Interview with Qazi: Main Aisa Kyun Hoon?

Qazi Danger he calls himself. The title has been earned after his fifth stint in the danger zone, facing the prospect of elimination.

The enfant terrible of Fame Gurukul. The young boy from Srinagar who has always wanted nothing else but to be an actor. Then what, if we may ask him, are you doing in a singing contest?

Well, maybe a certain gentleman called Farookh Abdullah would take affront to that, we remind him.

"Arrey, what do you know, he has already hailed my talent. I was seventeen and took part in a Saaz aur Awaaz contest where he was the chief guest. There were contestants better than me, but luck was on my side. And the crowds shouted 'We want Qazi' and I walked away with the prize. And Farookh Abdullah said, I was better than Hrithik Roshan." We almost expect him to add, 'So there, take that.'

It's a performance that's repeating itself at Fame Gurukul. Four times before he's been put away in the danger zone only to be voted in again by the masses who can't seem to get enough of his bratty chatter, his over confidence and his precocious antics.

"The response has been unbelievable. Ill (Arun) ji went to Kashmir and even the security man asked her to pass a message-"Qazi se kehna Kashmir ki izzat daanv par lagi hai. Usko jeetna hoga." We step out of the car and the autograph hunters surround us. In Mumbai where people are used to seeing stars everyday, we are stopped and mobbed for pictures and autographs. The adulation is unexpected and unprecedented," he beams.

So what does he attribute it to. "The fact that there is some power above us all who listens to prayers. I have prayed at every dargah-at Maqdoom Shah Baba in Srinagar, at Ajmer, Dewa Sharief, Haji Ali. My father a lawyer left his job and runs a langar. He is a devout Muslim. He's always said to have unshakeable faith in the power of truth and the Almighty. I have done that."

And what if he gets eliminated in the next round. After all he's already got four times lucky?

"Chahe job hi ho, main wapas haar ke nahin jaoonga. If I get eliminated in the next episode I know that I will have this to say to my audience- 'I'll be back', I will star in a movie with Shah Rukh Khan, my idol. And one day you will see me standing on the dais and I will be holding the Filmfare trophy for the Best Actor. Of that I am certain!"

All that's fine, but, as we said before, honey what are you doing in a singing contest?

Source: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=143234