*~Mrs. & Mr. Sharma Article Archive~* - Page 3

May 20, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Mrs. and Mr. Sharma Allahabadwale got going from 17 May. The cast and crew assembled together to celebrate the first telecast at Mumbai's BJN Banquets.

One was surprised to see the presence of actors Baba Sehgal and Abhishek Avasthi, who were entertaining SAB viewers at the same slot just a week ago with their show Jugni Chali Jalandhar. The struggling DJ's show had to make way for Mrs. and Mr. Allahabadwale.

It's never a nice feeling to see your show come to an end. "Jugni', Muskaan Mehani, claimed to have cried for six hours. It must have been emotional day for other actors too. That's why it was all the more surprising to see Sehgal and Avasthi.

Sehgal arrived little late, and appeared to be in real hurry to leave. He was spotted gulping down a solitary drink. Once the cake was cut, Sehgal bid good bye to SAB programming head Saeed Akhtar and few individuals (presumably channel officials). It was then that Sehgal said, "Chalo, ab iski (Mrs. and Mrs.Sharma Allahabadwale) TRP dekhte hai.. (We'll watch out for the TRP of this show)." Akhtar broke into laughter. He refused to let Sehgal go, and asked him to take another drink. The actor couldn't say no. However, he fled the scene soon.

Nice pun Baba, but take a chill pill. Jugni Chali Jalandhar had its run. A show lasting two years in these times is a pretty good achievement. Besides, it's nothing less than a miracle for a Jugni Chali Jalandhar to have lasted that long. Now it's time for the Allahabadi couple to make merry.

May 22, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Professionalism demands a lot from an individual. However it shouldn't be at the cost of going against nature.

On Monday night, the team of Mrs. and Mr. Sharma Allahabadwale celebrated the launch of their show. Lead actors Divyanka Tripathy and Rajesh Kumar were expectedly the cynosure of all eyes. The duo spoke at length to the scribes. While Divyanka appeared measured, Kumar caught our eye by his constant hopping in between giving bytes. This happened on more than one occasion.

After speaking to one of the publicists, we were told that the actor's been itching to dance. That's why he's jumping. It was quite a strange explanation. Though we didn't buy it, the energy shown by Kumar on dance floor some what reflected his enthusiasm. One step too many ignited his back pain and the actor called curtains for the night.

We called the actor to find about his health but also asked him why was he consistently hopping during the interview? Kumar stunned us with his reply.

"No, I wasn't keen to dance. It's just that I was dying to go to the loo. The interviews just didn't seem to end," Kumar said.

Well, if it was so urgent, he surely could have excused himself for a minute.

"That's true but I wanted to finish all interview at one go. It doesn't look nice to be breaking mid-way," pat came the reply.

Bizarre! Is that all, we'd say. Mr. Kumar, we appreciates your professionalism and also your ability to control nature's "flow'.

– Mayur Lookhar / Sampurn Wire

March 30, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Some believe that she's arguably the most loved bahu in small screen's recent history. Her show Banoo main teri Dulhann went off air, but her fans are conspicuous by her long absence. Critics wrote her off but Divyanka is not one to go down quietly in the sunset. Divyanka simply shut herself from the outer world preferring to go into exile mode. The pretty lass will soon be seen in SAB daily titled Mr. and Mrs Sharma.

After a long while, Divyanka picked up her phone much to the surprise of this reporter. One couldn't help but ask Divyanka as to has she now come out of her exile?

"Yes, I have come out of my exile. I believe in life there comes a time when you must disconnect yourself from the outer world and just stick to your family and close friends. For close to three years, I'd worked day in and day out thereby, I wasn't able to give time to myself. There were lot of things that I wanted to but I couldn't take it up. One of them was to have a house of my own," said Divyanka.

That dream has now turned into a reality with Tripathy buying a 2 BHK flat in the plush area of Malad. The girl from UP took it upon herself to decorate her house. Well, surprisingly, she hasn't been able to find a maid and so Divyanka is left to do most of the household work viz. brooming, cleaning floors, bathroom and toilets too. The girl though isn't whining.

"For a while, I did have a maid, but I wasn't impressed with her work. So, I took it upon myself to wash dishes, bathrooms and even toilet. You won't believe but I'm looking like a bhangi (sweeper). It's always best that you take care of your own house. My mother always maintained that you should do your own work. Guess, now I'm following in her footsteps. I feel doing such work instills a sense of humility as you start respecting people for whom this is a means to earn their daily bread," Tripathy sighed.

The talk now moves out of the house and it's work again that captures her imagination. She's got an interesting tale about how she landed Mr. and Mrs Sharma.

Tripathy says, "I had agreed (not signed) to do another project but one day Ujjwal Rana (Mr. and Mrs. Sharma's co-producer) asked me to come down and have a look at the script. After reading, I was in splits. Rana could sense that I was impressed and so he wouldn't hear no for an answer. So, I agreed to do a show where I didn't even shoot the pilot. Guess, it was in my destiny to do Mr. and Mrs.Sharma"

Critics are already lamenting Tripathy for opting for a show on a relatively lesser known channel but the actress is unperturbed "I knew, people will raise this point, but I want to tell everyone that I snubbed a bigger GEC for the SAB show. Comedy is something which I always wanted to do. I've shed enough tears. Now is the time to make viewers smile," the former tragedy queen explained.

Finally, it's Sharad Malhotra who comes to our mind. However, Divyanka is still very diplomatic when it comes to talking about her alleged boyfriend.

"Sharad is doing fine," pat comes the reply. As always, it's difficult to get her speak on this one. Anyways, well come back Divyanka.

-Mayur Lookhar/ Sampurn Wire

"After 10 years I got an opportunity to dominate the screen with a solo performance. In my earlier ventures, I was a part of multi-starrers. Though it makes me feel nervous, but now is the time when I can show my talent to my audience," Rajesh told us.

"As far as Bollywood is concerned, I'm not getting roles that I deserve. I would rather say I have not been offered roles in movies. I'm happy with my screen space. People still remember me as Roshesh of 'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai', the series that got over four years back," he added.

Rajesh has been part of most series that had comedy - 'Sarabhai vs Sarabhai', 'Baa Bahu aur Baby', 'Comedy Circus' and latest in his kitty is 'Mrs. & Mr. Sharma Allahabad wale'.

'Mrs. & Mr. Sharma Allahabad wale' depicts the journey of a middle-class couple who move to a big city. Divyanka Tripathi, Vidya of 'Banoo Main Teri Dulhan', plays Rajesh's wife in it.

Talking about his role, Rajesh said: "In this show, I am in a complete new role which is very different from the characters I have played earlier. My character is a very idealistic husband, who loves his wife, respects her and gives her enough space. The essence of romance has been portrayed very beautifully."

The actor doesn't want to be typecast.

"I want to prove myself as an actor and I believe comedy gives space to explore individual dimensions. I don't believe when people say I have limited myself... I'm not type-cast to a specific genre. My intentions are to prove myself as a complete performer, actor and bring out my true abilities.

Source: IANS

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