I won't marry a buffalo: Rahul Mahajan

Rahul Mahajan's reference to cattle comes on this week's Star Trek in the run-up to the launch of his reality bridal hunt on television, Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega. Speaking to Headlines Today's Entertainment Editor Anna M.M. Vetticad, Rahul discusses RDLJ, his career plans, the allegations of physical abuse by his first wife and the perils of being in the spotlight.

Asked how he knows that the girls applying to participate in RDLJ are sincere in their wish to marry him, and are not using his show as a platform to enter the entertainment industry, he replies: "I've got to have the faith. There's a selection procedure. Why have negative thoughts? Why not think that this may end up being a great swayamvar?"

Rahul insists that the culmination of RDLJ will be marriage, and that he's not taking the audience for a ride the way many viewers believe Rakhi Sawant did with her television swayamvar. Remember Rakhi dumped her chosen man soon after the show?

On a more serious note, Rahul also responds to questions about the allegations of physical abuse made against him by his first wife. But what will he do when parents of prospective brides ask him personal questions - about his first marriage, about his drug problems etc - on RDLJ? "They can ask me anything," he replies. "I will answer all questions except about matters that are sub judice."