Sanjeeda is Vanilla down South!

Well, the pretty young lead of Star One's, Kya Hoga...has a very...uh... interesting (used strictly for a lack of another adjective!) nickname down South -- vanilla! And no, the lady's not fond of vanilla ice cream! We asked the actor to explain the logic behind her nickname and the lady just laughed it away! "Vanilla means moonlight. They probably call me Vanilla because they could see the moonlight in me," laughs Sanjeeda. Uh! Chetan mops it up! What do our telly stars do between jobs? Cut ribbons at inaugurations, shake a leg at events? Some even model for stylists, we discovered, while browsing through Blackberry's 2002 catalogue while at a salon recently. The man in question is Chetan Hansraj, sporting sideburns, a Mohawk cut, braids and more....staring back at us from the catalogue for men's hair styles. Must say, the hunk looks impressive in each style he sported. But that was 2002, long before Sasha was born, and since then, Chetan's stuck to the simple and straight style...Ekta at work? With that impressive height and those smouldering brown eyes, Chetan probably doesn't need any style accessories. Is Ekta watching too much of Desperate Housewives? Now don't get us wrong. Everyone, and that means 90 per cent of the TV industry in India, is inspired these days by the firang soaps . But we thought a slick and smart production house like Balaji Telefilms with its horde of talented writers would not resort to picking ideas from say, a Desperate Housewives. Thursday's episode of Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa left us with a distinct sense of deja vu. Kunal (Eijaz Khan) who just entered the plot, has a dog Oscar, who gets after Nimmo, and while licking her face, accidentally swallows her earring. The dog chokes on the trinket, Kunal rushes him to the hospital, but is seething about the person who made his precious dog suffer. Now, for those who caught Desperate Housewives' first season, will recall a similar incident occurred with Susan (a very Nimmo like fallible character, again) while she's at beau Mike's place, in the presence of Edie. Mike's liking for Susan turns into temporary dislike, something we suspect the Nimmo... track will make Kunal do too. What next? A murder and a cover-up job? We wouldn't be too surprised. Kid speak! Deven Bhojani's act as the autistic Gattu in Star Plus' Ba Bahoo aur Baby has quite a fan following amongst kids! But the actor was caught completely off gaurd with the reaction that he got for one particular scene. The scene in question showed Gattu going to a vendor to buy pav bhaji for himself...but he couldn't get it because he had no money! This moved his young fans to such an extent that they started saving money to pay for his lunch. There was a day not so long ago when the actor was given some money that the kids had saved up from their pocket money! But the actor was mighty surprised when his five year old daughter too reacted in a similar fashion. "Just as I was leaving for the shoot the next day (the day after the episode was aired) my daughter called out from the terrace and asked me if was carrying my wallet, worried that I might again be deprived of lunch!" laughed Deven. That's the way kids are...they say it as it is!