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Qazi Touqeer with the mole below his right eye
Pic: Rane Ashish | Qazi's mole has vanished
Pic: Pradeep Bandekar |
His dreadlocks remain intact along with his rejoinders; so does his attitude.
Fame Gurukul's Qazi Touqeer, who bagged the Fame Jodi crown along with Ruprekha Banerjee in the Sony show, won't let anyone snip his trademark tresses.
However, post the Fame Gurukul finale, there has been one noticeable change in the Kashmiri — and it hasn't gone unnoticed.
The mole below Qazi's right eyelid has disappeared. A cursory glance at his "then" and "now" snapshots will prove that the mole has gone missing. Was it a brush-up before the final print? Or has Qazi had it surgically removed, for cosmetic reasons?
"Yes the mole has gone," he says. Did he have it removed? "No, not at all," Qazi shoots back. "It fell off on its own. I would keep touching it, and during the shooting of Fame Gurukul's finale episode, it came off. In fact, I was bleeding a lot due to it."
In an earlier interview (hitList, September 14) Qazi had said, "I started getting this wart-like growth that resulted in a mole about six months ago. Initially, I was concerned and wanted to get rid of it. I consulted a doctor but my mother told me to let it be.
'Woh tumhare liye lucky hoga.' And it was. My journey to Fame Gurukul began with the mole in June. The application and the auditions and the final selection, all happened in the last six months. I will never have the mole removed, though I know I want to become an actor — Qazi and the mole; that's another Fame Jodi."
So how come there are no scars on his face? "It came off on its own; that's why. I guess it was lucky for me. I won the title and its purpose was served," he says.
At present, along with Ruprekha, Qazi's busy promoting their music album Qazi, Ruprekha - Jodi No 1, released by Sony BMG Music. It has lyrics by Sameer and music by Prem Pal and Hardip Sidhu. Qazi looks forward to a career in acting as well as performing on stage. "I will do playback for myself, not for anyone else," he emphasises.
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