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`No no' to item numbers

BOLLYWOOD CALLING Sheetal Menon

At the Mather Lifestyle Awards function, in the city Saturday last, Sheetal Menon had all eyeballs on her.

Her father is a Keralite and mom a Mangalorean.

"It's not much of a back-to-the-roots feeling for me because I have hardly ever lived here. Though I had done a year of schooling at Ottappalam, I have an army background and so we were travelling all over the country."

A Kingfisher calendar gal, you can see her in the latest Diet Pepsi ad with another half-Malayali, John Abraham. How was it working with him is the oft asked question now from everyone. "He is really humorous and fun loving. I was nervous at first doing the ad because expectations were at sky high level. But once shooting got off I knew I could act well. John gave me lots of tips on acting and charting a solid career path in the entertainment industry."

Yes Bollywood is the next calling. After having done a couple of videos like Gori for Band of Boys, and the latest Piya Bawari, "which was very exotically shot and has a touch of the classic which is missing so much now." Having already finished an acting course at Anupam Kher's institute, she is all hush-hush about the projects. "But I know for sure no item numbers. That was an advice that John gave me. You are not taken seriously thereafter. After establishing myself I wouldn't mind but not before that." Right now though she is glad that "I finally got to go to the Guruvayur Temple at last. It was one wish I fulfilled on this trip."

R.M.

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