Rahul Mahajan’s newlywed wife Dimpy Ganguly, whom he married on a highly watched and much talked about reality show, wants her husband to pursue a political career like his father, late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, rather than be in show business.

“I really want him (Rahul) to pursue a political career,” Dimpy told reporters in Mumbai on Saturday night after exchanging wedding vows with Rahul on Imagine TV’s Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega.

To this, 35-year-old Rahul said: “I’ll first manage my home and once that is settled, I’ll manage the country.”

Rahul has earlier participated in reality show “Bigg Boss” too.

Dimpy, 21, is a model and actress by profession. She piped other finalists Nikunj Malik, 25 and Harpreet, 21, apart from over 16,500 applicants from across the country to be Rahul’s wife. And the Bengali lass says she will continue to work after marriage as well.

“Rahul doesn’t want me to be a housewife. So I’ll work. But I don’t know yet what I will be doing,” said Dimpy, who was sporting a red wedding outfit designed by Neeta Lulla, the traditional ‘mangal sutra’ in her neck and vermillion on her forehead.

Rahul had vowed to marry a girl on national TV and he kept his promise by doing so with the Kolkata-based girl, despite the recent death of his uncle Praveen Mahajan, who was convicted for killing his politician father Pramod Mahajan in 2006.

The duo will be registering their marriage on Tuesday in Bandra, Mumbai.

Rahul’s mother Rekha Mahajan was present during the lavish wedding and blessed the couple. His father’s photograph was also placed at the marriage venue.

Dimpy’s family members as well as several TV celebrities attended the glitzy event at the Leela Kempinski Hotel in Mumbai.

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Reality TV show Indian Idol is gearing up for season five. The registration phone lines for auditions have opened already. According to sources, the show will travel to five cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad for auditions, starting on March 5.

“Mumbai and Delhi are natural choices,” says Danish Khan of Sony Entertainment channel, which telecasts the show. The channel plans to involve the previous seasons’ contestants and winners in promotions. “It’ll generate buzz and get more people to register for auditions,” says Khan.

The channel only has Anu Malik, the music composer who has been judging for the last four seasons, on board so far. “Anu is involved in the show. We’re still not sure about who the other judges will be. Hopefully, by the end of the next two weeks, we should know,” informs Khan.

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Lux Dance India Dance – Sabse Bade Star Ki Khoj

Dance India Dance is a reality dance show which is aired on Indian satellite television channel Zee TV. The show is produced by UTV Software Communications and is known to be India’s biggest dance reality show until present.

Choreographers

The show is to be choreographed by some of the most popular Indian choreographers, such as Terrance Lewis, Remo D’Souza and Geeta Kapoor.

The Mahaguru (Judge)

After judging a dance reality show on a Bengali channel, now Bollywood’s original disco king Mithun Chakraborty is set to judge a show on Zee TV.

The National Award winning actor, who became a dancing sensation in the 1980s with hits like Disco Dancer, will now be seen judging every step and move of participants on the show.

Format of the Show

Lux Dance India Dance is a contest between 18 participants who have been divided into three groups of 6 participants as Geeta ki Gang, Terence ki Toli and Remo ke Rangeele.

Host of the Show

The Gujarati chocolate boy Jay Bhanushali, and the popular radio jockey, Tarana Raja, are the hosts. Lux Dance India Dance goes on air from 30th January 2009, every Friday and Saturday at 9:30 pm.

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After introducing a female commentator aka Mandira Bedi to cricket, Max is all set to bring in the children.

The exclusive broadcaster of the DLF Indian Premier League, Max has introduced a talent hunt, called Extraaa Innings T20 Junior, to look for hosts in the age group of 7-14 years, among children from across the country.

The nationwide hunt for will select eight junior Extraaa Innings T20 hosts, for eight teams that play the game. The hosts will voice their opinions and interact with their home team players, guests and expert panel on-air for the entire DLF IPL 2010 season.

“Kids are a very natural audience for us, and we want to ensure that they feel involved in the activities and communication that we do. Also, as an entertainment channel, we want to give a complete family viewing experience. And kids have a big say in choosing what runs on TV,” Gaurav Seth, vice-president – marketing.

The winners will feature on Extraaa Innings, when their teams play a match in the respective home cities. For instance, a winner from Mumbai will represent the Mumbai team, and when the team plays a match in the home-city, the winner will be part of Extraaa Innings.

The talent hunt, which began about a month ago, reaches 50 towns and over 1,200 schools through school contact programmes, radio contests, and IVRS modules. Registration forms were distributed in every school and teachers selected 30 students per school, based on the criteria shared with them. These students were then invited to participate in the audition in the city of their region.

Apart from this, there is also a radio contest, where kids will be quizzed by the radio jockey, and if found suitable, will win invites to the audition. The radio partner for this activity is Big FM. Kids can also register themselves at the venue for the auditions.

Nine cities have been chosen to hold the auditions, namely Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Jaipur (the places that house the IPL teams) and Ahmedabad.

During these auditions, apart from their knowledge of cricket, the kids will be tested on several parameters, such as screen presence, entertainment quotient, spontaneity and confidence level.

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