Sooraj Thappar in a new avatar!

Sooraj Thappar will be seen donning a new avatar in Sony's Man Main Hain Vishwaas. He will play Jaswinder Singh, a sardar, who's a sweet, understanding and a down to earth person who loves to look at the lighter side of life. Recalling how it was shot, Sooraj Thapar tells us what a hard time he had during the making of this serial, because of the difficult working conditions. "First of all, I had to wear this beard and moustache and then the big Pagdi which covered half my eyebrows and tied tightly around my head. And even worse was because we were shooting in a non - ac area, so it was really hot and uncomfortable. But it was necessary to give a natural performance and make it realistic." Well, that was a pity ! But we're sure a little effort is going to pay off really well. His work has been critically appreciated in the past and we this time too will be applauded. Way to go Soorajji !! An air-hostess' advantage Gunjan Walia's one helluva excited girl who has got to play her dream role of the lead protagonist Krishna in Kuch Apne Kuch Paraye on ahara One. After doing K Street Pali Hill, Sindoorr and Kkusum, she seems to have finally got her due. On her return trip to Mumbai from Delhi where she had been to attend a press conference for her daily soap, she was seated along with co-stars Sachin Tyagi (her bro-in-law) and Chaitanya Choudhary (her hero) in the aircraft, when she suddenly saw the flaps going up again in the about-to-land plane. "I also heard the Captain call for the crew and got alarmed because being an airhostess (I used to fly with Jet Airways) before entering the acting scene, I knew what it meant when the Capt. called for the crew." Meanwhile her co-stars got worried and pestered her for an explanation as Gunjan monitored outside conditions, but she refused to divulge anything as she did not want to frighten them, until everything became alright and the flight landed safely! That is the advantage of being an air-hostess - you know exactly when things go wrong! It's raining TV stars at premiers Of late we have noticed that our TV fraternity has been thronging film premiers, especially angrezi movies. Here they get the dual advantage of getting a free invitation of catching up on the film as well an opportunity to grab a place on page 3. Similar was the case at the recent special screening of the Leonardo De Caprio film, Departed at a suburban multiplex. Marked present were tellydom's Rucha Gujrati, Chetan Hansraj with wife Lavinia, Kushal Punjabi, VJ Maria Goretti, Mini Mathur with hubby Kabir, Shreeyas Talpade (now a film star), Samir Soni and many more recognizable faces from the small screen. So here's a short cut to fame for the wannabes on TV. Try grabbing an invite for such premiers. You have a chance to get noticed! Bharti's preoccupations! Bharti Achrekar is happy playing Kantaben in Kya Hoga Nimmo Ka and has no plans of taking up full time television. It seems besides Nimmo, the talented actor is currently concentrating on films along with her own film production house. Lately Bharti has signed up Basu Chatterji's and Leena Bakshi's new films where she essays a comic character. We also heard that Mrs Wagle from Wagale Ki Duniya is also doing a Hinglish film where she will be seen in a never seen before avtar. "Television takes a lot of time and films get over soon. Along with acting on the big screen, I also produce Marathi films. In fact, one of my films got me an award last year. Also my stage shows keep me busy as I am basically a singer," smiles the lovely actor who has completed her Masters in music. She also organizes weekly musical stage shows for actors who have the singing talent and aspire to make it big. Acting, film production and singing.... Hmm, we think, many of the actors should take a leaf out of the Bharti's book who believes in doing so many things at one time.