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The latest from the television industry to be smitten by the Bollywood bug is Amit Verma. The actor, whom we have been seeing in Baa Bahu Aur Baby, is all excited about Aziz Mirza's Kismat Konnection of which he's a part. The film, which also stars Shahid Kapoor and Vidya Balan, completed a one-month shooting schedule in Canada recently.
So how was the experience? "Please don't ask me any details," he begs. "I cannot tell you because I am bound by contract. All I can tell you is that I have a substantial role to play."
Apart from shooting for Baa, Bahoo Aur Baby, Amit is busy toning up his body these days. "I am going to the gym regularly," he says.
The actor has formed a cricket team with his friends. "My friends are also from the glamour world. And very soon you will get to know about the team," Amit explains. But ask him about Indian's victory Down Under, and Amit will not stop talking!
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Talking about films and telly stars, standup comedian Vir Das seems to have hit it big. He has some five films lined up this year.
"Three of them are yet-untitled. The other two are called Dial M For Marriage and Filmi Keera," Vir informs us.
He is also hosting a couple of telly shows. "One is a travel show and the other is a show on what women want. I will also be doing a standup comedy show," he says.
"Language is a problem for me; I am more comfortable in doing comedy shows in English," he adds, explaining why he does not participant in reality comedy shows. "While I can act in Hindi serials and movies, to get the best spontaneous response from me, the comedy has to be in English."
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Shweta Gulati, better known as Sonia Jaiswal from Ambar Dhara is quite happy these days. "Finally, viewers will recognise me as Sonia and not Tia!" the actress exclaims, referring to her role in the popular show, Remix.
"Ambar Dhara, as you would have noticed, is a very different show with a unique storyline," she adds. "There is much more that my character will do in the serial."
The actress will also act in a Hinglish play called Aastha in May. "It's a dark play with a sad end, based on the lives of theatre artists," she says, adding, "I play a budding theatre actor called Aastha."
