Charming Kunwar (Nahar on SP & Strike)

Charming Kunwar

: Sharad Kelkar aka Kunwar Nahar of Saat Phere charms Lucknowites on his visit here on the last day of technicians' strike back in tinselville When other television actors are enjoying 'free periods' thrust upon them due to technicians' strike in Mumbai, Sharad Kelkar who plays Kunwar Nahar Singh in Zee TV's Saat Phere is busy promoting his serial. On a promotional tour that ended today in Lucknow as strike was called off, Kelkar hoped the 'break' wouldn't affect the TRP of the sole serial he is doing these days.

"People were keenly following Saat Phere and they must be waiting to know what happens next," he says dropping a bombshell. "They are going to kill me in next few episodes." So will he follow the trend and disappear only to reappear? "That's not decided as of yet," says Kelkar who has made a mark on screen as the typical good husband. "Nahar has given me an identity," he says accepting gracefully he is not doing other serials as interesting offers aren't coming. "Besides, I am not comfortable doing many roles at a time," says Kelkar who started off with Aakrosh on Doordarshan. "It was followed by Sindoor Tere Naam Ka, Saat Phere and Nach Baliye," he lists announcing in bold he is open to films. "Every actor would want to work in a movie and I am also looking forward for my debut on the big screen," he says as a call from wife Kirti Gaekwad breaks the news that strike is off. Kirti, also a TV star played Niharika in Sindoor. "We did Nach Baliye together and were dubbed as the cutest couple," Kelkar recalls acknowledging the role of both the women in his life. "Had my mother not pushed me to come to Mumbai I would have been a gym instructor," says Kelkar who is from Gwalior.

"After my graduation and then MBA, I began teaching physical education back home when Grasim Mr India 2002 happened and since then there have been no looking back," says Kelkar whose talent won him modeling assignments including some ad campaigns with Prahlad Kakkar. Often dubbed as a charmer in real and reel life, Kelkar admits he is a loving husband in real life too. "But the actor in me is waiting to play another negative character," signs off the bad guy of Sinndoor.