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Bihari Boli mast hai bhai
by Giridhar Jha, Patna edition of Hindustan Times, 2000.
Mr Jha is at present News Editor, Hindustan Times, Patna and can be contacted at giridharjha@gmail.com.
original link:http://coolbihari.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_archive.html
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Twists and turns - Khakuls speaks about GES
Kajari Bhattacharya, The Statesman, 2007-02-10
Shayantani Ghoshal looks resplendent in a saree that glitters like the night sky in an unpolluted small town. The straight, shiny black hair, perfectly arched brows and smoky, kohl-lined eyes look out of place even against the backdrop of one of Kolkata's most prestigious hotels. In fact Shayantani looks like she's come straight off the sets of a K soap. Although the name of the soap she stars in does not start with the auspicious "K", the character she plays does. In SaharaOne's new soap Ghar... Ek Sapna, Kakul, the main female lead, is played by Shayantani.
This petite damsel's first television show was Kumkum, in which she played Kumkum's daughter-in-law after the show made a 20- (or was it 30- or 40-) year leap.
"I've only been in Mumbai for the last few months. Landing a role in Kumkum was not a planned move at all. I was doing movies in Kolkata. The Kumkum people offered me a role and in March 2006, I moved to Mumbai. It'd different there, but it's good," says Shayantani, who has studied at St Teresa's, Khidderpore and Madevi Birla before doing her graduation from Bhowanipore College.
In Ghar Ek... Sapna, Shayantani plays Kakul, who is an over-protected daughter of a man who is a "big magnet" in Bihar. The story begins with an incident that is a common phenomenon in Bihar, ladka pakar shaadi (abduct a bridegroom).
Samman is a typical Mumbai yuppie who comes to Bihar to attend a wedding, where he flirts with the innocent Kakul. She takes his attentions to heart and falls in love with him. When her jijaji (brother-in-law) finds out, all hell breaks loose. Samman is forced to marry Kakul at gunpoint, although Kakul's not even aware of this (hmm… wonder how that happened).
Shayantani says, "My character is very simple and trusting. She gets married and comes to Mumbai to her in-laws' house, blissfully unaware of all that's been going on. And then the problems begin for her."
What follows is a juicy potboiler that soap addicts will love to sink their teeth into. Kakul's father-in-law starts to have business trouble because of the marriage of Kakul and Samman. How so, you ask? Well, Samman was supposed to marry his father's business partner's daughter, which would have furthered business profits for the family. Get the picture? There's more woe in store for the newly wed bride. Samman's elder sister is in her thirties. And boy, is she mad at Kakul too. She was supposed to get married to a cousin of Samman's bride-who-never-was and Kakul's marriage to Samman spoils her plans of conjugal bliss too. Says Shayantani, "Everyone in the family is very unhappy with Kakul, but she consoles herself with the thought that at least her husband loves her. And then, realisation dawns that there's another woman in the picture."
For Shayantani, playing a role like this one is not difficult. "I'm an actor. These are the kinds of roles that are available. That's not me."
She goes on to relate that even though the show's on television, it has the feel of a big budget Bollywood film. "The show has been given a movie feel. In the first three to four episodes, there were songs, just like in a Hindi film."
So does she have her eyes set on tinsel town? "I do plan to do movies, but Hindi is a new language for me. It takes time..." trails off the lovely damsel.
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