Big cine stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan regularly go over to the smaller medium, television. It keeps them busy between big flicks, and ensures visibility and steady incomes. So for a television artiste to shine in these times becomes an even greater challenge. Yet, the tube is sizzling with hotties, who come in, ahem, every shape and size. And, like the cine stars, our telly boys, too, are learning to straddle the twin constellations of tinsel town and soap operas. So here's a tube to them.
In a good space
He is co-anchor of the star-studded reality show Nach Baliye on Star Plus. He is also the lead in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's debut telly offering, Saraswatichandra. Life suddenly got big for Gautam Rode, 35, who, till recently, was seen in smaller shows like Baa, Bahoo Aur Baby.
"Yes, it's a good space I'm in," admits the erstwhile Delhiite, personally amazed at where he is now. "I hadn't planned any of this. I was a regular collegian at Bhagat Singh College, when I took up a few offers for commercials. It took me to Mumbai, where someone said, 'Your Hindi is good, why not dabble in television?' Well, it was a good deal to pay my rent while I was in Mumbai. See where it has taken me."
His role in Saraswatichandra has him terribly excited. The story is based on the Nutan-starrer of yore, though it is set very much in 2013. His dhoti look is sizzling hot, but "that's only because I'm performing the surya namaskar," he says.
Rode says he has no plans for the future. "I've learnt that life doesn't go on as planned, so I prefer not to think of the future," he says. "A high phase will come with a low one, that's the nature of life."
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