#WrapUpAugust: A month where many shows CAME and WENT!
Shows took centre-stage this month.
Published: Thursday,Aug 31, 2017 18:41 PM GMT-06:00
While July was a more happening month all thanks to the controversies and buzz, August was more about shows coming and going, apart from the normal entries and exits.
Here's what transpired this month.
The television industry lost 2 actors - Gagan Kang and Arijit Lavania met their untimely death in a road accident. Actor Manish Bisla stepped into Gagan Kang's shoes in Mahakaali: Anth Hi Aarambh Hai, but Arijit's replacement is yet to be finalised.
ENTRIES
There were pivotal but, less number of entries in shows this month a few of which are-
Paras Chhabra in Aarambh, Dolly Sohi in Meri Durga, Nidhi Uttam in Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Sudha Chandran in Shani, Angad Hasija in Waaris, Vandana Vithlani and Apurva Agnihotri in Sasural Simar Ka, Ashish Kapoor in Woh Apna Sa, Poonam Preet entered Naamkarann and Rishika Mihani entered Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?
EXITS
Kanchi Singh quit Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and Kunal Verma made an abrupt exit from Dil Se Dil Tak.
REPLACEMENTS
Vishal Jethwa replaced Bhavesh Balchandani in Big Magic's Chakradhari Ajay Krishna, when the latter quit the show.
COMEBACKS
Neha Saxena will soon make her comeback with And TV's next titled Siddhivinayak.
ON AIR
A really long list of shows went on-air this month- Kaun Banega Crorepati 9, Jeet Gayi Toh Piya More, Vighnaharta Ganesh, Dev, Rishton Ka Chakravyuh, Nimki Mukhiya, Ayushman Bhavv, Kya Haal Mr.Panchal and Sam Dam Dand Bhed, Om Shanti Om.
OFF AIR
Ghulaam, Prem Ya Paheli? - Chandrakanta, May I Come In Madam?, Har Mard Ka Dard, Peshwa Bajirao, Yeh Moh Moh Ke Dhaage, Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke Aise Bhi and Pehredaar Piya Ki went off-air this month. Some ran their course while a few end-tracks came as a shock.
WEBBED
Ekta Kapoor will soon be back with a web series titled Haq Se, starring Suvreen Chawla, Karan Wahi and Suvreen Chawla have bagged Netflix's Sacred Games.
PATCH UP
Adaa Khan and Ankit Gera, who had had a nasty breakup in the past have now patched up as friends and are constantly seen in each other's company along with their mutual group of friends, also Urvashi Dholakia and Anuj Sachdeva are rumoured to have patched up.
BREAK UPS
Shraddha Arya was in the news for having a troubled time with her fiance, but she denied having called off her engagement.
Well, there was news of lovebirds Mohit Raina and Mouni Roy parting ways, but Mohit denied these rumours.
ENGAGEMENTS
Kunal Verma and Puja Banerjee, Maheck Chahal and Ashmit Patel got engaged this month.
MARRIAGES
Actress Pooja Singh announced her wedding with fiance Kapil Chattani on December 5th, Anas Rashid will tie the knot with fiance Heena on September 10th, Naman Shaw will also tie the knot with his long time best friend Nehaa Mishra on November 23rd.
DIVORCES
Piyush Sahdev and wife Akangsha Rawat Sachdev separated after their 5 year marriage fell apart.
INJURIES
Neel Motwani recently injured his leg in a bid to save his co-star, Karanvir Bohra injured his ankle and will soon have to undergo surgery soon, Trishika Ashish Tripathi injured herself when the set that she was shooting on caught fire, Zayed Khan injured himself when he fell off his horse during a shoot, Karthika Nair slipped from her harness and fractured her ankle.
BABIES
Rajshri Thakur Vaidya gave birth to a baby girl this month, Pooja Sharma too welcomed a baby girl into this world, Sourabh Raaj Jain became the proud papa to twins - a boy and a girl.
BUZZ
Krushna Abhishek and Sudesh Lehri's fallout, Amit Tandon's wife Ruby Tandon jailed in Dubai, Kunal Verma and Siddharth Shukla's fight on the sets of Dil Se Dil Tak, the FWICE Strike, the Pehredaar Piya Ki controversy and Ssharad Malhotra and Amit Tandon's apparent cold war on the sets of Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki made it to the headlines.
All in all, August saw a sort of revamp on the content front on Television.
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Dolly Sohi
Karanvir Bohra
Naman Shaw
Mohit Raina
Mouni Roy
Rajeev Khandelwal
Karan Wahi
Ekta Kapoor
Urvashi Dholakia
Zayed Khan
Akangsha Rawat Sachdev
Amit Tandon
Anas Rashid
Angad Hasija
Apurva Agnihotri
Ashish Kapoor
Surveen Chawla
Sudha Chandran
Sharad Malhotra
Sidharth Shukla
Ashmit Patel
Puja Banerjee
Piyush Sahdev
Sourabh Raaj Jain
Gagan Kang
Krushna Abhishek
Anuj Sachdeva
Neha Saxena
Nidhi Uttam
Kunal Verma
Sudesh Lehri
Ankit Gera
Adaa Khan
Trishikha Ashish Tripathi
Maheck Chahal
Vandana Vithlani
Shraddha Arya
Poonam Preet
Pooja Sharma
Rishika Mihani
Tejasswi Prakash
Pooja Singh
Kanchi Singh
Neel Motwani
Karthika Nair
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
May I Come In Madam?
Har Mard Ka Dard
Yeh Moh Moh Ke Dhaage
Ghulaam
Peshwa Bajirao
Prem Ya Paheli? - Chandrakanta
Pehredaar Piya Ki
Aarambh
Kaun Banega Crorepati 9
Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi
Waaris
Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?
Rishton Ka Chakravyuh
Shani
Meri Durga
Sasural Simar Ka
Naamkarann
Dil Se Dil Tak
Woh Apna Sa
Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki
Jeet Gayi Toh Piya More
Mahakaali: Anth Hi Aarambh Hai
Dev
Star Plus
Colors
Big Magic
And TV
Comments (30)
Anas Rashid and Heena, CONGRATULATIONS :)
7 years ago
Loving Naamkaran.kudps to the entire team
7 years ago
Zain Imam and Aditi Rathore..keep up the good work
7 years ago
Have a good weekend, Neel Motwani and Angad Hasija Looking forward to next week of Waaris
7 years ago
Have beautiful weekend Siddharth Shukla. . .
7 years ago
I adored Siddharth Shukla as Shiv by SidYusha-AnSh and I just love Siddharth Shukla as Parth too...
7 years ago
Ghulam serial ka season 2 aana chahiye pr nahi story aur naye actors ke sath.
7 years ago
Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi rocks! Waiting for it's comeback..
7 years ago
Hearty welcome to the babies into this world... so pehredaar ultimately became one of the shortest shows
7 years ago
PARTH IS THE BEST IN DIL SE DIL TAK SIDDHARTH SHUKLA.
7 years ago