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Ami Trivedi (the small screen's Kituu) has a younger brother, Karan, also an actor.

Karan does Gujarati theatre, as well as dubbing. "He, too, wants to do television, but before that, I have told him to put on weight. He is too thin and looks very young," says the doting sister.

Phone family

In the last few months, Ami has barely met her brother. She shoots almost everyday for SaharaOne soap, Kituu Sabb Jaantii Hai. "As the shoots are at various locations, we keep in touch via phone. While Karan stays at our home in Marine Lines, I stay with my uncle in Andheri. It is convenient for my shoots."

Karan has featured in Gujarati plays Goodbye Gomti and Best of Luck, and also dubbed for the Hindi version of the Harry Potter film, titled Potter aur Aag Ka Pyala.

"I am doing a lot of dubbing work. I also have to complete my TYBA," says Karan. "Due to our work schedules and timings, Ami and I mostly catch up on the phone."

Their father, Gujarati theatre director Tushar Trivedi, is currently in London — he is the director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and has been in the UK for four years. "My mother, Jaya, is also in London. So the family keeps in touch through the cell phone. I speak to my father almost everyday," says Ami.

That rare day off from shooting means catching up with Karan. "I make it a point to go home and spend the day with Karan and friends."

Everyone's happy

But she always wanted to be an actress, so there are no regrets. "My dad was not too keen that I take up acting. He wanted me to be a professional — like a doctor. After my schooling at Manav Mandir, I joined Jai Hind College. I even appeared for the Common Entrance Test (CET) for medical admissions. Eventually, I did my BSc, with physics."

The television world is starkly different from theatre, "So Kituu was a whole new learning experience," adds Ami who has featured in Gujarati plays, like Mahapurush, Life Partner and Ek Aakarshan Ajnabi.

"Now, of course, my family is very comfortable with my acting on the small screen."

Panchgani under terrorist attack!

News channels are all making a beeline for the hill town of Panchgani! But Sahara One's illustrious journalist, Kituu, is already on the trail of the terrorists who have taken school children hostage.

The cast and crew of Sahara One's daily, Kituu Sab Jantii Hai have shifted base to Panchgani to shoot the latest episodes of the show. About the Panchgani track: Kituu accompanies her niece to get her admitted to a boarding school, but terrorist attack the school and she gets an opportunity to cover the hold up.

With the Panchgani track thrown in, the gal now has to her disposal, racier episodes to deliver her goods. With her right package of a new look and refreshed attitude, Ami is all set to boost the TRPs!

Yash Sinha plays the role of cameraman Prabhakar in Sahara One's Kituu Sabb Jaantii Hai. His job often involves saving his journalist colleague Kituu's life during dire situations. But this time, it was Sinha who suffered mishaps and that too in real life.

On Friday, the cast and crew of the serial were on an outdoor shoot at Panchgani. They were filming a track in which school students are hijacked by terrorists and Kittu (played by Ami Trivedi) and her cameraman are on an assignment to cover the children's rescue.

"We were shooting this adventure sequence in which terrorists are being killed. In that particular scene, I had to grab a terrorist's gun and he was supposed to bring it near my face in a threatening manner. But in a fit of over enthusiasm, the actor playing the terrorist used such force that the gun hit my face with a thud," says Yash.

"My face was hurt, but my nose had taken a worse beating. There was a cut on it, and blood oozed out. The pain was searing. I could almost feel my nose falling off, but thankfully it wasn't that bad. I applied some antiseptic and continued shooting. If you watch closely, you will notice patches on my nose," he says.

Could Ajay be more accident-prone as he suffered another injury the very next day? "A chase sequence being shot in the rains and the ground had turned slippery. During the shot, I slipped. This pulled a nerve in my left thigh. The pain was excruciating and I realised what cricketers go through when they experience a hamstring. I was advised rest. But when we actors hear 'action', we simply roll. We can't set the schedule haywire with our injuries," says Yash.

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Shubhaavi's friendly quotient with Vidya !

Doesn't one find a striking resembelence between the talented TV actor Shubhaavi K and Vidya Balan of Parineeta fame? As a matter of fact, both the spirited gals initiated their innings on TV with Balaji Productions and have showered maa ki mamta in ad films. With time, Shubhaavi and Vidya have graduated in terms of qualitative work. Personally too, they share a common friend and keep in touch as and when possible.

"My good friend, Lin is Vidya's friend too and when I met her two years back we hit it off instantly. In fact, while shooting for Parineeta, Vidya called me and applauded my performance in Kyunki... ," says the striking actor who is maha excited about her new look and role in Kyunki… which is getting bitchier by the day.

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We tend to see the tele-stars' lives as glamorous. But only a few realise the grunge that lies behind the label, says SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY after visiting the sets of SaharaOne soaps in Mumbai