Marching to sucess..article on Rajeev k

Marching to success

No TV serial can afford to depict the army. It's about motivating cadets to join the army


T elevision actor Rajiv Khandelwal has gone in for an image change with his new serial Left Right Left, where he plays a captain in an army academy. The serial, which is aired weekdays on Sony/Sab channel, is the actor's first daily soap in more than a year. He last shot for Kahiin To Hoga on May 18, 2005.
Said Rajiv, "Left Right Left takes me as far away from Kahiin To Hoga as possible. I'm blessed because people haven't forgot ten me though I haven't been that visible on TV. I wanted to break the myth about TV stars being forgotten. And I didn't vanish entirely. I did a weekly series Time Bomb for six months. Then I did a cameo in ID, a music video and Deal Ya No Deal on Sony." But don't the audiences identify him only as Sujal of Kahiin To Hoga? "People know me best as Rajiv," retorted the actor, adding, "Sujal as a character remains alive because I enacted that role for two years every day, but people don't address me as Sujal any more." Rajiv reflected that Kahiin To Hoga not only brought him stardom but also helped him grow as a human being. "I stepped out of that world and stepped into a real world. Kahiin To Hoga turned me into a superstar. As a person, I'm equipped to take on any challenge now." The actor turned down Sony's supernatural thriller Akela, which is also on air now, because he did not want to essay any more tense characters and he feels Sudhanshu Pande is apt for the part.
Getting back to Left Right Left, Rajiv said he was hooked on to it immediately after the producers Deeya and Tony Singh called. "After Ekta Kapoor, if there's anyone I wanted to work with, it was Tony and Deeya. I come from an army background, and I'm playing an army man in Left Right Left. Of course, I had my doubts. We can never depict the army absolutely authentically. I'd describe this serial as very subtle humour in uniform." Rajiv, however, clarified that this serial isn't based on the Indian Army. "No TV serial can afford to depict the army. It's about an academy that motivates cadets to join the army. We've designed the visuals with great care and the cadets got actually trained. I play Captain Rajvir Singh and I love it." Left Right Left will take up only 18 days each month but Rajiv says he won't do any other serial simultaneously, as he wants audiences to know him by just one character at a time.
Meanwhile, the popular actor denies reports of his high-handed behaviour while anchoring the game show Deal Ya No Deal. "My high-handedness was news to me. I was supposed to have been smoking without permission during shooting. That's what I call smoke without fire.

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