Talk shows that are divided into seasons normally return after a wait of a year or six months – but Hum Sitaray's Tonite With HSY debuted its second season within two months of airing season one's last episode.

Hosted by designer Hassan Sheheryar Yasin (HSY), the comeback featured two actors—the uber handsome Imran Abbas and the vivacious Sanam Jung.

Keeping last season’s lightheartedness intact, the show remained entertaining and some of its previous segments – ‘Love them or hate’ and ‘Ajnabi Kon Ho Tum’ – were replaced by new ones.

It's rather telling that HSY chose Imran Abbas, associated with Bollywood after his debut stint with Bipasha Basu in Creature 3D, as his first guest of the season. In season one Fawad Khan was HSY's first guest, after which his popularity in Bollywood skyrocketed - is HSY the lucky charm?

I was offered Ram-Leela: Imran Abbas

Speaking of Creature 3D Imran revealed that he had in the past been offered bigger films like Ram-Leela and Aashiqui 2 but due to some contract issues he couldn’t commit to them and said that he had also gone to Bushra Ansari for advice on this matter.

Although Creature 3D didn’t shine at the box office, it did decently enough. Imran is already waiting for his next Bollywood release, Jan Nisar, a film set in the era after the struggle for independence in 1857, which will be directed by director Muzaffar Ali famed for Umrao Jaan, and will soon be leaving for India for the shooting of the film.

Imran, who is known for his interest in poetry also shared that he grew up watching great poets like Parveen Shakir, Ahmed Faraz and Josh Maliabadi at mushairas at his house and is a poet himself, but forgets his couplets because of poor memory.

Appearing with Sanam Jung in Dil-e-Muztar, which was a first for Sanam, Imran added that initially he didn’t want to work with her because of her ‘anglicised Urdu’. However, later Imran realised that she was a talented actor and he can currently be seen with her in another drama on Hum TV's Alvida.

I am not getting married to Waqar Zaka: Sanam Jung

Keeping the buoyancy of the show alive, Sanam Jung entered and, being a morning show host herself, steered the show's latter half. The actor shared interesting tidbits about her life like her experience of going out shopping clad in a burqa, her habit of collecting gold and even the importance of her father’s role in her life.

While Imran has been in the industry for quite some time, Sanam is still a new face and ended up in the industry by pure coincidence. When asked about her plans to marry, Sanam finally revealed that she would in fact be getting married. However, the lucky guy happens to be a pilot and not reality TV show host Waqar Zaka, whom she is rumoured to be associated with.

Imran said that Sanam, who isn’t fond of stardom, is clear about her approach to Bollywood and would not choose to appear in just any film purely for the sake of being associated with Bollywood.

The most interesting part, perhaps, was when HSY switched places with the guests, with Sanam being the first to get a go at hosting. With HSY as a guest, the show took a turn when Sanam casually asked him about his shaved head. While all were expecting a fun retort, HSY recounted an accident he had at 18, after which he struggled with a phase of visual impairment as well as severe hair loss due to his injuries.

Although the show was fun to watch, segments from season one, especially ‘Love Them or Don’t’, were better at unveiling celebrity gossip and were missed. But with many guests set to appear like Urwa Hocane, Sanam Saeed and Junaid Khan, there's hope that season two will keep the interest alive.