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This is an archive article published on September 13, 2011

The Extra Factor

Divya Dutta is ecstatic. After years in Bollywood,the award-winning actress of films such as Veer Zara and Delhi 6,is going to talk shop on television.

Divya Dutta’s platter is piled high with a television quiz show,a book and two Hollywood films

Divya Dutta is ecstatic. After years in Bollywood,the award-winning actress of films such as Veer Zara and Delhi 6,is going to talk shop on television. Starting September 18,Dutta will host Max’s Extraaa Shots Challenge,a film quiz show packed with trivia. “Everyone wants to know what happened behind the scenes,interesting nuggets and other tidbits. Being a film buff myself,what better than to be on the show,” says Dutta,who visited Chandigarh to share the news.

The format for the show is simple — three film buffs will try to outdo one another in a three-round challenge,using their knowledge of movies and behind-the-scene happenings. “Extraaa Shots Challenge is for the die-hard film buff,” says Dutta,who started her career hosting travel shows for Punjabi channels.

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But the small screen isn’t all that’s keeping the actress busy. Dutta has saucy,naughty characters in the forthcoming films My Friend Pinto and Zilla Ghaziabad,as well as a meaty role in Madhur Bhandarkar’s Heroine. She is also a part of Dev Anand’s thriller,Chargesheet. “Dev saab has forbidden us to talk about Chargesheet,” she says. Two Hollywood films are in the pipeline,too,and Dutta begins shooting in March.

The actress is set to make her debut as an author next year. Dutta has been contributing to English dailies on issues ranging from love and life to emotional entanglements. The book,she says,will be launched next year. “It’s an autobiographical novel. I have plenty of experiences to narrate and am already penning it down.”

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