It’s time for some hot and spicy news!!! Clap…clap…attention here. Yes, <a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/karan-singh-grover-nice-and-humble-person-surbhi-jyoti>Surbhi Jyoti</a>, who is currently seen as Zoya of Zee TV’s <em><a href=http://www.tellychakkar.com/news/ayaan-and-humeira-have-forced-engagement-zee-tvs-qubool-hai>Qubool Hai</a></em> (4 Lions Films), seems to be smitten by the love bug. A little birdie whispered in our ears that this petite lady is apparently dating actress Madhurjeet Sargi’s brother Zoravar Singh - an aspiring actor – for the past five months now.

One of television’s nagging mothers in law, Usha Nadkarni aka Savitatai of Pavitra Rishta has an interesting tid-bit to share. She says that once a channel reporter called her up and asked her if she pushed her on-screen <em>bahu</em> (Ankita Lokhande) so hard that she had a sprain.

Rajshri Thakur, aka Saloni of Saat Phere is also very keen on a Bollywood career. In fact, not many know that the lanky actress has already done an international film, Hawa Aane De, before the Zee TV project came her way. Films, provide an ultimate platform for the expression of your creative talent. So much attention is paid to your character and look, " she says. So what kind of films would Rajshri like to do?

Rakesh Bapat "The Tum Bin guy" who plays Neel in Saat Phere is reportedly all set to exit Zee TV's hot show as his track is coming to an end. The family will attempt to force Saloni (Rajshri Thakur) to marry Rakesh Bapat but the rituals wil be stopped by her husband Nahar (Sharad Kelkar) who will reach the venue midway during the ceremony. He will then go on to expose Rakesh as the scoundrel who caused havoc in Saloni's marriage. After this, the show will take a totally new course.

Shruti Ulfat and Anuj Saxena's bonding goes years back when both nursed Bollywood dreams. Shruti Ulfat, who gained popularity as the anchor of Antakshri on Zee TV, had earlier acted as Anuj Saxena's heroine in Sar Aakho Par, a film produced by Vicveck Vasvani. The original choice for that film was Tara Deshpande who backed out because she bagged another film Is Raat Ki Subhah Nahi, which did reasonably well. Shruti took up Sar Aakho Par, the film flopped but she started getting better roles on television. Similarly, Anuj too attained fame after he acted as Abhay Kapoor in Sony's Kkusum.

Apara Mehta has her hands full! After Kyunki.. she signed on Saat Phere on Zee TV (though she's out of it now) and later went on to do Resham Dankh on Star One. But since Apara was keen on getting back into the Balaji fold she took on Karam Apna Apna; afterall it was Balaji which gave her all the name and fame. But now a little birdie told us Apara's dates have gone for a toss, as she has to give more time for Karam Apna Apna. And couple this with her theater commitments, Apara also often travels abroad for her plays.

Sandeep Rajora seems to have become a pucca kanjoos in real life. The actor had earned this reputation a few months back on the sets of Zee TV's Sarrkar. It seems inspite of winning a big fat amount of ten lakhs on Sony's reality show Fear Factor, the actor refused to treat his co-stars who constantly kept coaxing him. But then, how come this kanjoos actor manage to host a plush bash on his birthday recently? Well, it seems the place was offered free of cost to him. But then again, Sandeep chose not to invite most of his Sarrkar co-stars.

Those who have been following Saath Phere on Zee TV must be aware that Samar, played by Mazher Syedd, had been dutifully obeying his wife, the vampish Kaveri (Anchal Trivedi), for quite sometime. But the recent episode saw a major twist in the tale! It so happened that Samar (Mazher) becomes cognizant of the fact that it's his own wife, Kaveri, who is the master mind behind the troubles his family has been enduring. Thus, he loses his cool and finally the henpecked husband takes a stand against her; result - one tight slap on her face!

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (Zee) is once again in the process of keeping up with it's tradition of giving us some of the gifted singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghosal and Kunal Ganjawala. But time around the singer himself comes from a musically gifted family of the Maliks! We are talking about Armaan Malik, son of renowned musician Daboo Malik and nephew of Anu Malik. He's one of the contenders on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs on Zee TV. Armaan features amongst the top 10 finalists on the show and it seems is quite a hit with the judges.

Talent is no longer enough to be successful nowadays with increasing stress on marketing an 'image'. What with the numerous make up, hairstyle and costume changes that the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contestants are subjected to for each episode, the record company HMV has decided to go a step further and offer six winners the opportunity for a complete makeover. One can watch Debojit, Himani, Ujjaini, Aishwarya, Sharib and Banjyotsana stylized with a whole new look on 9 July at Spykar Style Lab from 11 am onwards.