Back home: Tulsi

Bees saal baad, she is back to Shantiniketan. The 20 years of vanwas is over and the most loved icon on the small screen, Smriti Irani’s Tulsi Virani, can return home.

Thanks to the shrewd and scheming Meera, Tulsi not only lost her home, but her most prized possession, her family. However, she is now back where she belongs and is ready to fight out the evil Meera. Having discovered the truth about his wife’s innocence, even Mihir now wants Tulsi back in Shantiniketan. But being the righteous woman she is, Tulsi refuses to come back. But fate, Balaji’s favourite character, has its own ways.

With Baa falling ill and wishing for Tulsi’s return, Indian television’s most-loved bahu has to return to Shantiniketan. Once back, Tulsi realises that in her absence, the very house she nurtured has lost all the values she taught everyone. Now, will she be able to turn things around again? Watch Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Monday to Friday at 10.30 pm on STAR Plus.

Rock ’n’ roll: Hiten Tejwani and Gauri Pradhan

Dance dance

Get ready for the newest Dwitiya on the block — Nach Baliye 2. The much-awaited second season of the hugely popular celebrity dance show hits TV screens this September. The STAR One show, which saw Sachin and Supriya Pilgaonkar crowned champions last time, returns with a brand new line-up of real-life celebrity jodis.

While the format remains the same, there will be a special Wild Card round. The 10 couples chosen for Nach Baliye 2 include Narayani Shastri and Gaurav Chopraa, Gauri and Yash Tonk, Shweta Kawaatra and Manav Gohil, Shweta Tiwari and Raja, Ketaki and Rasik Dave, Gurdip Kohli and Arjun J Punjj, Gauri Pradhan and Hiten Tejwani, Tina and Hussain Kuwajerwala, Keerti Gaekwad and Sharad Kelkar, and Tanaaz Lal and Bakhtyaar Irani.

There will be a change in the judges’ line-up too. While Saroj Khan and Malaika Arora Khan will return from the first season, Fanaa director Kunal Kohli will replace Farhan Akhtar, who would be busy with the post-production of Don.

Announcing the launch of Nach Baliye 2, Sameer Nair, CEO of STAR India, said: “We had an idea and turned it into a reality… and our audiences made it an outright success. And now Nach Baliye returns with the promises to deliver the same magic, if not more.”

In style: Pierce Brosnan

On the Bond beat

He may no longer have the martini shaken but Pierce Brosnan still stirs minds across the globe. This Sunday you can catch the most popular James Bond at the box-office on the small screen in an exciting episode of Inside the Actor’s Studio.

Born in Ireland, Brosnan, the original Remington Steele, moved to England at an early age. Which explains his ability to play men from both backgrounds convincingly. But while the world still loves him as Bond, Brosnan says on the show: “There was only one Bond for me — Sean Connery.”

There’s more trivia. The scar Brosnan has on the right side above his top lip is because he was hit by a stuntman on the making of Tomorrow Never Dies. Also, Brosnan got three BMW cars along with his pay cheques for his work in Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough. Catch the man on Sony’s English movie channel PIX, this Sunday at 7 pm.