The first episode of KBC yesterday on Star plus was disappointing to say the least, and for so many reasons.

Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) simply wasted a wonderful opportunity to make his mark on the small screen, by trying to out do Amitabh Bachchan instead of just being himself.

King Khan and Bollywood Ka Badshah Amitabh Bachchan are just media creations that SRK will do well to ignore in the days ahead. (more…)

Star India CFO, G Subramaniam has, has put in his papers and is currently serving his notice period. He will be with the organization till the end of this month and is slated to join Reliance Mobile in the later course of time.

He is Chartered accountant by qualification. He joined Stat India as CFO, Digital Platform Group in May 2001. Aforementioned to joining Star, he had worked with the BPL Innovision business group in their telecom ventures, including four years with BPL Mobile, Mumbai as the CFO.

The Key professional has made the third exit after the departure of Puneet Johar and Vidyuth Bhandari, last week. Puneet Johar was Senior Vice president, marketing and Communication; he was associated with marketing initiatives of Kkavyanjali, KBC 2, Prithviraj Chauhan and also National Geographic Channel. While, Vidyuth Bhandari was Associate Vice president, he has currently moved to Adlabs Radio as Interactivity Activation and PR Head.

Kaun Banega Crorepati is coming back on Star TV in 2007.The programme went off air because of host Amitabh Bachchan falling ill. Star TV CEO Nair said,�KBC will be back in its third season next year and we are still working out on the details in terms of schedule, timings etc�.

The show and its anchor have become synonymous and there is no question of bringing out season three with any one else. “We still have 24 episodes remaining from season two as per the contract. But we thought since his original schedule has been hampered, we would wait till he completes all his commitments and then talk to him.”