Offers galore for Anuj!

In spite of Rishton Ki Dor not doing too well, Anuj Saxena seems to be flooded with offers. We all know that he's doing a cameo in Sahara One's Solaah Shringaar. And now news has filtered in that Anuj is being considered to play the lead opposite two lovely ladies for two new shows on Sony TV - one opposite Renuka Shahane in Jeetiye and the second opposite Aamna Shariff in an untitled venture. But a source reveals that the actor is probably declining both the shows. And the offers don't end there! It seems even Aruna Irani has offered him a role for her new serial on Sahara One, to be directed by Ashok Gaikwad (of Prratima fame). Meanwhile, Anuj's Maverick Productions is currently busy with finalizing the star cast for his first telly show Akhand Sau Bhagyawati. Sources reveal that with a new lead protagonist, the show promises many established names. And Anuj has himself gone on record to claim that he will soon be seen as a lead in his in-house production. If rumours are to be believed it is also speculated that Anuj is aiming at Bollywood, not as a producer but as an actor to star in a film! Seems the actor's career is going great guns as his kitty looks quite colourful! Sushmita flooded with work! In Sushmita Mukherjee, best remembered for her Kitty act in Karamchand, also got rave reviews for her Romilla act in Kavyanjali. But it seems these days; the actor's been extremely busy with some serious work from Bollywood. Sushmita has completed a host of films recently which includes Sudhir Mishra's Khoya Khoya Chand where she is all set to do a Nadira act. Besides this, she is also doing Good Boy Bad Boy and Chaitanya Mahaprabhu(soon to be released). And that's not it, apna Kitty has also bagged two more roles for the small screen. A little birdie tells us one of the shows is being produced by Anuj Saxena's Maverick Productions. The actor however refuses to divulge any details about both the projects in hand and prefers to talk about them when the time is ripe. Arzoo booed away Television stars are big crowd-pullers among the Asians abroad but even those viewers have their reservations when it comes to our vamps. For this is what Arzoo Gowitrikar aka vamp Tulika of Ek Ladki Anjaani Si encountered on her recent dandiya show in the US. Recounting the strange reactions from female viewers, she says, "some ladies asked me to stop harassing Ananya (Kanchi Kaul), some were happy I was imprisoned in Kittu Sab Jaanti Hai after my attempt to murder Kittu." But the most amusing part was yet to come when Arzoo found a lady refused to play dandiya with her and when she went shopping with Kanchi Kaul aka Ananya in Ek Ladki…both were in splits at the onlookers' ridiculous remarks like, "a couple of ladies came up to me and said 'sauth ke saath ghoom rahi ho' (you are shopping around with the other woman in your husband's life)" laughs Arzoo. Did these jibes dampen her spirit? "Not at all. In fact, I was happy that my portrayal of the character was so realistic for them to react in such a manner." Poonam Joshi's quite birthday Poonam Joshi who is doing only one show Woh Rehne Wali Mehlo Ki at the moment, turned a year older yesterday. The actor known to keep a low profile celebrated her birthday with a close set of friends. Assuming her parents stay in neighbouring city Pune would have wished her good luck besides not to forget her good friend Aamna Sharif. There are actors who throw a lavish birthday party to let anyone and everyone know about it by shouting from their roof top but there are some actors like Poonam who like to keep mum about thier plans. Aamna also had kept her birthday a low key private affair recently. We wonder if Poonam is following her close friend Aamna or vice versa is it. Whatever the case we wish her a happy belated birthday.