| Change of scene |
| Mandira's looking forward to her new flick, while Sameer's eyeing offbeat cinema |
| Sharin Bhatti |
| Chandigarh, May 15: SHE loves what she does, compering cricket shows, playing the leading lady on television, romancing the 70 mm, theatre...''It's a different role every week and working round-the-clock drives me to do more,'' smiles the bubbly Mandira Bedi. As for him, he's already tired of the monotony of television. ''There's no creative output. The characters start slacking after a couple of episodes and meeting deadlines is the only thing on your mind instead of character evolution,'' Sameer Soni sinks back in his chair. So is it art imitating life after all and any sparks in this room, we ask the two who played the lead roles in Raelle Padamsee's intellectual comedy, 'Anything But Love.' ''We could be your average arguing couple, since we have a different method of working and this play has little movement, being an intimate play with only two characters, but yes, it would be safe to say we get along like a house on fire,'' Mandira explains. ''We fight all the time during rehearsals and it's our director, Vikranth, who plays mediator,'' Sameer completes the line. The new heartthrob of the small screen, Sameer's already bored of playing Purab and wants to do offbeat cinema. ''It's tiring. There are humongous time constraints and you feel the need to grow and move. Sadly, television does not allow you to do so. I'm concentrating on theatre right now ,'' Sameer gives a lazy smile. Having started theatre with Barry John, armed with a business degree from NYU and a debut with thespain Sandeep Sikka with three English Plays, Soni made his big screen debut with the forgettable China Gate. ''Indian cinema is impressionable. Your movie works, you work,'' says Soni, who's busy these days with modelling and Jassi Jaisi. |
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