Who's gearing up for Swayamvar 3 ?

The second season of the marriage-reality show on Imagine TV ended on March 6. Cricketers Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh, reportedly, had been approached for the show’s next season, but neither found the idea of a ‘public’ wedding exciting. Now, the buzz is that Kamal Rashid Khan (of Bigg Boss 3 and Deshdrohi ‘fame’), item dancer Sambhavna Seth and cricketer S Sreesanth are in next in line.

Fazila Allana of SOL, the production house that anchors the show, insists that no one even has the cricketers’ numbers. “We still have to discuss our options, so I wonder how Sambhavana Seth, KRK, Sreesanth, Dhoni and Yuvraj even came into the picture. In fact, we are yet to decide whether it will require the search for a groom or a bride.”

However, she admits that the possibility of approaching a dashing young cricketer is high since there are “only three religions in India — politics, Bollywood and cricket”

According to Shailaja Kejriwal of Imagine TV, the channel is still recovering from the Mahajan wedding. “Ideally, there should be a gap of six months between two seasons. But at the rate the names are being thrown up, the media will be conducting the Swayamvar within two months,” she smiles.

Though she does dismiss the idea of a cricketer being approached, pointing out that they are all busy with the IPL season: “We need an entertainer on the show, but we haven’t decided yet,” Allana agrees: “Both Rakhi (Sawant)and Rahul (Mahajan) were colourful personalities, that’s a prerequisite for such content.” After two seasons, the show is expected to move out of Fatehgarh Palace in Udaipur to a new location.

You wonder if after two divorcees, we’ll have a widow or widower next and Allana laughs, “We live by the policy, ‘Never say never’.” Several women’s organisations had raised a hue and cry on the obscenity issue. Allana disagrees, “My shows are for family viewing. May be some couldn’t digest the notion of multiple candidates wooing one person from the opposite sex.” According to the rumours, Swayamvar Season 3 will roll in by June - July. Both Kejriwal and Allana refute that. “Pre-production takes a while, it’ll take longer than that to go on air,” says Allana.