The song of Shekhar Suman

Television actor (Reporter, Dekh Bhai Dekh) and host (Movers and Shakers, Simply Shekhar) and film actor (Utsav, Nache Mayuri, Chor Machaye Shor) Shekhar Suman is trying on a new avatar. He will now bring out a music album, Kuch Khwab Aise."I love singing," says Shekhar. "All the songs have been written and sung by me.

"I want to make a mark in another sphere of entertainment. At present, I am busy with the recording. The album should be ready by mid-April. Then, I will make a grand music video."

Kiron Kher in a TV serial

Kiron Kher, who earned critical acclaim for her recent films, Rituparno Ghosh's Bariwali and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas, will play the protagonist in a 64-episode television serial, Na Jaane Kyon? It will be produced by Basu Chatterjee's daughter Rupali Guha and directed by Gurudev Bhalla (of Shararat fame).

The serial will be telecast on the Zee channel.

Ex-MTV veejay Maria Goretti will do an item number in debutant director Shashank Ghosh's Waisa Bhi Hota Hai. (Incidentally, Ghosh is responsible for the famous Pepsi slogan Yehi Hai Right Choice Baby!) The film will be produced by Impact films.

Waisa Bhi Hota Hai stars Arshad Warsi, Prashant Narayanan and Sandhya Mridul. Mahima Chaudhry will make an appearance as herself in the film.

The film, slated for an April release, is about a copywriter, who through a series of events, gets involved in the underworld unknowingly.

Incidentally, Goretti and Mridul were both attached with Sony MAX's commentary team that covered the 2003 cricket World Cup in South Africa.

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