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TV star Waqar Sheikh is all hope to make it big after his role as Dara Shikoh in Akbar Khan's forthcoming film "Taj Mahal".
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— Photo: R.V. Moorthy
IF YOU search for a high point in his acting career, it is certainly Heena, one of the longest run serials on Sony. Yet, Waqar Sheikh wants to be seen more in films than on the small screen. And surely, that was the reason that he vanished from arc lights "for quite sometime for a changed look and a refreshed mind."
Now back on the track, he is ready for both the mediums - big and small. He is at present playing the lead in Doordarshan's Kehar and not complaining. He has just wrapped up shooting as Dara Shikoh in Akbar Khan's big banner film Taj Mahal, and is excited about it.
April launch
"I was just not happy with my TV roles. I wanted desperately to be in films. I got small roles but not something that would make people notice me and so I wrapped up all my professional commitments and gave myself a break. To think what I want to do really and do whatever is required to achieve that," says Waqar. The result was a new hairdo, losing a little flab, acquiring a latest wardrobe and a firm decision not to look back.
Talking about his role in the Unitech IPTV production Kehar, he gives credit for the show to "a small team and a lot of drama."
"I am enjoying it specially because the focus of the serial is on me," he says. Waiting for April to come as never before, he is thrilled about his role as Dara in Taj Mahal. "My role is not a big one but an important one. The focus of the producer now is more on its music promotion and the film hopefully would touch the screen by April," he informs. The film's music has just been released. Waqar feels "it is film worth waiting for to appreciate Akbar Khan's strong sense of aesthetics."
"The whole set, the costumes, the language so superbly signify the era. Most of my shooting was in Jodhpur's Umergarh fort, and also partly in Jaipur and Ladakh," he adds.
Besides Taj Mahal, talks are also on for two more roles in films but Waqar doesn't want to count chickens before they hatch. "But I have just finished doing a Bengali film done by actor Prasenjit's sister," he adds.
Beyond films and TV serials, this son of an Army officer is also keyed up about his work in theatre. "I have just returned from Muscat. We staged a comedy there, Meri Life Mein Uski Wife. Let's hope we can stage it here as well,he maintains.
SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY
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