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New Delhi, December 22, 2009
Celebrating the joyful Christmas season with fun, food and merriment, NDTV Good Times, India’s first lifestyle channel has announced an entertaining line up of programming for the Christmas weekend.
Tune in to the brand new season of Italian Khana with Ritu Dalmia starting this Christmas eve; learn more about the spirit of Christmas on Festivals, Celebrating India!; do it chocolate with anchor Maria Goretti and Chef Vicky Ratnani celebrating Christmas Spirit on Do it Sweet; meet Santa at his workshop on Me and Mandy; join Magandeep Singh in French City – Lyon sampling Christmas delicacies on Around the World in 85 plates; watch anchors Aditya and Devanshi as they prepare food that’s not only great to taste but also keeps the calories at bay on Lean Is In; celebrate Christmas the Shillong way with Amrita Gandhi on Royal Reservation; celebrate love as Bollywood’s favorite star-wife Suzanne Roshan opens up about her relationship with India’s no.1 heartthrob Hrithik Roshan on The First Ladies with Abu Sandeep; watch Bollywood A-Listers Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif walk the ramp for renowned designer Rohit Bal on the grand finale of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week: Spring Summer 2010.
Italian Khana
Thursday, December 24, 8.30 pm and Friday, December 25, 10 am
Festivals are celebrated best with food, fun and frolic. Watch Chef Ritu Dalmia experience firsthand the magic and chaos that goes with them! At the grape sagre or "grape festival" in Piglio, Chef Ritu Dalmia goes on to taste wine and dance with the locals.
Festivals, Celebrating India!
Thursday, December 24, 10 pm and Friday, December 25, 9 pm
Join us in this heartwarming journey through a festival which has something in store for each one of us. The celebration of the birth of Christ, the celebration, called Christmas.
Do It Sweet
Friday, December 25, 7 pm
This week tune in to Do-It-Sweet and celebrate Christmas with Chef Ratnani and Maria Goretti. There is Chocolate Pudding in Cherry Sauce, Chocolate Tarts with a Milk Chocolate Ganache and Chocolate and Plum cake made especially for their guest Zeba Kohli.
Me & Mandy
Thursday, December 24, 11 pm and Friday, December 25, 11 pm
Christmas dreams come true this week with Me and Mandy they meet Santa in his workshop at the North Pole. The magic of Christmas comes alive in the winter wonderland of Finland.
Around The World In 85 Plates
Friday, December 25, 3 pm
Magandeep celebrates Christmas in Lyon city. Join him as he visits the Christmas market to sample Frog legs, Crab Soup and Chocolate Cake. From there he goes to attend mass at the local church and has a scrumptious meal at La Bourse.
Lean Is In
Friday, December 25, 12 pm
Its Christmas time… and we suggest that you heighten this festive spirit with fun, frolic and food that’s not only healthy, low on calories but also great to taste. Watch Aditya and Devanshi make delicacies like Hara Bhara kebab followed by a low cal Chocolate Rum Cake.
Royal Reservation
Friday, December 25, 2 pm
The Manikyas - the Royal family Tripura have a summer home in Shillong. Amrita sets out on a holiday in the hills- where she samples a feast of Royal Tripuri food, dabbles in their local pastime - archery and celebrates Christmas the Shillong way.
The First Ladies with Abu Sandeep
Friday, December 25, 8.30 pm
Meet the lovely Mrs. Suzanne Roshan on this Christmas’s episode of The First Ladies with Abu Sandeep. The refreshingly frank and vivacious Suzanne talks about how Hrithik and she first met, what it’s like being married to the country's No.1 heart throb and Bollywood's only superhero! The show brings you some rare and warm moments that the couple share on TV for the first time, including a love song that Hrithik sings for his lady love, leaving her spell bound and speechless. There is lots of fun too, with Suzanne's forth right and honest responses to Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla's witty questions and the show's special segments - "Hooked, Booked, Cooked"; "Confession Time" and "Who's The Boss". All that and more this week
Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week: Spring – Summer 2010
Friday, December 25 midnight
After bringing you the best, the biggest and the brightest from all 4 days at the fashion week, it’s the Grand Finale time of Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Spring Summer 2010. Hold on to your seats, for the most fashionable ride of the season with Rohit Bal as he showcases a mesmerizing Grand Finale collection that celebrates India. Join us for some uninterrupted glamour, backstage action, pre-show jitters & candid moments with the designer, models and of course the showstoppers - Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor & Katrina Kaif.
Hunt For the Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2010
Friday, December 25, 10:00 pm
It is finally the D-day of The Hunt for the Kingfisher Calendar Girl 2010. The final three contestants have worked rather hard to get to this point. Cumbersome tasks, overcoming fears and literally “fighting-it-out”; the girls have done it all. But it’s this final day where it all gets decided and to test the girls this week the lens man is none other than the man who takes the Kingfisher Calendar to new heights each year, ace photographer and judge Atul Kasbekar. Who passes these tests and who doesn’t? The judges- Olympic winner Vijender Singh, actor Kunal Kapoor, Shobhaa De, Atul Kasbekar and Milind Soman get to decide. Also adding to the extravaganza is a spectacular performance by Anousha Dandekar.
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