Star Plus' Diya Aur Baati Hum tops the TAM data

Diya Aur Baati Hum on Star Plus topped the TAM data released for Week 8 of 2012 (February 19-25). While Star TV retained five among the top ten programmes aired on TV, Sony retained two shows. Colors, Zee TV and SAB TV secured one show in the list.

First Position: Star Plus' Diya Aur Baati Hum has topped the charts with 6.56 TVR this week. Last week, the serial recorded 6.12 TVR.

Second Position: Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai rose to the 2nd position from last week's 6th position. The serial recorded 4.65 TVR, while last week it was 4.18.

Third Position: The 3rd spot was bagged by Filmfare Awards on Sony with 4.59 TVR recorded this week.

Fourth Position: Saathia on Star Plus secured the 4th position for itself with 4.44 TVR this week in comparison to last week's 5.08.

Fifth Position: Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon slipped from the 2nd position and came down to the 5th spot this week with 4.18 TVR recorded this week. Last week, the TVR for Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon was 5.24.


Sixth Position: Sony’s CID holds the No. 6 position with 3.99 TVR this week against 3.92 TVR last week.

Seventh Position: Balika Badhu of Colors remained stable at No. 7 with a record of 3.98 TVR this week. Last week, the show fetched 3.81 TVR.


Eighth Position: Ek Hazaron Mein Meri Behna Hai on Star Plus fell to the No. 8 position with 3.88 TVR.
Last week the serial was at No. 5 spot with 4.19 TVR.

Ninth Position: Zee TV's Pavitra Rishta made an entry in the 9th spot with its show Pavitra Rishta. This week, the show recorded TVR of 3.77 TVR this week.

Tenth Position: Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashma on SAB TV continues at No. 10. The show fetched 3.72 TVR in comparison to 3.59 TVR collected last week.

Bigg Boss 6: Salman Khan asks Sanjay Dutt to host show

It is being speculated for some time that Salman Khan will be bidding goodbye to Bigg Boss show. It is now confirmed that Salman Khan, who was part of Bigg Boss 4 and Bigg Boss 5 will not host Bigg Boss 6.

Fans of Salman Khan are in for a disappointment as they will not see their favourite actor host the 6th season of Bigg Boss. The buzz is that Salman Khan has many movie projects lined up this year and does not have time to spare for Bigg Boss 6. He has requested Sanjay Dutt to host this season's Bigg Boss.

Considering that Salman Khan is out of the Bigg Boss 6 show, we can't be too sure about the future of Bigg Boss 6!

Shekhar Kapur lauds Paan Singh Tomar

Paan Singh Tomar is getting rave reviews from people across the globe on Twitter. Renowned film maker Shekhar Kapur applauded the effort of the makers and actors of the film.

Paan Singh Tomar is all set to become the biggest hit of 2012! Never before in the history of Bollywood, a film without much hullabaloo or star power has made it so big.

Speaking about the film, film maker Shekhar Kapur tweeted, “#PanSinghTomar headed 2 b biggest hit of yr without item number n heavy marketing.”

Shekhar Kapur is so bowled over by the film that he further tweeted, “Big complaint abt #PanSinghTomar that its only released in multiplexes n big Metros. How can v then stop piracy of great movies?”

Directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia, Paan Singh Tomar stars Irrfan Khan and Mahie Gill in lead roles. The film showcases the sad plight of the unsung sportsmen in India.

Katrina Kaif gets Rs 1 crore for ten minutes

Actress Katrina Kaif is truly the empress when it comes to the fashion world. Having an international modelling background, Kats definitely reigns the ramp shows in India. A recent buzz reveal that Katrina will be paying a visit to Kochi to walk the ramp at an upcoming fashion show.

A leading daily reports that it is alleged that Katrina will be paid Rs 1 crore for only for ten minutes ramp walk. In fact sometime back when Shahrukh Khan paid a visit to Kochi, he was allegedly paid more than Rs 2 crores.

But when this is compared with that of other local South stars, they donot even fetch the half of what the Bollywood actors get for the ramp shows.

Shilpa Shetty will dress cheer girls

Shilpa Shetty is all set to dress cheer girls to bring some more glamour at the martial arts fighting tournament.

Shilpa Shetty has decided to help out her husband Raj Kundra in every possible way. Raj along with Sanjay Dutt will soon be launching a mixed martial arts fighting league in the country soon. Cheer girls will be employed to inject the oomph quotient in the martial arts.

Speaking about her role, Shilpa Shetty said that though she cannot be actively involved in the activity since she is seven months pregnant, she will take auditions for the ring girls. The auditions for the cheer girls have already begun and Shilpa feels that the right candidates should be hot and beautiful.

The actress is of the opinion that selecting the right cheer girls is extremely important, since they get equally noticed as the contestants.

Shilpa Shetty, along with hubby Raj Kundra wants to make their martial arts fighting league a success and hence are keen to make the event as enjoyable as possible by bringing in a little of the glam factor.

Shilpa Shetty along with her designer friends Shantanu and Nikhil will help dress up the girls. The martial arts fighting league will start from March 11.

TNLHG wins, Jodi Breakers fails at Box Office in first week

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya and Jodi Breakers have completed the first week at the Box with an average business. Although TNLHG is leading the collection chart by beating Jodi Breakers, its performance is not up to the mark. TNLHG has collected Rs 13 crores nett, while the other film grossed Rs 8.5 crores nett in the first week.

Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya opened to an average response on Friday and collected Rs 7.40 crores nett in the first weekend. Riteish Genelia starrer film maintained its pace on weekdays and added approximately Rs 5.60 crores to its total domestic collection Rs 13 crores nett.

The movie was released in four foreign countries like UK, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. But its collection has not crossed 1 crore mark in any of them. Its highest earning from foreign country is coming from the UK. It has grossed Rs 97.67 lacs in the country in the first week. It has raked in Rs 24.35 lacs in Australia, Rs 1.39 lacs in New Zealand and Rs 5.48 lacs in Fiji in the first week.

Whereas, another release Jodi Breakers also started its business at very low pace at the Box Office throughout the first week and raked in Rs 8.5 crore nett. Its collection also remained poor at overseas Box Office. The movie has collected Rs 15.15 lacs in the UK, Rs 13.66 lacs in Australia, Rs 3.08 lacs in New Zealand and Rs 2.94 lacs in Fiji in the first week of its release.