| PROFILE: Shaleen Bhanot |
| Nitin Joshi |
| He seems to be the new kid on the block. Shaleen Bhanot. You see him, currently, as the rich, spoilt brat Karan in Zee TV's Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar and also in Hungama TV's Sanya where he plays the boy next door, Mihir. ''I just started off a while ago and the going is good. Both my characters are very interesting and, luckily for me, they are both very different from each other. If Karan is the hardcore, negative, rich cool dude who's landed in jail, then Mihir in Sanya is the very sweet, good-hearted, nice boy,'' smiles Shaleen. Acting is a new twist in Shaleen's life. He used to handle his family business in Jabalpur till he landed in Mumbai for a business tender ''which got delayed and took up more time. So I stayed back in Mumbai for about a month. I enrolled in Kishore Namit Kapoor's acting classes,'' he recalls. That's what we would call destiny. After the classes, Shaleen went for the MTV Hero Honda Roadies audition and got selected. ''Great fun it was. I was one of the roadies and travelled from Calcutta to the Wagah border on a bike,'' he recalls. After that, fortunately for the young actor, he also got selected in the talent hunt for MTV's Kitni Mast Hai Zindagi where he played one of the leads - Rajat. ''It was an amazing experience. Initially, I found it difficult to adjust to waiting hours in between shots, but I settled down,'' smiles Shaleen. |
Now, he's loving his TV stint. And guess what? He's done a Bengali film with Mithun Chakraborthy called Devdoot directed by T.L.V. Prasad in which he plays the villain. He's also acting in his first Hindi film which is a Fardeen Khan-Vivek Oberoi starrer though he doesn't want to talk about it. ''I will when the time is right,'' promises Shaleen.
As of now he is clearly having a ball with his two dailies. ''Completely, because they have a lot of scope for an actor who's just begun. Karan allows me to be the hardcore type, very calculating, manipulative, playing games, always upto something. Mihir is this sweet boy who likes the protagonist Sanya. He likes to show off a bit. Many times he lands up making a fool of himself to entertain others. It's a cute role,'' he explains seriously. What makes him happy is he's made his parents proud and knows there is lots more to come. ''Talks are on for some very interesting stuff. Going slow,'' he smiles. Well slow and steady wins the race.
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