NEW DELHI: After judging singing reality show Indian idol and hosting chat shows on Television, choreographer turned filmmaker Farah Khan will soon be seen hosting a new reality show “Lip Sing Battle”, where Bollywood celebrities will battle it out on lip synched songs.
Speaking about the new show, to be aired on Star Plus, Farah, said the show gas been designed to be a spoofy one.
“I have a goodwill with people and the celebrities are comfortable with me. I have worked with so many celebs, choreographed so many, directed many of them, that if I call them they will come on the show with an openness to present their crazier side,” Farah said. Farah said she is completely hands on with the show.
“I have to call celebrities that are all my friends, so I am the presenter cum show runner of the programme. I decide the creatives along with the creative team and who will do what because lot of them are my friends, so I know which celeb used to dance on which song in his/her childhood days,” she said.
Telling about the celebrities who will appear on her show, Farah said, “Raveena is a very good friend of mine since she was in college.
So I know Raveena had performed on Sridevi’s song during college times, and I made her perform on the same song in my show. So, as I know them all personally and I can tell them at what they are comfortable.”
Like Ayushmaan told me he used to perform on Govinda’s song (mera pant bhi sexy) during college days, and wanted to perform on that song again.
So I got it choreographed with Ayushmaan and added some gags. I didn’t want the show to look like an award function event. I desired the show to be funny, spoofy and crazy,” the acclaimed choreographer said.
Talking about the show, Farah said,”the internal craziness which I witness during the parties or at their (celebrities) homes, I want the celebs to come on my show and show the same level of craziness on the sets.”
Asked if the show will reveal the secrets of the personalities and be a chat show, Farah said,”It won’t be a chat show thing. We are not revealing any secrets. We are leaving it to Karan Johar to reveal the secrets in ‘Coffee with Karan.”
On Ali Asgar, who will be a co-host of the show, Farah said,” I insisted to take Ali in the show because I love him and know him for past 20 years since the days he was struggling in the industry.”
The filmmaker said that they won’t be doing any movie promotions on their show.
About her future projects, Farah said,”As soon as I finish this show, I have a subject in mind which I will be writing.”
‘Lip Sing Battle’ , the Indian version of the international show ‘Lip Sync Battle’, will air in a prime time slot on both Saturdays and Sundays on Star Plus. (AGENCIES)
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