Mithali Raj was ‘awestruck’ on meeting Big B
Mumbai–Mithali Raj, captain of the Indian women’s cricket team, who will next be seen on “Kaun Banega Crorepati 9”, says she was “awestruck” when she met megastar Amitabh Bachchan on the reality TV show.
“Meeting Mr. Bachchan was an astounding experience! Despite knowing that I was going to be spending time with him on the shoot, when I finally found myself standing before him I was awestruck. And anyone would be because he has such a beautiful and magnanimous presence,” Mithali said in a statement.
She was joined by her team members Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Punam Raut, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jhulan Goswami and Deepti Sharma on the Sony Entertainment Television show.
Each player got a chance to sit on the hot seat and play the game. The final winning amount was donated to the Prayas Institute for Social Development, Hyderabad.
The episode of “Kaun Banega Crorepati 9” featuring the Indian women cricketers will be aired on Friday.
Making my parents proud has been my priority: Karanvir
Mumbai– Actor Karanvir Bohra, who has been part of television shows like “Kasautii Zindagii Kay”, “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi” and “Just Mohabbat”, says making his parents proud has always been his priority.
“For me, my mom and dad are everything and I couldn’t have asked for a better chance to thank them. Anything which is very dear to you becomes the centre of your life and you put all your life energies towards that direction… It has always been a priority for me to make my parents proud,” Karanvir said in a statement.
As part of Ganesh festival celebrations, Karanvir, who hosts Zee TV show “India’s Best Judwaah”, will be seen celebrating ‘Rishton ka Tyohar’ with the contestants.
His mother Madhu Bohra and father Mahendra Bohra also became part of the episode, and celebrated the festival with all the contestants.
Karanvir’s mother revealed that his real name is Manoj, and spoke of how he was once scolded by his father for taking money from the watchman.
Varun Dhawan grooves for TV show
Actor Varun Dhawan joined the cast of “Kundali Bhagya” for Ganesh festival celebrations through “Jai Ganesh Deva”, a two and half hours-long segment of the TV show.
Varun performed on “Judwaa 2” track “Suno Ganapati bappa moraya”.
Actor Jeetendra will also be seen making an appearance, and join for the ‘aarti’ with the lead cast of the show Manit Joura, Sharddha Arya, Dheeraj Dhooper and Anjum Fakih.
Divyanka Tripathi, Deepika Kakkar, Sanjeeda Sheikh and Gauhar Khan will also perform.
The episode will air on September 2 on Zee TV.
