Mumbai:

The workaholic TV tycoon Ekta Kapoor is now working on her new show a TV gossip magazine called ‘Kandy Floss’ for Sony. Giving the details of the format for the first time, Ekta says: “We’ve never really had a gossip-and-information show about TV on TV before. Also Balaji Telefilms hasn’t really done much non-fiction though we did do the Sunita Menon show on Zoom, which was very successful. But, yes, ‘Kandy Floss’ is a first for us. And we’re excited.” Besides a regular female anchor, ‘Kandy Floss’ will have an animation creature called Kandy who’ll take viewers through the party-gossip-info circuit on television. “It would be my tribute to Madame M, the fictional gossip writer whom I grew up reading in the magazine Cine Blitz.” The anchor is not confirmed, but isn’t Archana Puran Singh talking about anchoring the show? Besides ‘Kandy Floss’ on Sony, Ekta has two new fiction programmes coming up – ‘Kya Hoga Nimmo Ka’ on Star One and ‘Kasam Se’ on Zee.” We’ve already started casting for Nimmo. Though it will have a new face in the central role, the supporting cast will comprise some very well-known veterans from stage and movies never seen in my serials,” promises Ekta. As for the revival of “Hum Paanch” on Zee, Ekta says it’s still not certain how successful it would be. “The channel told me either I bring ‘Hum Paanch’ back, or they’d do it themselves. How could I let someone else take over my show? “I’ve revived two of my shows, ‘Mano Ya No Mano’ and ‘Koi Haadsa Koi Haqeeqat’, successfully. Why not ‘Hum Paanch’?”