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Sayantani Ghosh will be carrying the Tollywood torch to the national small screen.
The model-turned-actress, who even recently was dancing around trees with Prosenjit in masala potboilers like Raju Uncle and Nayak, will be playing Kumkum's prospective bahu as the popular afternoon serial takes a 20-year time jump from Monday.
"I wanted to do something nationally and this was a dream offer," smiles Sayantani, moments before giving her first shot for Kumkum — Pyara Sa Bandhan at a Sakinaka studio in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon.
"It's not that I am quitting Bengali movies but I would definitely not go back and start from scratch all over again," she stressed.
It was a one-and-a-half month break from work in Tollywood that prompted Sayantani to plan a quick Mumbai trip. "I had just told Ma, cholo ekbar dekhe aashi," she recalls. "I was offered a big Telugu movie but I hadn't committed to it. Once in Mumbai, I came to know that B.A.G. Films was looking for fresh faces for the new extension in Kumkum."
It's not that Sayantani was never interested in Bollywood. "I had offers coming in but I didn't want to do B-grade sex comedies," she states. "Like I did in Bengali films, I would only do top projects. So, I looked at television as a possible option in Mumbai."
A surprise awaited Sayantani as she entered the B.A.G. Films office. "They didn't even want to watch clips from my Bengali films, they just said, 'We have got our Antara'," gushes the girl who was crowned second runners-up at the Sananda Tilottama contest in 2003. "I hadn't expected such a warm reception in Mumbai. Can you believe it, I got selected in the very first office I visited!"
As Antara, Sayantani will be playing the love interest of Dhruv, Kumkum's elder son in the serial.
"It's a lovely character of a girl who has stayed throughout in the US but has all her Indian values in place. She comes into the Wadhwa family and wins everyone's heart. Kumkum loves and supports her throughout and then even Sumeet starts liking her."
Playing the latest bahu on the small screen does have its fair share of problems, though. "I have my Part II examinations coming up in May," says the final-year English (hons) student of Bhawanipur Education Society.
"Then I have also committed to a film by Prabhat Roy, co-starring Jeet and Swastika. While I am extremely thrilled to have bagged a prestigious project like Kumkum, I would like to finish my studies and complete my pending projects... I am not sure how I will manage that, though, with Kumkum taking up 20 to 25 days a month."
For now, Sayantani is busy setting up her new rented place in Lokhandwala while brushing up her Hindi. "I had lived in Mumbai till my fourth standard and I have always studied Hindi in school, so mouthing scripted dialogues shouldn't be a problem," declares Sayantani.
"But I am already missing Calcutta a lot as I will be camping here in Mumbai for at least a year."
Link:http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060406/asp/calcutta/stor y_6065314.asp
Screen On & Off
Sayantani Ghosh will be carrying the Tollywood torch to the national small screen.
The model-turned-actress, who even recently was dancing around trees with Prosenjit in masala potboilers like Raju Uncle and Nayak, will be playing Kumkum's prospective bahu as the popular afternoon serial takes a 20-year time jump from Monday.
"I wanted to do something nationally and this was a dream offer," smiles Sayantani, moments before giving her first shot for Kumkum — Pyara Sa Bandhan at a Sakinaka studio in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon.
"It's not that I am quitting Bengali movies but I would definitely not go back and start from scratch all over again," she stressed.
It was a one-and-a-half month break from work in Tollywood that prompted Sayantani to plan a quick Mumbai trip. "I had just told Ma, cholo ekbar dekhe aashi," she recalls. "I was offered a big Telugu movie but I hadn't committed to it. Once in Mumbai, I came to know that B.A.G. Films was looking for fresh faces for the new extension in Kumkum."
It's not that Sayantani was never interested in Bollywood. "I had offers coming in but I didn't want to do B-grade sex comedies," she states. "Like I did in Bengali films, I would only do top projects. So, I looked at television as a possible option in Mumbai."
A surprise awaited Sayantani as she entered the B.A.G. Films office. "They didn't even want to watch clips from my Bengali films, they just said, 'We have got our Antara'," gushes the girl who was crowned second runners-up at the Sananda Tilottama contest in 2003. "I hadn't expected such a warm reception in Mumbai. Can you believe it, I got selected in the very first office I visited!"
As Antara, Sayantani will be playing the love interest of Dhruv, Kumkum's elder son in the serial.
"It's a lovely character of a girl who has stayed throughout in the US but has all her Indian values in place. She comes into the Wadhwa family and wins everyone's heart. Kumkum loves and supports her throughout and then even Sumeet starts liking her."
Playing the latest bahu on the small screen does have its fair share of problems, though. "I have my Part II examinations coming up in May," says the final-year English (hons) student of Bhawanipur Education Society.
"Then I have also committed to a film by Prabhat Roy, co-starring Jeet and Swastika. While I am extremely thrilled to have bagged a prestigious project like Kumkum, I would like to finish my studies and complete my pending projects... I am not sure how I will manage that, though, with Kumkum taking up 20 to 25 days a month."
For now, Sayantani is busy setting up her new rented place in Lokhandwala while brushing up her Hindi. "I had lived in Mumbai till my fourth standard and I have always studied Hindi in school, so mouthing scripted dialogues shouldn't be a problem," declares Sayantani.
"But I am already missing Calcutta a lot as I will be camping here in Mumbai for at least a year."
Link:http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060406/asp/calcutta/stor y_6065314.asp
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