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IN PASSING
Living her dream
SUCHITRA BEHAL
She may have been born with the proverbial silver spoon in her mouth, but musician Anushka Shankar feels that she has had to work harder because of who she is and the opportunities that have come her way. “I do not think I’m overrated. What am I supposed to do? Refuse the opportunities that come my way? I think when you are in a position like mine, you constantly have to defend yourself.” She said that she was lucky to be living her dream but she did not get there the easy way. Her relationship with her father, especially when they perform together, she added, is “very complex. We are father and daughter as well as guru and shishya; we are collaborators and our relationship is very symbiotic.” And while she does not rule out marriage, she is pretty sure that her life will have more than one role.
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Ready for politics
When he said he would “speak straight from the heart”, cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin certainly had not rehearsed those words. Not one to give too many interviews and a man of few words, Azharuddin — asked what he would do while giving a speech as a politician — confessed that he would never “rehearse. I will speak straight from my heart and I believe, that if you are honest, people can make out.” While he is unsure of what he may want to do, his intentions, he claims are good. “I’ve thought of a lot of things and, before joining politics, I’ve done a lot of spadework. I know what I’m getting into and I know what I have to face. I am ready,” said he. He added that the main reason for joining politics was that he would be in a position to help people. “I know I have the ability to get things done,” he added.
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Holding his own
Ask him if he’s been biding his time, actor Kay Kay Menon is more than ready to accept that. But, with his innate sense of performance, he has managed to carve a niche for himself in the world of Hindi cinema. He has always tried to pick up unconventional roles; just look at his most recent film “The Stoneman Murders”. “I have to feel a need to do a particular role,” said Menon. “Obviously a lot depends on the script, the production house, other people involved and the money.” Despite all this there have been times when his calculations have gone awry at the box office but Menon shrugs that off saying, “If I knew how the film will eventually shape up and how people would react to it then I’d be god, not an actor.” He refuses to categorise cinema into mainstream, commercial or art films. “Either it is good cinema or bad; anyway I do not make categories in my life.” He believes that an actor is born and, over time, can better his skills; if he wasn’t an actor he’d have been a sportsperson. For the moment he’s happy basking in his newfound adulation.
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