Aeons ago Jaya Bhaduri played Mili in Hrishikesh Mukherjee?s film. Now TV has its own Mili, spelt Miilee. Hopefully this Miilee will spread some sunshine on television. Right now, the prospects seem less than bright. The first few episodes had a bit of The Sound Of Music and a bit of Gulzar?s Parichay. But it all boils down to nothing substantial as yet. There?s Dadima (Sushma Seth) on a wheelchair who frowns so hard at her screen son Kiran Kumar that you fear for her grey wig. Beta erred years ago by not having the spleen to marry the girl he loved. Grandma, apparently, is a sucker for love. So she tells the haveli?s favourite butler (Vineet Kumar) who barks orders at housemaids in short dresses as though he were the Speaker of an unruly Parliament.

TV has its own profile and its own icons. We saw two of them this week on Star World?s Koffee With Karan. ?Tulsi? and ?Parvati?, aka Smriti Irani and Sakshi Tanwar, were a barrelful of fun. Smriti and Sakshi may be rivals on TV. But, as Smriti told Karan, they?re friends in real life. ?I think Tulsi and Parvati are twins separated at birth and a lot of journalists when they call up say there?s some rivalry happening. But what mostly transpires between me and Sakshi is we sit together and crib about everything.? Smriti also revealed why she looks overweight. ?I did try to lose weight and I started looking younger than my screen-son Gautam who is actually my classmate from back school.? Not to be left behind Sakshi Tanwar called Abhishek Bachchan the hottest hunk in Indian cinema. She called Salman Khan ?mindblowing? and said she would love to play Rani Mukherjee?s role in Black. When asked why she thought her show Kahanii Ghar Ghar Kii was better than Smriti?s Kyunki Saas, Tanwar replied, ?Because the characters in Kahanii are more human.?

Since this week?s Sa Re Ga Ma coincided with April Fool?s Day, Shaan decided to make a fool of us. It?s another matter he ended up looking more a fool than a prankster. He gave up his place to fellow-singer Babul Supriyo who made a hash of the anchoring job. Shaan himself put on what he thought was a foolproof disguise and an accent which he whisked off at the end of the show. Good grief! Will these overgrown babas of blunderland please grow up?