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  • TV artiste heads for Bollywood

    TV artiste heads for Bollywood

    MUMBAI: The small screen has lost another actor to Bollywood. Ashish Choudhary, who has acted in serials such as Hum Pardesi Ho Gaye(Sony TV) and Wajood (Star Plus) has bid adieu to the TV screen.

    Choudhary has bagged a role in producer-director Harry Baweja’s Qayamat – City Under Threat. Moon Moon Sen’s daughter Riya Sen stars opposite him. The co-stars include big guns such as Ajay Devgan, Suniel Shetty, Aayub Khan, Sanjay Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Chunky Pandey and a host of other heroines. Won’t he get lost?

    Choudhary justifies: “Well, I have made my transition and there is no turning back. I have refused all the TV serials offered to me. I have no regrets about acting in serials because they gave me acclaim and elevated me to where I am now. But, TV takes too much time.”

    Choudhary has three films on hand, including a commercial English film made by Delhi based director duo Siddharth-Ankhush. The film is produced by Quartet Films, in which Javed Jaffery and Rajan Shah (Bharat Shah’s son) have stakes.

    What about modeling? “I hope my films become blockbusters and I get endorsement offers instead of modeling assignments,” Choudhary quips.

    Speaking to indiantelevision.com, director Baweja says: “I needed a fresh face and Choudhary showed a lot of promise in the screen tests. I must say that he has delivered.”

    The small screen’s loss is the big screen’s gain.

  • Aayub Khan gears up for Sahara’s ‘Karishma’

    Aayub Khan gears up for Sahara’s ‘Karishma’

    MUMBAI: Bollywood heroes are playing negative characters on the small screen. Aayub Khan, of Mrityudand fame, is firming plans to play Karisma Kapoor’s son on Sahara TV’s mega serial Karishma – the Miracle of Destiny. The channel is supposed to premiere the serial on 28 April 2003. Khan also has plans to shoot pilots with Arun Frank and turn TV producer.

    Khan is still accepting Bollywood feature films despite dedicating eight to 10 days per month to the shooting of the Sahara serial. The shooting schedules have been held in places such as New Zealand, Sahara’s Amby Valley (near Lonavla) and in Mumbai. Already, 40 episodes of Karishma have been canned.

    Speaking to indiantelevision.com, Khan says:”Harsh Chhaya and I play the two evil, wayward sons of Karisma Kapoor in the serial. Evil seems to be the in thing and it was challenge to juxtapose my good looks with a negative dimension. As good-for-nothings,we try to squeeze everything out of our mother.”

    Incidentally, Khan is also portraying a negative character in Harry Baweja’s soon to be released feature film Qayamat – City Under Threat. He is one of the villains – Sanjay Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan, Chunky Pandey are the others.

    He has also completed Mrityudand director Prakash Jha’s latest feature film Gangajal. “We started the shooting on 22 February and wrapped up the entire shoot by March end. My co-stars include Ajay Devgan, Mukesh Tiwari, Mohan Joshi and Akash Soni. It has the same Bihari flavour as Mrityudand did.”