This Don is short of dates:Parmeet[Raj]

This Don is short of dates

Parmeet Sethi's juggling of dates between his detective serial and his film leaves Don's producer exasperated

Sapana Patil Poojary

Parmeet Sethi's popularity reached new heights after dancing in Nach Baliye. And playing the protagonist in Star One's Don provided icing on the cake.

However, ever since Parmeet signed Ravi Chopra's Baabul, things haven't been the same. Baabul stars Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee and John Abraham.

Taking up the lead negative character in a film certainly means added responsibility. Apparently, Parmeet hadn't foreseen that dividing his time between a TV serial and a film would be so difficult.

Ever since Parmeet began shooting for Baabul, he had to give his dates for the film. That made Don a second priority for him. Often he had to cancel his shoots for Don as he was required to be on the sets of Baabul. This created problems for the producers.

However, the actor insists that he is enjoying his hectic schedule. "Multi-tasking is part of the game. One has to manage several things at a time. There are many others who are doing it, and so am I," says Parmeet.

Sunjoy Waddhwa, the producer of Don, says, "Ever since Parmeet signed Baabul, we've often had to make adjustments in our schedules. Although he tries to inform us in advance about changes, there are times when he doesn't give us enough notice. It becomes difficult to adjust dates then, since other actors' dates are involved. It creates a problem with the booking of the shoot locations too."

This isn't the first time that Waddhwa is facing such a problem. A few months ago, actor Sharad Kelkar had to juggle dates for Saat Phere (Waddhwa's production) and Sinndoor Tere Naam Ka (Jay Mehtaa's production). And poor Waddhwa was left asking for dates.