Mohan Kapoor - The voice of Heartbeat!

The promos of Star Plus' Heartbeat has one distinct voice that presides over the show. This face behind this voice has been kept under wraps, not only by the channel and the production house, but also by the man himself! But there's no mistaking Kapoor's heavy duty voice that's his distinct style! Mohan Kapoor gained instant telly stardom with the show he hosted for Zee TV, Saap Seendi (1996) and was last seen on television in Star Plus' Kaahin Kissii Roz and Zee's Kittie Party. On Wednesday, at a media launch shoot in Mumbai's Film City, he did a superb job, making the contestant feel at home, teasing, coaxing, advising, ridiculing and sometimes flirting in a way that made him and the show an instant hit with the audience. Sample this. Mohan Kapoor as the voice over says: Choose the five actresses who have been kissed by Emraan Hashmi on screen? When the contestant pondered over the answer, Kapoor added in a rather mischievous tone, something like, "You can leave out the ones he did in real life!" The one great thing about the actor's voice is that it's not formal. Kapoor adopts a very conversational tone that is soothing, yet stern. Simple intonations made the viewers, (consisting of seasoned journalits) react to his voice and that's a good sign. Contrary to Synergy's KBC, where the superstar anchor made all the difference, here the star presence will be restricted to the contestants present in the studio. So, in more ways than one, the show will depend on Kapoor's ability to not only deliever wise cracks, but to do it at the opportune moment as well. On his ability to draw out the person successsfully out of his shell and show his true colours will depend the success of the show itself. Although, there are sure to be written scripts for Kapoor, what was most impressive was his impromptu one liners that kept the audience engaged in the proceedings of the show. No one seems to be ready to talk about Kapoor's contribution to the show yet, but surely there seems to be something big in the offing! Mohan Kapoor factfile December 2005: Mohan Kapoor joined to head the newly created non-fiction division at Balaji Telefilms. May 2005: Kapoor joined Sahara India Media Entertainment as vice-president, Corporate Affairs. October 2003: He joined Zee Telefilms Ltd as vice-president, inhouse programming