Wishing Star

What is she going to tuck under the pillow for her daughter to find on Christmas morning, we asked Shweta Tiwari, in city to promote 8216;Jaane Kya Baat Hui8217;, her new serial on Colors. 8220;It8217;s going to be tickets to my daughter8217;s favourite places in the world. I want her to wake up and be happy at the prospect of being with her mom in the places she loves to visit. For myself, I would ask Santa Claus to bless me with my daughter8217;s well being and for the world I would seek peace and togetherness in these crisis-ridden times,8221; she said, referring to the 26/11 catastrophe. With dizzy success as Prerna in 8216;Kasauti Zindagi Kay8217; and a much reported bad marriage behind her, she was careful to keep at bay queries about ex-husband Raja Chaudhry, who8217;s been, besides on 8216;Bigg Boss8217; on the same channel, in news for reasons most bizzarre.

While she was not in Mumbai on the metro8217;s date with mayhem, her co-star Sanjit Bedi8212;who was accompanying her on the promotional tour8212;had a close brush, since his house is in the vicinity of Hotel Taj. 8220;We heard the blasts and gunfires,8221; said Sanjit, terming the experience as undescribable and ruing the loss in the incident of some close friends, including the Yes Bank chairman, Ashok Kapur, killed in the Oberoi shootout. Sanjit and Shweta, incidentally, had played in-laws in 8216;Kasauti8230;8217;

8220;A married man philandering is not half as much an object of intrigue as a married woman who has even a Platonic relationship with another man,8221; the two actors pointed out in tandem to outline the concept of the serial. It attempts to assert the freedom of a woman to choose friends, irrespective of gender, while highlighting double standards that absolve men with a roving eye.