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Can't keep my eyes off Ahana: Samir Soni
After Parichay', Samir Soni returns to small screen with a new horror show Ringa Ringa Roses' on Life Ok. In a candid chat with itimes, the actor talks about his beliefs in supernatural powers and how his life has changed after he and wife Neelam Kothari adopted a baby girl, who they fondly call Ahana.
You have opted for something different this time? What is the
most intriguing thing about this genre that made you choose it?
I am always driven by characters. It has to be something
that should excite me and I found that in this character. It is a very
challenging role. It is fun to play a ghost catcher. The biggest challenge for
me in this character is to make it believable and people should love him and
like him. I like doing the characters which are slightly offbeat and complex.
Do you believe in supernatural powers?
I haven't experienced anything like this but still there are
stories that have gone on for centuries, so believing that something like this
exist won't be wrong. They might exist, I can't say.
How's fatherhood treating you?
Right now Neelam is playing both mother and father as I have
been busy shooting. I just see Ahana and keep staring at her. I can't keep my
eyes of her. Ahana is just 11 months old and I look forward to spending more and more time with her as she grows up. I am
looking forward to going out on walks with her, sitting and
watching TV with her and doing things together.
Whatever time you have spent with Ahana, do you see any
change in your life?
I don't know because I am still adjusting to it. Neelam thinks that I have become more emotional. She says she
hasn't seen me so emotional. Usually I keep my emotions in check. Neelam says he
hasn't seen me displaying emotions like this before. It is not something that
no one has ever done, but it is still new for me.
What is it that made you and Neelam decide on adopting a
child?
Firstly, lets be honest here, we are getting old, we are not
20 years old boy and girl anymore, we are both in our 40s. We both were very
clear that we wanted a daughter.
Instead of having surrogate or any other
option, we decided on why not adopt a baby, who, hopefully, gets a nice life. I think this
works in every way. You are doing a good deed and at the same time having
someone new in life. I haven't seen my in-laws so happy before, like they are
right now. They feel happy when they see Neelam so happy holding the baby in
her hand.
There is a very small section of society which is really pro
adoption. For many it still remains a taboo.
How can it be a taboo?
It is ridiculous to say something like this. For me I am proud of it. My
only concern is that when my child grows up, how will she take it. I am not
going to hide it from her. My only concern is once she finds out she doesn't
feel differently from her perspective.
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