very first day of shooting my cameraman Ravi Chandran looked at me and said, 'I don't think you've ever shot something like this.'

It is for the first time I'm directing a screenplay I haven't written myself. This gives me a level of detachment from the proceedings and yet a lot of attachment. It has released a plethora of unexplored emotions in my head.

This time I'm being creative in a different ways. And Shah Rukh plays a completely different human being ... I've never directed that person before. It took a few days for all of us to get into the groove. How this exploration of a new territory will turn out, no one knows.

(Subhash K. Jha can be contacted at jhasubh@gmail.com)

Frist Photo Shots of Billo Barber With Shahrukh Khan & Kareena Kapoor.

Kareena Kapoor and Shahrukh Khan are doing a song together in Billoo Barber. Kareena Kapoor has danced a song with Shahrukh Khan for Priyadarshan's movie Billoo Barbar. And its composer Pritam Chakraborty is sure that it will be a smash hit like Kareena's other item songs . This song called 'Theek Hai Theek Hai' is sung by Sunidhi Chauhan and Sukhwinder. Pritam Chakraborty, who's composed two songs 'Don't Stop' and 'Jai Jai Shiv Shankar' for Shahrukh's Knight Riders thinks Bebo to be his lady luck "It's more than that actually. I just feel I'm linked by a creative satellite to her. It started with the 'Its Rocking' from Kya Love Story Hai. Then I did Jab We Met which I think is a turning point in my career. And no matter what some people say 'Yeh Ishq Haye' is an original composition"