Fashion shows are her passion. Acting is her
first love. A former beauty pageant contestant, Mihika Verma's dream to
become an actress came true with Virrudh. "It was a high profile show
which brought me into the limelight," says Mihika who was flooded with
offers once her debut show went off air. "But since I played Smriti's
sister in Virrudh, the calls I got for work required me to play the
lead character's sister,, which I refused." But a call from Balaji to
play Ashlesha in Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil evoked her interest in the
show. "I am playing Daljeet Chachi's daughter. She calls herself Ash
and considers herself the Aishwarya Rai of Ludhiana," she adds.
Elaborating further, Mihika says, Ash has a Tom and Jerry kind of
relationship with her mother. "Both are influenced by Bollywood movies.
Both the characters have comic streaks but going further Ash will
develop negative traits," she elaborates. www.deccan.com |
Additi had no acting aspirations
It's been just 2 months since Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil started on Star Plus. But the serial has gone on to bag many nominations. Additi Gupta, who plays the main lead in the serial, has managed to get the nominations for not one but for three categories for the same serial - Favourite Beti, Favorite Yogya Jodi and Favourite Naya Sadasya (Female). Additi hails from Pune and feels completely new to Mumbai's kind of lifestyle. Additi, who has done fashion designing as well, says, "As a person I had never thought of acting at all. In fact I was doing my fashion designing course back in Pune and acting happened to me by chance and that's when I thought of giving it a shot. It feels great when you get such kind of recognition for hardwork within such a short span of time." Additi is not worried about winning. "Getting nominated itself is a big thing and and too for a serial which has just started and replaced Kasauti Zindagi Kii which was a huge success. So I am really not thinking about winning but definitely looking forward to the awards nite as it will be first awards function," she explains. Additi will be performing at the function and is really nervous as this too will be her first performance on stage. In fact initially she had rejected the offer of performing. "Although I have been facing camera for some time now still I am camera shy and not used to so many people around me. So performing for the awards was something which I was not feeling comfortable about. But somewhere one has to get over the fear so even I thought of that and later accepted the offer," she concludes. |
Harshad Chopda's Double Bonanza at STAR Parivaar Awards | |
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India Infoline News Service / Mumbai May 20, 2008 17:25 | |
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Television's latest heart-throb and STAR Parivaar's newest member, Harshad Chopda (Prem of Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil) had a very rewarding birthday this year. | |
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Television's latest heart-throb and STAR Parivaar's newest member, Harshad Chopda (Prem of Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil) had a very rewarding birthday this year. Harshad took home not one but two awards at the STAR PARIVAAR AWARDS held on May 17th which incidentally was also his Birthday. Winning the awards and bagging the much sought recognition for his work made it the most memorable birthday for him in a very long time! The cast and crew of STAR Parivaar also celebrated his Birthday eve at the rehearsals with a cake topped with candles to match his age! http://www.indiainfoline.com/news/innernews.asp?storyId=6819 4&lmn=1&cat=18 |