Idea Zee Cinestars

Infobox Television
show_name = Idea Zee Cinestars


caption = The promotional logo image of "Idea Zee Cinestars".
format = Reality, talent, Dance
picture_format = 480i (SDTV)
runtime = Approx. 52 Minutes
creator = Zee Network &
Optimystix Entertainment
director = ??
presenter = Aman Verma
judges = Anupam Kher
Pooja Bhatt
Madhur Bhandarkar
opentheme = "Zee Cinestars"
slogan = "Ab Bollywood Door Nahin"
country = IND
network = Zee TV
first_aired = November 3, 2006
last_aired = March 10, 2007
num_episodes = Total 37
related = India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj
website = http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=73

Idea Zee Cinestars was a popular talent-hunt reality show that began its second season after the success of its first season show India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj on Zee TV channel in 2006. The season 2 of the show was produced by Optimystix Entertainment. The show went on air in the first week of November and had it's Grand Finale in March 2007 at a glittering 2 hour ground event that was televised live.

Concept

The show's main concept is to find Bollywood's next superstar among many of the contestants who participated. This is a reality/talent show and is a hunt for Bollywood's next superstars. It is a platform where contestants display their talent to on-looking nation and get voted as the next Bollywood star.

Zee Cinestars is a platform for every Indian youth who dreams of making it in the movies. A 1 hour talent hunt show; it will feature participants from various cities in the country, who will showcase their acting and dancing skills in the show. The aim of the show is to find two potential stars, who will be given an opportunity to feature in their forthcoming film which is to be produced by a leading banner.

This reality series is split into various stages and will essentially showcase the ecstasy, trauma, victory and defeat through 18 weeks. The hunt will narrow down to 2 Best performers from the entire nation. 60 participants will be brought down to Bombay – ‘The City of Dreams’, where, over the weeks they will begin to get eliminated to give us the winners of Zee Cinestars. The 60 participants are grouped as couples who will be groomed by Bollywood’s popular Directors and Choreographers. The Best couple is chosen by the viewers who have been voting for their favourite performers, through the weeks. This journey to fame is interwoven with the trials and tribulations of the participants who are thriving to be introduced to Hindi Cinema as actors.

Jury
*Aman Verma →→→ Host
*Anupam Kher →→ Judge
*Pooja Bhatt →→ Judge
*Madhur Bhandarkar →→ Judge

Winners of Zee Cinestars 2007
*Piyush Chopra --- Group B
*Sabina Sheema --- Group B

Contestants

Group A

*Aadil Sharma
*Mamta Dutta
*Manav Sharma
*Pallavi Dutt
*Mrityunjay Nigam
*Piku Sharma
*Rahul Manchanda
*Rakhi Verma
*Rizwan Sikander
*Ritwika Ghoshal
*Sahil Arora
*Varsha Lodh

Group B

*Aalesha Syed
*Ajay Chabria
*Chandani Desai
*Gaurav Bajpai
*Kanchan More
*Hardik Soni
*Minal Gorpade
*Kartik Shetty
*Rachel Gurjar
*Prabhjot Dhillon
*Surod Rizvi
*Rohit Raghav
*Piyush Chopra
*Raj Saluja
*Ruchika Babbar
*Sabina Sheema

Additional Information

*The auditions of the 2nd season were held in Mumbai, Pune, Kanpur, Haryana, New Delhi, Ranchi, Varnasi, as well as internationally in USA and UK.
*Some of the top Bollywood celebrities that participated in the show were Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Fardeen Khan, Rakhi Sawant, Shilpa Shetty, Esha Deol, Bappi Lahiri, and many more.

External links

* [http://www.zee-tv.com/Zee_Serial.aspx?zsid=73 Official Site]
* [http://www.optimystix.tv/activities/television/cinestar-ki-khoj.php# Idea Zee Cinestars on Optimystix Entertainment]
* [http://sify.com/zeecinestar/index.php Fan Site on Sify.com]