| Ahmedabad, November 3: She's enjoying the idli-sambar but her mind's on Gujarati dal. ''Take me to eat a good Gujarati meal,'' Shruti Seth jokingly says. Yes, we're talking about Channel [V]'s VJ Shruti, who's also the Shararat(i) girl you sometimes love watching on Star Plus. In Ahmedabad to promote the Super Singer search for the channel, Shruti remembers days when she sat in front of the TV, watching actors and veejays and probably hoping she'd see herself there one day. ''Not really... you know, my wish of wanting to be a veejay is about three years older to my actually having become one two years back. I loved talking but never knew it'd be my source of livelihood one day!'' she smiles. Unlike many contemporaries, Shruti comes across as extremely content with what she's got at hand. ''Not more than one serial (I'm on contract with Star Plus so cannot do any serial for another channel in any case, she tells us m atUnlike ter-of-factly), I don't want people saying 'Oh God, her again!' I want my peace of mind, my time, my pace,'' she says. It was while doing Shararat that Shruti expressed a desire to veejay that had her serial's executive producer get her to do an audition for [V]. And once Channel [V] chose her, there has been a string of memorable experiences. ''I've enjoyed my trip to Italy, Malaysia... I got the opportunity to meet Bryan Adams who's one of my favourites, and then, my meeting with Omar Abdullah! He even wrote something for me: If I ever become Prime Minister, you can be the first to interview me,'' says a smiling Shruti, a graduate in Economics and Commerce from Mumbai's St Xavier's. Someone who loves reading philosophy (well intertwined with a story, not hardcore philosophy, she pleads) and freaks on eating out ''just anything'' she beams, Shruti sums up her views on reality shows being telecast nationwide — all the crying and the straight-on-face criticism faced by participants. ''No one remembers you cried or were told you're bad. What they finally see is how good you are. People remember only success, not failure.'' Two years of veejaying have given ''great times'' to the 27-year-old, who interestingly, doesn't believe in hiding her age. She's seen fans, has acted, travelled, met wonderful people but there's one thing she wishes happens sooner or later: ''I want to do an international travel show''. However, Shruti is happy she didn't start off work too young. ''Children must experience childhood — love and education will help them cope with sudden successes and failures in teenage and later years. All kids do these days is watch TV and ape actors or dream of being in the so-called glamourous line. Even children acting round the clock, thereby missing out on attending school, is wrong. It steals important years of their life. I'm glad I had mine!'' |
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