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Spicing up the box

Urvashi Dholakia of ‘Kasauti Zindagi Kii’ fame doesn’t mind being hated! Read on to find out why

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Sweet nothings! Urvashi Dholakia

Tele-actor Urvashi Dholakia will remain in public memory for years for her ‘bad deeds’. As the conniving Komolika in the popular Star Plus soap Kasauti Zindagi Kii, when this Mumbai-ite gave those half-smiles and meanin gful side glances in between fluttering her artificial eyelashes, she got rated as one of the most hated characters on cable TV.

Even though Komolika’s track in the serial is over now, heads turn knowingly wherever Urvashi goes. “It makes me feel good as an actor. Even if you are hated, this also means that people remember you for your work,” says the chatty actor. Though a successful role often tends to typecast actors in India, Urvashi is quick to add that she has no such fear. “Tell me who has not been typecast? Even Amitabh Bachchan had been typecast. So who am I to complain?”

Now on a strict fitness regime, Urvashi says she prefers clear soup and some plain salad for lunch. “My trainer always cribs that I don’t exercise everyday and eat insensibly. How do I hit a gym when I am shooting? You know how long TV shoots take,” she says.

Not much of a fussy eater, Urvashi says, “On any given day, I like plain dal, roti and sabzi. It is not that I don’t try other cuisines but I take a lot of time to develop a taste for food other than what is typically Indian.” Urvashi has two sons who study in boarding school. When they come home, the “new age mother” says with a lot of relish, “I make soups for them.” Though her kids, like most children these days, are not averse to pizzas and burgers, Urvashi particularly likes Punjabi, Gujarati and Mughlai food. “They are mostly oily but quite tasty,” she says.

Now appearing in the reality hunt, Comedy Circus on Sony TV, Urvashi says she is not involved in any other tele-show. Instead, she has just finished her first Bhojpuri film which was released recently. “It is a home productio n directed by an old family friend, Brij Bhushan. My mother is the producer. The name of the film is Saans Rani Bahu Naukrani. While the saans is played by Sahila Chadda, I play the bahu,” says Urvashi.

SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY

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