​​From Pavitra Punia talking about getting fuller lips to Samarth Jurel reacting to Abhishek slapping Isha on New Year's Eve; Top TV news of the week​

The week has been filled with the excitement of the consecration ceremony of Ayodhya's Ram Mandir. While fans are glued to the screens as it's the finale month of Bigg Boss 17. With the last few days left, the housemates are continuing with their intense fights and there is a shift in friendships. Take a look at what all happened in the whole week:

In the recent episode of Bigg Boss 17, Mannara made a derogatory remark on Ankita Lokhande regarding plastic surgery. Mannara first said, "Stay safe, because you are the finalist" to poke Ankita. As the banter continued, Mannara further mocked, "Background score waali awaaz." Ankita then gave it back to her by imitating how Mannara spoke and she got offended. She further told Ankita, "Aap kyun muh tedha kar rahe hai, apka muh tedha hi tha, yeh toh surgery se bhi theek nahi hota. Joh natural hota hai woh natural hi hota hai." Ankita slams her, "Yes yes, Plastic surgeryaan kara ke aayi hu main. Apni shakal dekh munni."

Sonarika Bhadoria exclusively shared with BT that she is getting hitched on February 18 with her long-time boyfriend and fiance Vikas Parashar. There will be a total of five functions, starting with Mata Ki Chowki in Mumbai, 15 days before their big day on February 18. She says, “We will conduct the Maira ritual on February 16, followed by mehndi in the evening. The haldi ceremony will be performed the next day, and in the evening, we will host a cocktail party-cum-sangeet.”

In a recent vlog, Mahhi gave a glimpse of the new home that she bought for her parents, she said, “This is my house. I have built this house with a lot of hard work. When we came to Bombay, we had shifted almost 10-15 houses on rent. Never thought I would be able to buy a house for myself and also gift a house to my parents.”

She further said, “I belonged to a middle-class family. When I shifted from Noida, neither I nor anybody from the family could imagine that I would be able to do anything. Sabko lagta tha, ‘yeh kya karegi?’ But nobody can change what’s in your fate. Kismet koi nahi badal sakta. I have always believed in this and also teach my kids that, ‘achhe karm karo’. Even if someone is doing you wrong, you be right.”

In an exclusive conversation, Pavitra shared her take on getting fuller lips, "I don’t know why people feel that it is a shameful thing to enhance your features but I got my lips enhanced because I used to feel that my lips were very small. Now, I feel more confident with my lips being fuller. (She showed a photo which had thinner lips and mentioned that she had not done anything to make her lips look fuller)."

Samarth exclusively shared with ETimes TV that what Isha had claimed in the house was true, he said, "Abhishek is lying, whatever Isha has said is absolutely right. Parents always try to hide their children’s mistakes and Abhishek’s mom is no different. In the therapy room, Ishq kept Abhishek’s mom’s respect and did not argue back. But that doesn’t mean she was lying and I was very proud of her."

He added, "Secondly, I’ve seen the chats where Abhishek has accepted hitting her and he has apologised to her for it. He has said, “Maine galat kiya, Mujhe photo Bhej” Isha even sent him photos of her eyes with swelling. I have seen those chats, why would I lie about it? I’ve seen the photos as well. In fact, after that incident, Abhishek even cried on a video call apologising to her. Isha was not lying. She is not that girl who will lie on such big issues, she will lie about small things like she tried to accept our relationship but then agreed within half an hour. I consider it innocent. She is just 19 years old, it happens."

Niyati Fatnani had an exclusive chat with ETimes TV where she opened up about doing intimate scenes for a web show, she shared, "I honestly wouldn't have done it if it was a different production house. Karishma, the producer, gave me a call that they want me on board because the episode is about dancing as well. You know, there's a lot of dancing and there is this sizzling chemistry. I said that I'll think about it. And then I spoke to my mom."

She added, "My producer also spoke to my mom and we both kind of convinced my mom that you know it's not going to be that much, you know, it's going to be aesthetically shot. My mom was okay. Initially, she didn't want me to do it, and I also didn’t want to. But because it was a production that I knew, the director I knew was my co-actor, Utkarsh. It was a very comfortable space for me. Although I was attempting for the first time, I was very nervous on set when we had to shoot that kiss sequence. But I was like, what better option do I have than to try something new with people who I know? So that is why I attempted it and trust me if I say this because. Not once did my director want to try more angles. They were okay. We just did two takes and we were done with it. People around me were very understanding."

Shark Tank India 3's Shark Ritesh Agarwal exclusively shared with ETimes TV, his feelings on embracing fatherhood, "It’s still early days. I am trying to be better in my diaper duties and of course, the sleep is quite volatile as you can imagine. But it is so special. Just seeing your child change every day because he becomes slightly different every week. So I think it’s a fantastic thing. So this is very new and this year is a year with all new roles. There’s fatherhood and then there is Shark Tank India season 3. So I have to try and do well in quite a few things. I am looking forward to it."

Ramanand Sagar's son Moti Sagar opens up about attending the consecration ceremony of Ayodhya's Ram Mandir, says "I am going because they have sent an invitation. They have made it zonal. So, the Head of the Konkan Zone had called me and messaged me. Then they came to invite us personally. They also went to Dipika Chikhalia. They have invited me and it’s an honour so I am going to attend it. They have made all the arrangements for the stay. I had gone to Ayodhya to visit one of the ashrams I was invited to. I was waiting for the temple to get ready to visit again."

Aasif Sheikh shared he was quite frustrated when he used to do films, "When I used to do cinema, I always complained that I was not getting good roles. My main reason for doing television was to get that due respect for my work. Whatever I have right now is because of the medium. I did cinema for about seven years, but I earned the respect on TV. I was quite frustrated when I was doing films and when I was out of work for some time."

Monaz got candid with ETimes TV, as she shared about dealing with trolls, "When there are negative comments on social media related to my character I don’t let it affect me. If the comments are like constructive criticism I will definitely work on it and improve myself but if there is hate speech I don’t let it affect me. Out of 100 percent 80 percent of my fans and audiences are liking me as Roshan Bhabhi. But 20 percent are not liking me, it’s fine because not everyone can like me. It is practically impossible to make everyone like me. It’s fine I take everything in a positive stride. Some people will like you, others won’t but if there is valuable feedback I will definitely incorporate it in my acting and try to improve myself. I won’t stop myself from giving my 100 months percent. I will continue doing it. It is not going to change my performance and I aim to make my audience and face happy."

Aashish recently returned to the show after a leap, he exclusively shared what the viewers can expect from his character, "As far as I know, I have only shot for a few scenes here and there. Toshu has made few decisions due to which he has left his house. Now, he is entirely a different person and doesn't want to touch the old chords again. He is strongly focused on it. It is more like when we leave our homes and go to a different city. There is a certain power that we feel comes with it as we won't be answerable to our parents and all. All of us have gone through it, some may be in that phase. So in such instances when one either burdens under the tag of being a loser, channels the aggression into something else or takes a positive turn. But Toshu is none of the above. Toshu is completely opposite of what Anupamaa, Vanraj and Kinjal have perceived him to be."