Raja bangeya Hero!
Sonali Joshi
Wednesday, 6 December, 2006
Shweta (Prerna) Tiwari's husband Raja Chaudary has
bagged two plum roles - a hero in Chandramukhi, a
television soap and a villian in a Bhojpuri movie he
is producing.
Prerna's husband has struck gold thanks to Nach
Baliye. Raja Chodhury, one-time-actor and husband of
Shweta Tiwari (Prerna of Kasautii Zindagi Ki) won
hearts during his Nach Baliye performances. A bad
dancer, he strove to live up to the standard of his
graceful wife and was hugely appreciated for his
efforts. Now he has been offered a plum role in a
serial called Chandramukhi. Shweta and Raja have been
married for six years and have a five-year-old
daughter Palak.
Says Raja, "Sunil Agnihotri and Ravi Rai have offered
me a serial called 'Chandramukhi'. I play the central
male character. The concept will be like the movie
'Deewana Mastaana'. Ravi Rai will direct the serial."
This is not the only serial offer he has got. He says,
"I have received a couple of more offers apart from
this one, but they are not in the concrete stage as
yet. So I can't talk to you about them. I have got
these offers only because of Nach Baliye. Nobody
approached me with any offers earlier."
The success of the TV show has also given Raja the
impetus to get into film production. Raja is also
producing one Bhojpuri film called 'Hamara Saiyya
Hindustani'. Shweta and Ravi Kissen are playing the
lead roles while Raja is in a negative role."
Talking about the film Raja says, "The film is 85 per
cent completed. It is a love story of a middle class
guitarist (Ravi Kissen) and professional dancer
(Shweta) and how they fall in love. I am playing a
negative role in this film, I try to create hurdles
for the hero and heroine."
Since he is producing the film, why isn't he doing the
hero's role? He laughs and says, "My wife Shweta, told
me while we were discussing the story of this film
that I look like a villain. Since everyone knows that
we are husband-wife in real life, people wouldn't like
to see us as a couple on screen. So I am doing the
negative role."
So are there more films being planned in the near
future?
"Yes, I am planning to produce another Bhojpuri film.
The shooting for this film will start in March. Right
now we are working on the story; however cast is not
yet finalized."
Meanwhile, get ready to see Raja on television…
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