lil’ champ gets a musical break

Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Li’l Champs has been entertaining the audience’s week-on-week with magical performances and unique musical prowess of the contestants. In the upcoming episode, the viewers will witness ace singer and music sensation Himesh Reshamiya gracing the show as the guest judge this weekend.

After listening to a bunch of sweet and talented voices, Himesh was completely blown away by Anushka Patra’s performance on Parda Parda from Once Upon A Time in Mumbai. The judges applauded and lauded Anushka for exceptional singing but what Himesh said changed her life forever. He decided to offer Anushka her first musical break for his next film Xpose Returns! Completely smitten by her performance, Himesh had something sweet to say, “Anushka, you are ready for playback singing. You have the perfect confidence, the perfect voice for a Bollywood playback, the right attitude and you are completely prepared. I would like you to do the playback singing for my next film Xpose Returns. ”

The 12-year-old singing dynamite couldn’t contain her happiness and was left speechless after she was offered this golden opportunity. Well, kudos to Anushka for giving such a magical performance and our handsome guest judge Himesh Reshamiya for honouring her talent.

anushka to be seen as mahakaali

Committed to championing and propagating content highlighting tenacious women, Colors’ Khoob Ladi Mardani…Jhansi Ki Rani traces the journey of Manikarnika, whose heroic saga continues to be an inspiration to many.  In the recent episodes, the show depicts a sequence of Manikarnika’s metamorphosis into Mahakaali, a fierce shakti who is known to banish all evil.

Currently, in the show, viewers witnessed how Manikarnika is disheartened as her defense for her brothers Bheema & Shiva in the trial goes in vain. Gangadhar (Vikkas Manaktala’s) takes a strong decison and  announces the death penalty for both.  His decision saddens her, and she goes to the Kali temple, where she meets Gangadas (Ankur Nayyar), who is her spiritual guide. He advised  her to channel her emotions for her advantage and gives the example of Mahakaali. He tells her to “awaken the devi within her” and with his guidance she envisages herself as the powerful Mahakaali. With Ganga Das’ guidance she visualises herself as Goddess Mahakali destroying atrocious Ross (Jason Shah), as he is leaving no stone unturned to create destruction in Jhansi.  Manikarnika feels further strengthen, when she reckons on the battle of Mahakali and Raktabeej. She sees herself winning over the odds and being victorious over Ross.  This occurrence instills the faith in herself, and she believes that good will win over all evil. This episode will also re-emphasise Manikarnika’s character as she will come across as an ideal, inspiring and strong human being which personifies the true strength of a woman.

Sonu nigam on kapil show

This week Sonu Nigam along with his wife Madhurima will be part of the The Kapil Sharma Show. They will share some really interesting incidents and secrets of each other.

In a chit-chat with Nigam, Kapil asks will ask questions about his calm and soft-spoken nature. He will hilariously tell the audience that how Sonu’s even while scolding might scold so softly that nobody would understand if its his scoldings or his love.

The reason that Sonu has: “People manage to get an attitude when they become famous or settle down but I have always remembered a few things that I do not have to do. I know that I never have to speak bad about anybody in front or behind the back of people. I have also learned that no matter what, one has to find happiness in whatever they do, be it big or small.”

Also being in a comedy show, how could he forget to add a punch line to his serious answer. At the end, he merrily adds, “Who can speak loudly after he is married. I have a wife who has taught me how to speak softly.”

Guddan battles aquaphobia

Zee TV’s Guddan…Tumse Na Ho Paega lead protagonist Guddan is always up for challenges and believes in pushing boundaries and trying out new things. She suffers from aquaphobia and fears every time she is near a water body, but she mustered all the courage to dive inside for one of the sequences.  Recently, the entire cast of the show visited Goa to shoot for a special Holi special episode wherein Guddan gets caught in the water current and starts drowning when Akshat comes in nick of time and saves her.

Shooting for the water sequence was nothing short of a nightmare for Kanika. She recalls that she had to step inside deep water to make the sequence look more authentic. She said: “When I was told that I have to shoot a water sequence, I got jitters and I was extremely sceptical about it. But the crew members spoke to me and convinced me to give it a shot. I chanted prayers and jumped into the water. My biggest motivation was my own character- Guddan and I told myself, tumse bhi ho paega. I am glad that I opted to do it as it helped me overcome my fear and of course the appreciation I received from everyone was worth it.”