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New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) He is famous as Manav of hit TV serial 'Pavitra Rishta', but actor Sushant Rajput is now looking for an image change with dance reality show 'Zara Nachke Dikha'.

The actor plays a serious, quiet and intense character in 'Pavitra Rishta' aired on Zee TV but now wants to have some 'fun'.

'To an extent, this is an effort to change my image. My first show was 'Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil', where I was playing a character which was very similar to what I'm in real life,' Sushant told IANS in an interview.

'But the character of Manav is entirely different from what I am in real life. He is so mature and so serious all the time and living that character for 16 hours a day is really a task, so I wanted to have some fun now,' he said.

Sushant, who is from Delhi, was an engineering student when he decided to take up acting. In his first show 'Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil', he played the character of Preet and then moved on to his big break in Ekta Kapoor's 'Pavitra Rishta'.

The 24-year-old actor, who will now be seen as one of the contestants in 'Zara Nachke Dikha' that started Saturday on Star Plus, revealed that he loves dancing since childhood.

'I love dancing a lot. I was a student of (choreographer) Shiamak Davar. I just love being on stage. That was one more reason for giving this show a chance,' Sushant said.

On the show, he will be seen shaking a leg with other small screen actors like Sangeeta Ghosh, Aamir Ali, Abhishek Avasthi, Sanjeeda Sheikh and reality TV star Rakhi Sawant.

Actors Arshad Warsi and Shilpa Shetty and choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant are the judges of the show.

Sushant said his favourite judge is Arshad. 'He is so precise in explaining us what we lacked and where we were good. He is very casual with us. He often comes back stage and talks to us, telling us about various nuances of dance, as a friend and not as a judge,' Sushant said.

'The best part of the show is that its a proper dance reality show. The judges check each and every step and the main focus is the dance,' he said.

The gorgeous Jennifer Winget, popularly known as Dr. Ridhima, of 'Dill Mill Gayye' is our new host of 'Zara Nachke Dikha' along with R.J Mantra. But the girl is missing the dancing phase when she was a contestant of 'Zara Nachke Dikha' season 1last year.

"I am really missing my dancing bit as for last year I was not an anchor but one of the contestants on the show. In fact, when I came here for the first time this year for anchoring, I got emotionally low as it was the same place where along with my girls team, I had set the stage on fire. But never mind, it is a great feeling for me to come back, even though not for performing but at least for anchoring. And in some or the other way, I will be in the loop again," quips Jennifer.

Jennifer goes on, "At least there will be a good feeling that I am still part of the show, with same production house, on same set. And for this time the people with whom I am working with are great and sweet ones, so it will not be too stressful for me. And as I love anchoring it will be a reliever for me from my schedules."

As ZND is battle of sexes, whom will you join hands with? "Of course, Girls, even for last year I was pro towards fairer sex and the same goes for this year." signs off Jennifer.

But frankly speaking, Jennifer, you will not really miss dancing as you can always throw a move or two while anchoring too!

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Soni says that he didn't want to leave his new daily in a lurch to be part of the show.

"Zara Nachke Dikha requires a lot of time. The contestants have to rehearse a lot before the actual shoot. My daily is new and equally demanding. I opted to stay with the daily and participate in the dance show in the next season may be, if I am approached," he says.

Soni is a trained salsa dancer and also well equipped to perform B-boying and hip-hop.

"I did a 50-second act when I was called in to audition for Zara Nachke Dikha. The producers loved me, but I was clear that if I took on one more show, it would strain my life completely," points out Soni.

Meanwhile, he has been flooded with compliments for portraying the family-oriented chocolate boy Ishaan on Sasuraal Genda Phool, the 8.30 pm daily.

"A lady in my gym came up to me, congratulated me for the show and asked if I could meet her daughter who is of marriageable age. She wanted me to tell her daughter that guys like Ishaan actually exist so she agrees to start seeing probable grooms," he laughs.

MEANWHILE, ON THE SETS OF ZARA NACHKE DIKHA... While shooting for the Saturday episode, the show's Mother's Day special, contestant Sushant Singh Rajput broke down. He remembered his mum, who he lost back in 2002. He got teary-eyed seeing the other boys with their mothers on the show. So, Rajput's team Mastkalandar Boys, dedicated a performance to his mother and ended it with a picture of his mum holding him as a kid. Rajput later admitted that he hadn't even been to the house where his mum lived after she passed away.
However, Rajput, who plays Manav on Pavitra Rishta on Zee TV, is currently hospitalised because of stress, dehy- dration and high fever. His friends say that he hasn't been resting, with two shows and 18-hour workdays.

Hindustan Times