This year has been great for the Television Industry with many Bollywood actors making their debut and comebacks on fictional TV shows. Check it out.
Sonali Bendre in Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh
After hosting reality TV shows like Kya Masti Kya Dhoom....! and Mission Sapne and judging Mr & Mrs Television, Indian Idol 4, India's Got Talent, Hindustan Ke Hunarbaaz and India's Best Dramebaaz, Sonali Bendre made her TV debut in the fiction genre with Ekta Kapoor's TV show Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh. She plays the role of Shobha Sachdev, the wife of a rich politician, whose world turns upside down when her husband gets jailed following a sex scandal.
Amitabh Bachchan in Yudh
Known for changing the face of Indian TV as the host of the hit quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan chose Anurag Kashyap's Yudh- a 20 episode mini-series as his debut fiction television show. Though the show faced criticism due to its slow narrative, Big B's performance as the industrialist Yudhisthir Sikarwar, who is suffering from an incurable neuropsychological disorder, was highly appreciated.
Nimrat Kaur in Homeland The Lunchbox actress nailed it as Tasneem Qureshi, Read More">a Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence officer in the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American political thriller Homeland. Mallika Sherawat in Hawaii Five-0 Also making her debut on American TV was Mallika Sherawat as the Afgan National Farah Khan in the fourth season of the AmericanRead More
Nimrat Kaur in Homeland
The Lunchbox actress nailed it as Tasneem Qureshi, a Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence officer in the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American political thriller Homeland.
Mallika Sherawat in Hawaii Five-0
Also making her debut on American TV was Mallika Sherawat as the Afgan National Farah Khan in the fourth season of the American police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0.
In Laut Aao Trisha, Bhagyashree, essays the role of Amrita Swaika a strong willed mother who will go to any extent to find her daughter Trisha, who has suddenly disappeared. The heavily promoted show about the intrigue and the complexities of relationships in a rich household isn't fetching the expected ratings.
Rajat Kapoor in Everest
Rajat Kapoor returned to small screen as the shrewd, calculating and extremely ambitious CEO of Century Corporation, Ramesh Roongta in Ashutosh Gowarikar's Everest.
Famous for his reality shows like Roadies and Splitsvilla, Rannvijay Singh made his debut in the fiction genre as the protagonist Major Rajveer Shergill, who is caught between his inhibitions and his tumultuous life and with his responsibilities not only limited to his country and his family but also to the common man, in Pukaar-Call for the Hero.
Raj Babbar in Pukaar-Call for the Hero
Actor-politician Raj Babbar makes a comeback as Rannvijay's father in Pukaar - Call for the Hero.
Poonam Dhillon returned to TV with the show Ek Nayi Pehchaan, inspired from R Balki's film English Vinglish. The show didn't connect much with the audience and was pulled off within 10 months.
Padmini Kolhapure in Ek Nayi Pehchaan
Joining her friend Poonam in Ek Nayi Pehchaan, was actress Padmini Kolhapure. She was brought in to add spice to the show as Poonam Dhillon's onscreen husband's love interest.