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Akela and happy

BACK ON THE TELLY Actor Sudhanshu Pandey

Hardworking and committed - that's perhaps the way to describe Sudhanshu Pandey. The ex-Band of Boys member, who began his career as a model 12 years ago, has managed to carve out a small space for himself in the entertainment industry. Plunging into acting with B.R. Chopra's tele-serial, Beta after a successful modelling career, Sudhanshu debuted in Bollywood too with Khiladi 420, starring Akshay Kumar and Mahima Chaudhary. Having tasted Bollywood movies and hoping to make it big on the big screen one day, Sudhanshu found acting in tele-serials gradually lost its charm. The last time he was seen was six years ago, in Sony TV's Kanyadaan.

But the boy is back now. He is now seen on Sony TV's supernatural thriller, Akela every Tuesday at 10 p.m. Says the actor, "I didn't want to do TV, but this script and set-up are fantastic. Also, I had a lot of free time before I begin shooting for the film, Alibaug."

`Alibaug'

Surprisingly, for an actor with zero box-office success, he has his hands full. Yet another movie to feature him is Manoranjan, slated for release soon, and his forthcoming projects include Dus Kahaaniyan, Unns and Sanjay Gupta's high profile Alibaug, announced at the IIFA awards this year.

"I don't think that I am an unsuccessful actor, even Mr. Bachchan had 11 flops before becoming the Big B," he defends. The argument seems to hold with his stint in Hollywood in the recent Jackie Chan starrer, The Myth. "I played a warrior in the movie. Though the role was small I got an opportunity to work with and fight against Jackie Chan," he recounts.

Talking about typecasting on television, he says, "If you do the right projects at the right time you avoid getting typified. As long as you don't give into the temptation television can offer, people accept you in other roles easily."

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