About Time
It took a thousand episodes for the makers of Balika Vadhu to give its doomed child bride some respite.
Siddharth Shukla, 31, has been brought into the show as Shiv Raj Shekhar, a district collector and the man who will woo, win and, hopefully, marry Anandi. Aformer Grasim Manhunt winner, Shukla is known for his role of Veer in TV soap Jaane Pehchaane Se Yeh Ajnabbi and has done ads for Bajaj, ICICI and Siyarams. Let’s hope he is worth the wait.