| Jennifer H. Winget: Madonna mode? |
Meet Kaarthika. She is 16, attends Raga Music & Dance Academy in Goregaon and dreams of being India?s answer to Madonna some day.
Meet Jennifer H. Winget. She is 19, attends Somaiya College and dreams of ruling the small screen.
Both are one and the same. For, Jennifer plays Kaarthika in the latest serial from the Balaji Telefilms stable. Jennifer was studying in Class V when she went for the audition of Raja ko Rani se Pyar Ho Gaya. ?Before I knew it, I was the daughter in the Arvind Swamy-Manisha Koirala family.?
The next few years, though, she shied away from the camera, attending school. When she returned, it was on the small screen. ?I have been lucky with the steady stream of work since then ? Shakalaka, Kanhaiya, Kkusum, Koi Mere Dil Me Hain? And now this title role,? says Jennifer.
In college and already a regular on the telly, the teenager has taken fame in her stride. ?I have three or four friends who are working in other professions as well. So it?s not a big deal. Today, the standard of living is rising and young people want to make it early in life.?
Education, though, remains a priority. ?My parents never forced me in this regard. Unless studies are hampered, why should children not come before the camera??
Jennifer completely endorses Kaarthika?s ambitions and refuses to label it a rat-race mentality. ?There is nothing wrong in dreaming big and making the best of opportunities.?
She cringes on being called a Divya Bharti lookalike. ?Maybe it is the hairstyle that does it,? she muses. Clearly, the compliment has worn out its appeal.
If there is one difference between Jennifer and her screen character, it is their musical talent. The wannabe Madonna is strictly a bathroom singer. ?The audience would run away if I sing. I am lip-syncing for a few film numbers like Jane kyon and Bhage re.?
Meet Jennifer as Kaarthika on Hungama TV, at 6.30 pm, from Monday to Thursday.
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