In
a
first
of
sorts,
B-Town
stars
will
feature
on
dance
reality
show,
Dance
Premier
League
—
for
free!
Five
teams
from
the
North,
East,
West,
South
and
Central
zones
of
India
and
one
NRI
team
will
compete.
One
star
will
represent
each
zone.
A
source
confirms
the
development
and
reveals
why
the
stars
are
joining
the
show
for
free,
"Mostly
to
promote
their
future
films
—
like
Salman
is
coming
for
Main
Aur
Mrs
Khanna.
Akshay
Kumar
is
keen
to
represent
a
zone
to
promote
his
upcoming
film
Blue.
Talks
are
still
on."
Danish
Khan,
VP
Market-ing,
Sony
confirms,
"There
is
no
financial
deal
involved
with
the
stars.
It's
our
relationship
with
them
and
we
provide
the
benefits
for
promoting
their
films." The
Morani
brothers
of
Cineyug
are
producing
DPL.
The
show
airs
from
October
this
year.
Salman
Khan:
He
will
root
for
the
North
DPL
team
alongwith
Kapil
Dev.
The
actor
will
travel
to
Delhi
on
September
9
for
the
final
selection
of
the
North
team
Kareena
Kapoor:
Will
represent
the
West
Zone
Bipasha
Basu:
She
will
be
the
face
of
the
East
Zone
will
be
represented
by
Bipasha
Basu.
Arshad
Warsi:
He
will
cheer
for
the
south.
Preity
Zinta:
The
Bollywood
stars
for
the
Central
and
NRI
Zones
haven't
yet
been
finalised.
Preity
Zinta
is
in
talks
for
the
Central
Zone.
It
all
depends
on
the
dates
of
the
stars
and
the
dates
of
the
zonal
shows.
Katrina
Kaif:
had
been
approached
for
the
NRI
Zone
but
now
she's
not
doing
it.
There
are
talks
of
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
Kajol
also
representing
the
NRI
Zone
to
promote
their
film
My
Name
Is
Khan
as
the
film
is
based
around
NRIs.
Story first published: Monday, September 7, 2009, 14:12 [IST]