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Staying grounded

“I was a brat, and a real one I was,” quips actor Shatrughan Sinha.

Such children often grow up to be successful comedians, so it is perhaps heartening for contestants in the fourth edition of ‘The Great Indian Laughter Challenge,’ which starts from next month, that Sinha will be on the panel of judges on the popular Star One reality show.

Even off-screen, ‘Shotgun’ draws attention to himself. It all seems to stem from a ‘notorious’ childhood. “I was very talented and I had this amazing sense of humour. ”

Sinha had a special bond with his father, even though the naughty boy got his share of scolding and even beating from papa, who was very disciplined and punctual. A basic truth his father taught him, says the actor-turned-politician, was, “whatever we become in life is due to whatever we didn’t get, and whatever we don’t become is because of whatever we easily got.”

SANA AHMAD

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