L'il Champ big tantrums - article

He may be just 11 years old, but sources on the sets of Zee's Titan Antakshari L'il Champs say Sameer Mohammad who leads the Sameer ke Mastane team has become too big for his boots.

A source working on the show reveals that Sameer has of late, started throwing tantrums. "Intially he used to get ready in a really short time.

However these days he refuses to let the make-up man touch him till he's had his pizza and Diet Coke. He wasn't like this during the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa days, but now he's become a star and his behaviour has definitely changed."

Payal Patel who works on the show agrees and adds, "This is purely my personal observation but Sameer has definitely changed.

He was grounded before, but since he's come on L'il Champs he has taken all the success quite seriously." She adds that Sameer's behaviour does hamper the show's flow at times. "He has this habit to interrupt and start speaking when Himani and Karan (Oberoi) say something. This does get irritating at times."

Starry airs

Adding that Sanchita and Diwakar (the two other champs) are still the way they were before, she says, "We have to understand that they are kids.

Fame does things to you especially at such a young age. I think Sameer needs to understand that he has a long road ahead and needs to keep his head on the shoulders and not get carried away."

Citing his huge fan following as a reason for his starry behaviour, she says, "He gets mobbed at malls and every kid comes up for his autograph. This definitely gives him a huge high."

Sameer wasn't available for comment.