Article--Yes i beat him up--Sachin Tyagi

You reportedly beat up your make-up man on the sets of Jjhoom India. Yeah, he refused to give me a fresh powder puff. Apparently I take them home. (Snorts) What would I do with a powder puff ? Gift it to my kids? Obviously I was irritated and asked him , to leave my vanity van. When he refused to budge, I physically threw him out. So you did assault him.. Yes, and I regret it. I even apologised to the concerned union. But you've got to look at it from my point of view. A measly make- up guy accuses me of stealing a powder puff ? Come on! Didn't the guy end up with a fractured finger? Give me a break! I screamed at a journo for taunting me with this nonsense. She insisted that I had fractured his finger. I asked her which hospital he was being treated in and she immediately changed tracks. Later, she claimed that he'd just injured his finger. The buzz is that you beat up two guys.. Hey please! Don't project me as a bad guy , . There were others around when the inci- dent happened. They'll give you a complete picture since they were trying to calm me down. (Sighs) This is always the case.. in a problem involving a celebrity and an unknown person, everyone sympathises with the latter. Tellmehonestly,wasn'tthisjustapublicitystunt? (Lau ghs). Sure. Any publicity is good pub- licity these days. If that's how you look at it, good for me. Despite all the controversy, you and Mad- hushree topped the round. When it's time to perform, I blank out everything else. Who do you think is your biggest rival on Jjhoom India? Frankly none of the singers have been con- , sistent. If Chavi's (Hussain) good one day , Varun (Badola) steals the show the next day . Only Roshni (Chopra) has been doing real- ly well of late. Many contestants had problems regarding the voting system. Your take? Didn't they read the clauses before sign- ing the contract? Why cry foul now? As for us voting each other out, my votes are based on merit. That may not be so for the others. But that's the format and they'd better play by the rules. HowhasTVtreatedyouintheselastthreeyears? Pretty good. I've done very few shows, the most popular being Antariksh. Even today the merchandise based on my character is selling well. My role in Tumhari Disha didn't work out as promised. The same happened with Thodi si Zameen Thoda sa Aasmaan.. but that's life!