What's in a name?

Hiten Paintal, who ventured in acting with a 70 mm flick, Tere Liye, has been in news recently for replacing Manish Goel in Balaji's Kasautii Zindagi Kay. But what very few know that this petite and light-eyed actor is the son of Bollywood funster Paintal. But since he shares his surname with Gufi Paintal (remember, he played Shakuni in Mahabharat?), people do tend to mistake Hiten as his son!

During an intermission of a play, we spotted Hiten with his girlfriend Kishwer Merchantt, and he was overheard lamenting, "Gufi Paintal is my uncle and his son is also gearing up to be an actor. It will get all the more confusing, so I want to clear it once for all!"

Hmm…quite a problem! Imagine people approaching Gufi Paintal and praising him for his son's TV act, even though his real son has still to mark his debut!