Kolkata: Vouching for the recent marriage between Bollywood and cricket, Juhi Chawla, the co-owner of Shah Rukh Khan's Knight Riders, is confident that the new season of IPL would continue to be as popular as last time.
Bollywood has recently been married off to cricket. Like all marriages the initial years are stormy. But I am sure, it will continue to rock and entertain people, said the bubbly actress about the upcoming second season of the Indian Premier League's Twenty20 tournament.
“Unlike conventional cricket matches there is lot of glamour attached to IPL. I am certain that despite recession everybody is going to tune in to IPL. It's like a carnival,” said the former Ms India, who flew to Kolkata on Sunday for the formal inauguration of Ganga Kutir, a resort and spa on the banks of Hoogly in Raichak accompanied by her husband Jai Mehta.
Excited about the Knight Riders' cheer girls the actress said, “We are planning to have a reality show on television called Knights and Angels where all the aspiring cheer leaders would be trained by choreographer Shiamak Dawar. The best of the lot would be cheering our team this time.”
Asked about the team's plan on hosting matches outside Kolkata the chirpy actres said, “We are still looking into the options of playing in Cuttack. But Orissa is definitely on the cards.”
Asked about the tough bidding of Bangladeshi player Mashrafe Mortaza in the auction, Juhi said, “He is a good bowler, he is from Bangladesh and he suits us best.”
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