Ekta Kapoor is expected to be the busiest entity in soapland this summer. The TV czarina has five shows lined up to go on air with in the next month and a half. Keshav Pandit and Mera Naam Karegi Roshan will be on air on Zee TV. Sarvagun Sampanna is expected to be on air on NDTV Imagine.
Chand Chupa Badal Mein is expected to take the 10 pm slot on Star Plus (we reported it last week under the heading Slot fight?) and another youth oriented show is being readied on Star One. Keshav Pandit is apparently a detective series with episodic stories. Mera Naam Karegi Roshan is a daughter-oriented show. Sarvagun Sampanna, which is to be shot in Kolhapur, has a political backdrop. Chand Chupa Badal Mein is a romantic family drama. And the show on Star One is a youthful show, the kind Kapoor had made for MTV.
When asked if she’s biting off more than she can chew, Kapoor breaks into giggles and says that she’s trying not to take on too much. “I have taken on minimum work load this year. Last year, I had worked on seven shows. That was crazy. I don’t want to put my hand into too many things this year,” she says.
Aren’t five shows, and a movie, Once Upon A Time In Bombay, a little much to be called little work? She says that she’s tried hard to space things out on her schedule. “I didn’t want all my shows and movies to clash
