Vibha Anand, who is currently seen as Suman in Colors’ <em> Kairi</em> (Shashi Sumeet Mittal Productions Pvt Ltd), was away from the small screen space for a while after her last show Sanskaar Laxmi went off air. And during this period, the actress did bag a Bollywood film that stars Shreyas Talpade. However this film was not the only reason for the actress distancing away from TV. In fact there is a different story to it. Read on…

There are many TV actors who have made it big on the big screen. And Shreyas Talpade is one of them. “I prefer doing theater and films than TV.” But what makes him say this? During my TV days, there were times when I would wait for pack up and we used to spend approximate 15-16 hours on set. Hence, I realized that this was not what I wanted to do.” He has appeared in Zee TV’s <em>Amanat, Woh</em> and <em>X Zone</em>.

It looks like Bollywood is calling television actors, these days. (<a href="http://www.tellychakkar.com>Tellychakkar.com</a> has been writing about it all) And the latest to join the bandwagon is <a href="http://www.tellychakkar.com/lifestyle/whatever-perks-you-fashion-roy-choudhury”> Via Roy Choudhury</a> who was last seen in Colors’ <em>Maati Ki Banno</em>.

TellyChakkar had earlier reported about <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/mona-returns-host-jhalak-dikhhla-jaa>Mona Singh</a> hosting the fourth season of <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/sidhu-krushna-and-tanushree-groove-jhalak>Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa</a> in all probability. After which talks were also on with <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/will-jay-and-ayushmaan-host-jhalak>Ayushmaan Khurana</a>, Jay Bhanushali, Rohit Roy and the Mohan sisters, Shakti and Mukti, now we hear that the channel is keen on getting Shreyas Talpade or Abhijeet Sawant on board.

Fondly recalled as <em>Iqbal</em>, he tickled many a funny bones with his recent flick, <em>Apna Sapna Money Money</em> and now Shreyas Talpade takes his turn to pay respect to the genre of comedy….but this time on television! This Marathi mulga is geared up to don a new role, that of a host for Star Gold's Comedy Honors, an initiative by the channel to pay tribute to Indian comic excellence, all through the month of April. Sharing screen space with him is Purbi Joshi of Star One's Comedy Show <em>Ha Ha</em> fame.

Shreyas Talpade may not have been seen on the big screen after <em>Iqbal</em>, but the dimunitive actor's fans can catch him on Zee Smile's <em>Home Sweet Home</em> on the occasion of April Fool's Day. Shreyas will make a guest appearance on this show for the April Fool's Day Special episode to be aired on 3 April 2006. The episode revolves around Kiku chacha (played by Kiku) who makes a fool of the kids by boasting about his old friendship with filmstar Shreyas Talpade to his nieces Pooja, Aarti and Karishma but in reality Kiku doesn't even have a faint acquaintance with Shreyas.