Article--Sumeet Raghavan -My 1st Award

Yup, your reaction? I haven't won a single award so far so I'm elated. Since you were the only trained singer, weren't you brought in to make the other contestants insecure? I wouldn't know if I was brought in to add to the drama. All I know is that we had a blast. Your co-contestants believe that you had an edge due to your classical music background. I'd studied classical music for five years way back in 1984. I was singing after 17 years. Weren't you a runner-up in Zee Marathi's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa? Yeah, but back then I had to sing with live musicians. On Say Shaava Shaava, we had to sing on a track. I'd never done that before, so I don't think I had an edge over the others. Did you make any friends on the show? Mannish Goyal who I initially thought was khadoos, has become a real pal. Is Sarabhai VS Sarabhai coming up with a sequel? Nope. Is that because the actors have upped their price? I don't think that's true. Rajesh (Kumar), Rupalik (Ganguly) and I were very interested in a sequel. I still get fan mail for it. Was Rupali Ganguly the cry baby she was in Bigg Boss? She'd make us cry! Jokes apart, she was the only one who had a soap background and we would keep pulling her leg about this. Aatish (Kapadia) would say he'd cast Rupali because he thought she was hilari- ous in Sanjeevni. He'd say that these daily soaps have so much comedy. Your cousin Gautami Kapoor is part of one such daily comedy too. I haven't seen Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi but she's a terrific actress. I've seen Ram's work too but sorry, I can'twatch these soaps. Ekta Kapoor is planning Mahabharat. What part would you like to play? (Laughs) Is she calling it Kahab- harat? I'd like to play Draupadi.