Balaji shows - the way ahead

TELLY CHAKKAR BRINGS YOU AN INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S COMING UP ON SOME OF THE BALAJI SHOWS: KKAVYANJALI: Anju (Natassha) is set to die! Says Ekta Kapoor's trusted lieutenant Nivedita Basu, "She will die in a freak accident. Her judwaa bahen Anjali will make an entry where Kkavya is getting engaged to another girl." In the next few days, the story will move thus - Kkavya (Rakshak) is about to die when she saves him. He flips for her. Next day, he is taking her home to meet his mother and the other elders in the family when there's a freak blast and Anju dies in his arms. The passage of months before Anjali makes an entry will be covered in two episodes." Reminds us of 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai', doesn't it? Nivedita justifies, "Rakshak does not believe in love at first sight. Neither does he believe in the fact that he can fall in love ever again. Both his beliefs are proved wrong in the story." KASAUTII ZINDAGI KAY: The 20-year leap is slated for February 2. Cezanne Khan and Shweta Tiwari are not leaving the serial, though originally they did think at least twice before donning the elderly garb. "What elderly garb?" argues Nivedita Basu, "We have just changed Shweta's hairstyle and Cezzane may wear glasses. Ronit may grow a bit of hair." Grow? With age, hair fall and not grow. "That's style," Nivedita smiles. She continues, "At this point of time, Prerna (Shweta Tiwari) is pregnant with Bajaj's (Ronit Roy) child. The leap-forward version will have few new characters. -Kasak (Surveen of 'Kahiin To Hoga' fame): Prerna and Bajaj's daughter. -Shravan (played by a newcomer): Debu and Aparna's (Gitanjali Tikekar) son who Anurag has taken abroad. -Tanisha, played by Shubha (of 'Kartika' fame) : Madhavi (Bajaj's first wife earlier played by Sonal Sehgal) and Vineet's daughter. -Sneha, played by Jeniffer Vinget: Prerna and Anurag's (Cezzane Khan) daughter -Vikrant, played by newcomer Abhinav: Tanisha's cousin Anurag comes to India only because of Shravan. The youngsters are unaware of their parents' history. Some of them fall in love with each other, leading to further confrontations and tussles with the elders. KYUNKI SAAS BHI KABHI BAHU THI: Says creative head of the show, Sandeep Sikand, "Tulsi will be imprisoned for three years. That three year transition will be shown in about three episodes. In this period, Ba (Sudha Shivpuri) will go to Haridwar to pray for Tulsi's welfare. When she comes back from jail, she will be shocked to find her lawyer Meera (Shurbhvi) having soft feelings for her husband Mihir (Ronit Roy). However, Mihir won't be reciprocating these. Yet, Tulsi will not understand and will be shattered. To add to her woes, she will find differences cropped up between Karan (Hiten Tejwani) and Nandini (Gauri Pradhan). Gauri would have given birth to Ansh's child by then- a daughter. Karan and Nandini will also have a child of their own- a son. Looking at the daughter, Karan will be constantly reminded of Ansh. Gauri will notice this and this will be the cause of friction between them. Harsh and Mohini would have also married. Expect high-voltage drama between Damini (Riva Bubber) and Gautam (Sumeet Sachdev). Reason? Ganga (Shilpa Saklani) will be pregnant with Sahil's kid and Gautam will demand his child back. However Damini will back Ganga and this would lead to one of them (Balaji is undecided who, but our guess is Damini) leaving the house. There will be terrible disintegration in the Viraani parivaar. Absolutely disillusioned with this and the fact that almost everybody is giving her a cold shoulder, Tulsi will leave Shanti-Niketan. She will go and stay in a pujari's ashram. She will virtually adopt the pujari's daughter and give her the name Tulsi. Tulsi Jr will play a pivotal role in the next generation leap which is slated for April 14- the 1000 episode. Balaji plans to launch a nationwide hunt to search the girl who plays this characer. Ba will pass away in the 990th episode. Hereafter, Tulsi Sr who comes back with Tulsi Jr will be addressed as Ba. Tulsi Jr will be addressed as simply Tulsi. Gautam's son will play a major role in reuniting the scattered family. KAHAANI GHAR GHAR KII: Says Sandeep Sikand, "After the fizzling out of Kunika & co's drama, we have two new families- the Gills and the Kauls- coming up in this show. Expect at least eight new characters in this loooong running show. With the advent of these two families, a lot of equations in the Aggarwal household will change. Gill's is a political family where the senior Gill is a major political figure. Gayatri, the daughter, is supposed to get married to Samir Kaul. But Shruti (Tina Parakh), Parvati (Sakshi Tanwar) and Om will play a very important role in this proposed marriage. Samir Soni is the front contender to play Samir Kaul. Gayatri Gill has not yet been cast. Surekha Sekri will be playing the dadi in the Gill family." Who is the all-important Mr Gill? Says Sikand, "Samar Jaysingh- who has played Shiva in mythological shows." Hold on! Pallavi is coming back. Not Shweta Kawaatra, folks! The new Pallavi will be played by Achint Kaur. It would be recalled that Achint Kaur had stepped into Mandira Bedi's shoes in 'Kyunki...' for a brief while. Achint starts shooting from February 1. The Sasha chapter too is coming to an end. Sasha is now planning to blast out Om Aggarwal (Kiran Karmarkar). Once again, his plan misfires and his his girlfriend Monica dies in the blast. Sasha will lose his mental balance and land up in a mental asylum. But yes, he will come back- not with a positive role as the grapevine goes, but as a more menacing Sasha! And what happens to bechari Shruti? Bechara Sambhav (Diwakar) got wiped out with Avantika. He looked to be her next love, didn't he? "Ya, originally it was planned that way," says Sikand, adding, "But Sasha's character got so strong that this one got washed away. But we definitely look forward to work with Diwakar again." No, Aryan does not come back in Shruti's life- though he was slated to turn positive. The new guy in Shruti's life may be Samir Kaul. K STREET, PALI HILL: Smriti (Jaswir Kaur) and Gayatri (Sudha Chandran) will come face to face. Smriti will discover that Gayatri is the person who is trying to ruin the K Clubs. Meanwhile, there's still a big secret between the three friends which has not been disclosed. Like Bikram's past, this secret too will take its toll on the young generation. KKOI DIL MEIN HAI: The serial is coming to an end by the second week of March. Krutika (Karisma Tanna) will end up in jail. Kajal will go back to his first love, Samay. Sahil will go back to his girlfriend Malhar. The serial replacing 'Kkoi Dil Mein Hai' will be 'Kkya Yehi Pyaar Hai'. The hero of that show has still not been chosen. "Quite a filmi look we need in him," chips in Nivedita Basu. KAYAAMAT: Abhishek (newcomer Sahil) is coming in to creat a rift between Uday (Ali Hasan) and Anamika (Amita Chandekar). Uday will misunderstand the equation between Abhishek and his wife, little realising that the two have joined hands simply to ruin Neelam Mehra.the way ahead