Fresh Stock: Kanchi Kaul

KANCHI KAUL
Big Steps On The Small Screen
What started off as a hobby in her growing up years has now turned into a full-time occupation for Kanchi Kaul. The 23-year-old actress has grabbed the attention of viewers with her swiftly maturing role in her debut on the small screen - as Ananya Sachdev, the young girl who gets accidentally impregnated in Ek Ladki Anjaani Si. The science graduate from Jai Hind College, Mumbai, has also sashayed through several commercials (Santro, Sangini, Johnson, Clearasil and Wheel) and displayed her histrionic skills in one Hindi (Woh Tera Naam Tha) and half a dozen Telugu films.
The bubbly new kid on the box has become a familiar face with her foray into television with "a different kind of love story, adapted from the Spanish TV serial, Juana La Virgen. For the last couple of years I had been getting lots of calls for daily soaps but I was not too keen as a serial calls for a great deal of commitment. Also, I was determined that I did not want to be a part of any saas-bahu saga that people continue to watch more out of habit than any real interest," states Kanchi.
The pretty Kashmiri is as cool and fun-loving as her alter ego. Work apart, she loves "surfing the Net, playing tennis, travelling…and good food." Acting is now her driving passion as "it gives me an opportunity to do things that I would never do in real life," says the actress who wouldn't mind doing a good Hindi film. "The size of the screen apart, it's the same thing - aren't movies also all about acting?"