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Small superstars, Big dreams
22 Jan 2008, 0000 hrs IST
,CHITRA UNNITHAN ,TNN
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Size doesn't matter anymore, when it comes to entertainment. Now that the small screen is getting bigger, some of its TRP-topping heart-throbs are doing a quick cross-over to the real thing — Bollywood. With a dearth of talent, filmmakers seem to be scouting and signing the best and the brightest from the soap-box and how! While the odd Aman Verma or Anita Hassanandani might have failed to woo the big screen, the list of all those who seem to be heading for a 'big' change is fairly huge — Aamna Shariff, Rajeev Khandelwal, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Sangeeta Ghosh, Eijaz Khan, Manav Gohil to Rucha Gujarati et al. Even TV starlet Yuvika got lucky after her cameo in Om Shanti Om and is being offered lead roles! There's Aamna Shariff who's doing Aloo Chaat with Aftab Shivdasani, produced by Robbie Grewal and Rucha Gujarati is all set to make her debut in Lottery opposite singer Abhijeet Sawant. A bunch of small-time TV actors Ajay Choudhary, Rohan Tiwari and Payel Kumar are all set to act in an Anurag Basu movie. Nach Baliye 3 winner Sanjeeda Shaikh plays the second lead in Pankh, an arthouse movie. Dharmesh Darshan's Bhanvraa launches four TV stars in Bollywood — Sangeeta Ghosh, Eijaz Khan, Manav Gohil and Shveta Salve. For actress Sangeeta Ghosh, the transition to films has been great. She says, "While working for television, you have a lot of time to learn and improve. But in films, you have the responsibility to give your best shot in a short time as people spend money to watch you." While films may be the be-all, end-all for some, television helps get mileage for an actor who comes to our boudoir everyday. Prime-time heartthrob Eijaz Khan, who had done bit roles in films earlier, returns to films after a three-year TV stint. Eijaz, who plays the lead in Mirabai Not Out and Bhanvraa, agrees, "TV helped me get a lot of exposure before I got films. Be it films or TV, an actor has to listen to the director." Sometimes, lack of good work on prime-time television drives them to make the move. And Bollywood with bigger pay cheques and more glamour seems an attractive alternative. "I will never look down upon TV, nor will I do B-grade films. But unless there is something pathbreaking to do on TV, I would prefer films," says Sangeeta. Sanjeeda says, "TV is a big medium, has good money and offers more security than films. If an actor gets a television project under a big banner, he is considered to be secure for at least two years. But since films are a bigger medium, every actor wants to do films." For some, it is the role that matters, irrespective of the medium they work in. Shveta Salve says, "If something triggers me as an actor, I would take it up, irrespective of the medium. I am working in Dharmesh Darshan's Bhanvraa, which is a modern day film. If films are the next step that brings out the best of me, I might quit television." There are some who would not like to quit television come what may. Chetan Hansraj, who's wrapped up a film called Brahm, admits, "It was difficult to manage both. But I will not quit TV unless my film career really picks up." In the long run, anyone who charts a box-office success story like the small screen's biggest import to 35mm Shah Rukh Khan has done, chances are, they'll be saying something completely different! |
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