Star bags rights to fresh season of Office Office

Office Office, that award winning rib tickler is making a comeback to Indian television after a hiatus of two years. But this time round, the show will not air on Sab TV, the channel it originally launched on, but on one of the Star channels. There will be no modifications to the original format on the show, that will air in the next two months on either Star Plus or Star One. Eagle Video Films' Rajeev Mehra, the producer of the show says, "Yes, we are coming back with Office Office. And it is going to be the same; there will be no major changes in the show." Star India's creative director Shailja Kejriwal acknowledges that the show will air on Star, but says it's too early to say which channel will air the Pankaj Kapoor starrer. Ashwini Dhir, the writer who penned the witticisms that have fetched the show innumerable accolades, sounds excited as he exclaims, "Yes, we are coming back! This time, we will take up more of contemporary issues; we will be talking about multiplexes and mobile phones. The look of the show is going to remain the same and there will be no alterations as such." The show has won 11 awards for Sab TV, prominent among them the Indian Telly Award for best actor, best sitcom and best promo for sitcom. Pankaj Kapoor, the bumbling protagonist of the show, Musaddilal, mostly at the receiving end of harrowing bureaucracy, says, "It feels nice to reappear! Office Office is something very different from the routine shows on Indian television. I relate to it as the series revolve around the life and problems of a common man. And above all, it's humorous." And no, he isn't doing any other show on TV. Deven Bhojani who played the crafty Patel in the original Office Office, will now be replaced by Vrajesh Hirjee. "It is scary, man! No actually not scary, but I am apprehensive. This is because I have a lot to live up to. Deven is a great actor and taking his place is enormous. The show is fabulous, and more than that it is the bunch of actors who are great fun to be with. Working with Pankaj is again awesome, as I have worked with him before." The unit has already shot three episodes of the show. They shot 212 episodes in the first season and won more than 30 awards.