MUMBAI: Colors is launching a comedy reality show titled ?Nautanki- the Comedy Theatre? on 2 February.

Replacing Bigg Boss 6 during weekends, the show will air every Saturday and Sunday at 9 pm.

The bi-weekly produced by Endemol India will have a new theme in every episode. The channel claims that the show is a confluence of theatre, film and television.

The show features Neha Dhupia and Tusshar Kapoor in search of the main lead along with their ensemble cast of four primary characters. These primary ?nautankebaaz? are Gurpreet Ghuggi, Rashami Desai-Sandhu, Kamya Punjabi and child comedian Saloni Daini.

The story line moves forward in every episode with these artists playing different characters trapped in various situations along with special cameos by different celebrity guests in every episode.

Colors non-fiction head Mainsha Sharma said, "We are exploring an entirely new concept on television with Nautanki using comedy-theatre format of live acts and a special four-turntable construction with changing props that helps the acts to move fluidly between locations. As the pandemonium unfolds, the show will bring to the fore amusing issues of daily life that viewers will find connect with, making it for an entertaining weekend. The uniqueness of the concept lies in the continuous story line that will move forward in every episode."

"With Nautanki we wanted to continue with the fun and crasiness that Bigg Boss held in the slot. You will see a lot of comedy with drama along with some of television?s most popular faces and Bigg Boss housemates in Nautanki as well," Sharma added.

Endemol India CEO Deepak Dhar said, "As a constant endeavor to evolve and present something different to the viewers, we conceptualised Nautanki : The Comedy Theatre - a first of its kind Broadway-style comedy format for television. Comedy as a genre is widely accepted and we wanted to take it a step ahead by amalgamating films, television and theatre to create a light-hearted series that one looks forward to every weekend. We are certain that this weekend show will have the audiences in splits."

NEW DELHI: The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has forwarded to the Home Ministry a representation alleging misuse of the national anthem by Colors TV channel for promotion of a reality show.

The representation had been received from advocate Jeetender Gupta, alleging that Colors TV channel is misusing national anthem for promoting a reality show in theatres, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has said.

Gupta had also filed a writ petition in the High Court. "The High Court disposed off the case by stating that the representation made to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting should be looked into by the concerned ministry - the Ministry of Home Affairs," Tewari said.