Maiden Innings

What are the country8217;s two loves? Cricket and films, we can hear you chorus.

After twirling on her toes last season, actor Sandhya Mridul has moved on to a lethal combination 8211; cricket and dance!

What are the country8217;s two loves? Cricket and films, we can hear you chorus. Making the most of that lethal, if we may say so, combination is Colors channel with its new weekend show 8216;Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina8217;. Pegged as India8217;s 8220;first cricket format8221; show, 8216;Ek Khiladi Ek Hasina8217; will see present day cricketing chaps team up with some of television8217;s prettiest ladies and get them together to shake a leg on the floor. And while Sushmita Sen and Wasim Akram will judge the two, stepping into the anchor8217;s stilettos is last season8217;s 8216;dancing queen8217; Sandhya Mridul.

The decision to be a part of the show admits the actor was 8220;quick and fast8221;. 8220;Like every Indian I am passionate about cricket and dance too. I was fond of dancing but never really thought I could perform a sequence until Jhalak Dikhla Jaa happened,8221; tells Mridul who has been twirling on her toes ever since. 8220;I have been performing all over the world and loving every bit of it,8221; adds the actor who admits to 8220;discovering8221; the dancer in her finally! But if you have your expectations high on seeing Mridul sizzle on stage, she8217;s lets out her role. 8220;Actually there won8217;t be much of me dancing, only a bit. I am playing host for once,8221; she laughs admitting to sharing a 8220;wonderful rapport8221; with the cricketers. Remember she8217;s hosted Extraa Innings on Set Max sometime back. As far as all the cricketing action on this channel goes, there are quite a few dishy players lined up. There8217;s Sreesanth teaming up with Surveen Chawla, Harbhajan Singh with Mona Singh, Irfan Pathan with Ashima Bhalla, Dinesh Karthik with Nigar Khan, Nikhil Chopra with Barkha Bisht and Vinod Kambli with Shama Sikander.

8220;Who wouldn8217;t love to see cricketers dance? It8217;s an amazing format really,8221; spoke Sandhya who by the way isn8217;t just dancing for now. 8220;I am an actor first and I do have a few films lined up,8221; she tells. Among them is Arshad Warsi8217;s home production and another by Anubhav Sinha that stars Shabana Azmi and Anupam Kher. And while she would love to do an item number, Sandhya is looking to sign up only for 8220;good cinema8221;. 8220;I am not so fussy about the size of the role but it should give me scope to act. Like I loved Farhan8217;s role in Rock On,8221; Sandhya says. Watch out for her!