The melodrama and kitchen counter politics of shows seem mild compared to the scandals off the camera in the TV world. Catastrophic blunders, contentious issues and shocking truths rocked telly town this year. hitlist highlights a few that made us gasp and sometimes roar with laughter:

When Anas took on-screen romance too seriously...

The on-screen romance between Diya Aur Baati Hum's Deepika Singh and Anas Rashid went a little awry when Anas apparently perhaps carried away by the scene tried allegedly feeling her up. In true telly style, Deepika planted a hard slap on Anas' cheeks and he in turn, abused her. Cine and TV Artistes' Association intervened and peace followed. Now they claim to be buddies. A strange way of thawing ice we must say (Read more).