After Rendezvous With Simi Garewal, Star World kicks off another chat show Cover Story. Launching tomorrow (14 September), the show will air every Sunday at 10 pm.

Vir Sanghvi hosts the show in a friendly straightforward manner. He already hosts Vir Ke Teer on the sister channel Star News.

Sanghvi's first guest is the star of Balaji soap Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Smriti Irani. The credits at the beginning mimic the opening of Kamzor Kadii Kaun (the adaptation of the BBC show Weakest Link) and one gets the impression that this show too may have contestants.

The flow of dialogue is very smooth and Sanghvi has successfully got behind the onscreen persona. What he got was a confident outspoken woman, who one feels, would have succeeded in any sphere of life.

The show reveals fascinating and surprising glimpses of the actress' personality including the fact that as a child she was physically aggressive. Another surprise is her fluency with the English language. She talks frankly about how she started her career swabbing and cleaning the floors of a Mcdonalds outlet.

She also talks about the difficulties of working through pregnancy which she claims is not unusual for the Indian woman.

She is also comfortable with the criticism hurled at Balaji soaps for being regressive, and retaliates saying, "I am not playing the character as some dumb bimbette who just sits around." She also reminisces on how Balaji creative head Ekta Kapoor encouraged her to take on a nasty tone, early on while filming.

In sum, Cover Story is a welcome addition to Star World's Made In India programme band.

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