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Move over politicos, stock markets and temperatures…the queen of the media makes news again!

After another day spent panicking over the state of ‘the common man’ following the antics of our local politico-goons, Mumbai really must be back to normal if the news is any indication. Let’s check out what India TV thinks is big news today.

Rakhi Sawant slaps her boyfriend!!!

This comes on the heels of the very well-covered incident where Rakhi Sawant threw her boyfriend Abhishek Awasti out of their house and cried “BREAK-UP!”. I didn’t catch that on TV since everyone else was hogging the box for such mundane things as rioting, violence on the streets and politicians getting arrested. Fikar not, Rakhi gives me my time’s worth with today’s lunch news though.

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Rajat Kapoor as a director never impressed me much; Raghu Romeo was weird and Mixed Doubles was ridicules. But with his latest release Mithya, I believe he has finally hit the jackpot – creatively if not monetarily.

Mithya is based on Underworld-meets-Bollywood subject – a struggling actor, gang war, sexy mistress and a plan. This quirky screenplay has been jointly written by the director himself and another known actor, Saurabh Shukla. Now Shukla is one dude I really like; be it his (tiny but done to perfection) roles in main-stream films, stage plays or his creativity with the pen, he has always been a cinema lover’s delight.

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Most Indian Entertainment Channels are busy these days unleashing one reality show after another. NDTV Imagine is out with its second attempt Idea Dhoom Macha De.

The concept of the show is pretty clear-cut; eleven of India’s most popular and professional singers competing against one another for the title of the country’s Best Live Performer. The contestant list goes something like this - Anaida, Baba Sehgal, Babul Supriyo, Devang Patel, Jaspinder Nirula, Jassi, Kamaal Khan, Richa Sharma, Sapna Awasthi, Suneeta Rao and Taz. And Shankar Mahadevan, Prasoon Joshi and yesteryears superstar, Sharmila Tagore, are judging the show.

The hatke factor as stated by the channel and other concerned parties is that this musical reality show is not a hunt for musical talent but an electrifying live performer from the lot of already established singers. All fair and square, me thinks. However I am not very convinced with their version of an “established singer”, I mean come on - Devang Patel, Baba Sehgal, Suneeta Rao, Taz, Anaida, etc - most of these guys are what we call “one-hit wonders”. Given the fact that their respective careers never really took off, using words such as “superstars” and “popular” is nothing but misleading the television junta.

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