Friends Now Friends Forever: Gautam Hegde

                                                            Gautam Hegde

As we sent out some questions to interview Gautam Hegde, on the shows he was writing for, we also managed to get him to answer these friendship's day questions for us.

We at Rangmunch have always aimed at bringing to you the other side of the TV world, a world that is unknown and unseen by most of you. Our last experience with Gautam where he talked about the track was so engaging, we had to do this bit as well!

He has not only talked about his friends in the industry but also has pro-actively shared some personal pictures of his friends with us adding a personal touch to our interview. Thank You Gautam for the warm Friendship Day gesture!!

What importance does Friendship Day hold to your current track/ or in a show you are working on?

Unfortunately, none of the three shows I'm working on- Saath Nibhana Saathiya, Sapno Se Bhare Naina and Is Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon, have incorporated Friendship'd day- its not blending well with the current drama.  

Being in the industry, who are the friends you can turn to and fall back on at anytime?

My friend circuit from the industry has people from channels whom I know for over the years now, writers and actors who I've worked  with over the years.. amongst the writers, there is Jay Verma (Miley Jab, Love Ne Mila Di), Jyoti Tandon (my co writer on Saathiya), actors Gaurav Khanna, Arjun Bijlani, Simran Kaur and Sudeep Sahir. There are a lot more, but the ones mentioned above are my speed dial friends.

Alot is said and written about friendships in the industry being opportunistic and driven by selfish motives? What do you have to say about that?

I feel a relationship should not be looked at judgmentally, from the word go, but yes, sometimes you can make out in little time the motive of an individual. I've been lucky to understand and segregate the good ones from the selfish ones. 

You are working, and you have a fixed life style, where obviously things get hectic, would you make an extra effort for your friends just because u don’t get time otherwise?

I work through the day. In the evenings, I make it a point to go and catch up with my friends. We catch up at someone's place for a chai, dinner at a restaurant, sometimes a movie or even sit together and watch Emotional Atyachaar! Hahaha!  

There is no one particular day needed to celebrate friendship, but if there is one such friend to whom you have been wanting to say something, but haven't been able to due to whatever reasons, you could use this as a platform!

Friendship day message for friends:

I make sure I tell my friends time and again that I love them- sometimes when I am not sober, I make what I call 'drunk calls!'. Arjun Bijlani, I may not like you all the time, but I always love you! Gaurav Khanna, you are my brother, you and I can count on each other always. Sudeep Sahir, you are my bada bhai! My role model when it comes to being an ideal son, husband and parent. My much married couple friends (it’s a long list, you know you are in it when you are reading this!), hug to all of you! My channel friends(Zee TV)- Suzana Ghai, Anu Ramsay, Saurabh Tewari, Shivani Shah, Sweta Piprodia, Vivek Bahl, if you all didnt treat me like you all own me as a family, I wouldn't have been what I am today. Jyoti Tandon, Janaki Viswanathan, Snehil Dixit, Simran Kaur, you all are like guardian angel fairies, always around making sure I'm okay. Dishank Arora, thanks for the super time we have at your pad! Lol! My non industry friends Vishal Pipraiya, Vaijayanti Albal and Abhishek Sharma, Anantika Sahir and baby Arwaan, I need you all to detox myself time and again! To my Aai and Pappa and God, you are there 24X7, so this one's for you all I LOVE YOU!      

                                  Gautam with the Miley Jab.. Actors Mohit, Sanaya and Arjun

To fans and viewers:

Its heart touching to know that our shows are appreciated. When you all like our characters and feel so much about them, somewhere we feel nice because we have been a part of creating the same. There are times when you all applaud and sometimes there are times when you all feel appalled... Like in friendship, just the way you get angry and there are times when you shower love... and just the way you shouldn’t judge and friend and end up saying something you would repent, please also give us a benefit of doubt because there are reasons why something goes right and there are reasons something goes wrong. We are around 80 people working on a show and all humans. We create, we err. It’s all a part of a long journey. Cheers! Spread love! :)   

(As told to Navyanka Varma)

       Rangmunch.tv 

Just Dance …..Performer of the Week Vs Elimination of the Week!!

The competition towards wining the title of “Just Dance” has begun. The dance floor has now turned into a war field & all contestants are fighting it out like true warriors leaving no stone un-turned to save themselves from elimination.

Yesterday i.e. 6^th August, all the thirteen contestants performed before the judges - Farah Khan & Vaibhavi Merchant. While the judges applauded some contestants, a few others failed to impress them. Based on each of their performances, the judges had to select 3 top performers & three bottom performers of the day. While the top performers had to then perform to win the title of Swift “Performer of the Week”, the bottom three had to perform to secure their position in the competition. Finally one of the bottom performers were to get eliminated as decided by Hrithik Roshan along with the other two judges.

At the end of Saturday, Ankan, Abhaash & Rajit were announced as the Top Performers while the bottom three performers were Karan Pangali, Hitesh & Preeti.

Today, i.e. 7^th August… Ankan, Abhaash & Rajit danced to win the “Performer of the Week” title, while Karan, Hitesh & Preeti danced for survival. It was a do or die situation for all three bottom performers as the weakest link was to get eliminated.

All the six contestants put their heart & soul into their performances. Abhaash impressed the judges with his perfect Michael Jackson moves. Ankan with his superb act & dance reminded them of the audition days & made the judges nostalgic, while Rajit’s dance was a wake up call for all the senior citizens. Karan with his semi classical, Hitesh with his tollywood act & Preeti with her contemporary dance moves also tried to impress the judges.

Due to the brilliant performances, the contestants had made it very difficult for the judges to select the strongest & the weakest of all but as per the format of the show they had to take a call. So while Ankan went on to win the title of Swift “Performer of the Week” with prize money of one lakh, Preeti’s journey at “Just Dance” ended today. It was a sad moment for everyone but what cheered up the crowd was Hrithik’s sweet gesture as he gifted 3 lakhs to Preeti so that she could pursue her dream of starting a dance school in her hometown & promote dance as a career option.

With Preeti’s elimination, every contestant felt the heat & it’s only going to get tough from here. So let’s hope we get to see some dhamkedar performances in the forth coming weeks & may the best of the best survive.

Swati Ghosh

Rangmunch.TV

Some Memorable Friendship Scenes: Just here

On the occasion of friendship day, we thought, we could take a look at some of the friendship day scenes shown on the TV shows.

StarOne has a channel has always brought some of the best youth shows for us to cherish.  As the channel goes in for a re-vamp and brings in new kind of shows, we here at Rangmunch.tv would like to acknowledge the accolades the channel has earned from online fans all over for bringing in such vibrant shows with fresh themes.

Hope You enjoy watching the scenes!! We did while hunting them for you :)


Niharika Vidya Sagar
Rangmunch.tv

Friendship's Day Special: Swapna Waghmere Joshi

Rang Badalti Odhani may have gone off air recently, but our experience with Swapna ji the Director and Producer of the show has always been a warm one. That's the sole reason why, we thought, we would extend our Greetings to her, by doing a short round of questions with her on this special day made just for friends. Needless to say, the answers were..... Well, we wont say it... you go read it for yourself and tell us what you think.

1. A lot is said and written about friendships in the industry being opportunistic and driven by selfish motives? What do you have to say about that?

 Then that is not friendship.. I have lovely friends in the industry and none of them are opportunistic or selfish.a biiiig hug to all of them on this day..

2. You are working, and you have a fixed life style, where obviously things get hectic,    would you make an extra effort for your friends just because u dont get time otherwise?

We all make that extra effort to be in touch with each other.. And then our friendship lines are open 24/7  so we know we are never alone..There are times when one of us is too busy...but never too busy for a phone call or a quick giggling session or a quick howling session:-)

3. Friend you have had for the longest time.

Are never taken for granted..the bond has strengthened over a period of time.. Love u rupal and Janet... My oldest friends :-)))

4. A friend who cracks real bad jokes.

All of them have a weird sense of humour but prashant bhatt takes the cake

5. Your 3 Am friend

Bhairavi and Manish Raisinghani

6. A friend who is a confidante

Not giving his name.. U ll bribe him to get my secrets out... Hahahaha

7. A friend who loves gifting you stuff.

Everyone spoils me:-))))

8. A friend you hate to love.

None.. I love to love them all

9. One song that you would like to dedicate to your friends.

Would like to write one for them and dedicate it to them.. No ready made stuff for my friends..they are special

10. Last of all....on your journey with RBO....how would rate actors of your show on scale of

 Karan 10

Yashasree 10
Manish 10
Rushad Rana 10 

Khushboo. 10
Rucha Gujrati 10
Aliraza 10
Rushali 10

Scripted & Compiled by:


Navyanka Varma
Niharika Vidya Sagar
Rangmunch.tv

Sushant to quit Pavitra Rishta ?

"Manav "of Pavitra Rishta is in great demand and is said to have received more than 6 Reality Shows to anchor. If rumors are to be believed, actor Sushant Rajput will be finally calling it quits with his role as "Manav" in Pavitra Rishta. Sushant has been toying with the idea of quitting the show ,as he is getting flooded with huge offers from across the channels to cover many reality shows. If speculations are to be believed then we would be seeing him for the last time on the episode that airs this Diwali. 

Sushant has been in talks with various channels and wants to consider a reality show as its different and the money package is huge.He has also shown a desire to learn more about film making from US and Broadway dancing.We all know how good he was in " Jhalak Dikhlaja", so this move really doesn't come as a surprise.

Well, we hope all this rumor or speculation is just that as the audience will be heartbroken to see his exit from Pavitra Rishta. 

The jodi of Archana and Manav is hugely popular and the role of Manav for sure is irreplaceable with any other and it may not go down very well with his fans as well considering they love Manav. We all now can only wait and watch as to what Sushant decides.

NAVYANKA VARMA

Rangmunch.tv