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Famed anchor Kamal Sidhu joins engineering students in "Chasing Nature" on Animal Planet
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ADVENTUROUS Kamal Sidhu
The lady with the mile-wide smile and corona of curls is back in the television circuit. But this time, Kamal Sidhu isn't getting "Dangerous". Instead, the charming model-actor-anchor joins an energetic bunch of engineering students in "Chasing Nature."
In the new action-packed series being aired on Animal Planet (Fridays 8.00 p.m.), Kamal tracks some of the best engineering minds from various universities in the U. S., and examines how they design and construct an apparatus that mimics some of the amazing capabilities of animals. "It's all about Nature's engineering feats and the ingenuity of the human race," Kamal smiles. "It's a huge challenge for the students. Every week, a team is selected and given a particular animal to replicate. It isn't easy to match up to the real master of engineering — Mother Nature. A life-size model of a specific physical feature of an animal has to be built and tested. And I track them through their trials and triumphs," she adds.
Every week, it's a new team of students and — of course, a new challenge. So in "Chasing Nature," Kamal takes viewers through weeks of exciting engineering adventures — from swinging like an ape to swimming like a dolphin. Some of the animals that the students will replicate include the big horn ram (this week), archer fish, scorpion, ape, giraffe, bats, chameleon, dolphin, jumping viper and lion.
As for her own journey through the world of showbiz, Kamal, who has anchored "Dangerous", a no-holds-barred chat show on sex for Zoom TV, and "Earthpulse", an animal show for National Geographic, says, "Initially, I got carried away by glamour. Now, I'm looking at doing meaningful shows. I don't want to get stuck. Besides, there are two films coming up. At last, after zipping across the globe, I've settled in an apartment in Mumbai. But I will still remain a global citizen. Today, we all are, isn't it?"
T. KRITHIKA REDDY
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