Shweta Tiwari News

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मुझे फिल्मों में रुचि नहीं: श्वेता तिवारी

पिछले साल नच बलिये-2 के सेट पर श्वेता तिवारी ने एक इंटरव्यू में कहा था कि वह कसौटी.. अथवा किसी भी सीरियल के जबरन लीप इयर तक खींचने के पक्ष में नहीं हैं। वर्तमान में ना केवल कसौटी जिंदगी की का लीप इयर शुरू हो चुका है, बल्कि श्वेता तिवारी प्रेरणा के उम्रदराज किरदार को बखूबी निभा रही हैं। इसके साथ वह भोजपुरी फिल्मों में भी रोल कर रही हैं।
आपने कसौटी जिंदगी की के लीप इयर का हिस्सा बनने से कभी मना किया था?
मैंने कसौटी.. को लेकर कभी भी इस तरह के बयान नहीं दिया। मैंने यही कहा था कि अगर कसौटी.. दूसरी बार लीप इयर में जाएगा तब मैं अपनी शर्तो पर काम करूंगी। आज भी मैं अपनी ही शर्तो पर काम कर रही हूं। अलबत्ता मीडिया ने हमेशा मेरी बातों को तोड़ मरोड़ कर छापा है।
क्या खास बदलाव महसूस करती हैं आप प्रेरणा के किरदार में?
प्रेरणा जैसी पहले थी वैसी ही आज भी है। उसके गेटअप में बहुत ज्यादा फर्क नहीं आया है। वह ऊंचे घराने की वयोवृद्ध औरत जैसी ही दिखती है। अलबत्ता पहले से ज्यादा मैच्योर लगती है। उसके व्यक्तित्व में जो शान आप देख रहे हैं वह उसके किरदार में आए बदलाव के अनुरूप है।
कितना आसान था प्रेरणा की इस उम्र को जीना?
प्रेरणा की बढ़ती उम्र को मैंने धीरे-धीरे जीया है। हाँ मुझे जब बताया गया कि कहानी को बीस साल आगे ले जाया जा रहा है तब मुझे कुछ होमवर्क करने की जरुरत महसूस हुई, क्योंकि मुझे अब अपने से दोगुनी उम्र की औरत को प्ले करना था। मैंने बड़े घरानों की पचास से साठ की उम्र की औरतों को करीब से देखने और समझने की कोशिश की है। उनकी चाल ढाल, पहरावा, बातचीत आदि को पढ़ने की कोशिश की है। रही सही कसर मेकअप दादा ने पूरी कर दी। उन्होंने काफी मेहतन की है मेरे किरदार के मेकओवर में।
प्रेरणा का एक जैसा किरदार करते-करते कभी कोफ्त नहीं होती?
पिछले छह सालों में कसौटी.. ने अच्छे दर्शक बटोरे हैं। अगर आप इसे रेगुलर देख रहे हैं तो आपने महसूस किया होगा कि मेरे यानी प्रेरणा के किरदार में कभी एकरसता नहीं दिखी। मैंने खुद महसूस किया है हर छठे माह पर जब मुझे लगता कि मेरा किरदार मोनोटोनस सा होता जा रहा है, तभी मेरे किरदार से रिलेटेड कोई नया कैरेक्टर जुड़ जाता जिसकी वजह से प्रेरणा की सोच और उसके तौर-तरीके बदल जाते थे। कभी-कभी कहानी के प्लॉट में भारी फेरबदल कर दिया जाता था। कभी लीप इयर तो कभी मेकओवर के जरिये भी मेरे किरदार में बदलाव लाया जाता था।
मदहोशी और आबरा का डाबरा के बाद आप फिल्मों से गायब हो गयीं?
फिल्मों के प्रति मेरे मन में कभी भी बहुत ज्यादा रूझान नहीं था। ना ही मैंने कभी कोशिश की। मदहोशी अथवा आबरा.. मुझे घरेलू रिलेशनशिप की वजह से करनी पड़ी। इन फिल्मों का भविष्य क्या था, मैंने यह भी जानने की कोशिश नहीं की। आज मैं अपने सीरियल और कॉमर्शियल में इतनी व्यस्त हूँ कि कुछ और करने के लिए मेरे पास समय नहीं है।
आज भी फिल्मों में टीवी कलाकारों की खास वैल्यू नहीं है। आप क्या कहती हैं?
मैं आपकी बात से सहमत हूँ। टीवी का कद कितना भी बड़ा हो जाए, फिल्म के समानांतर नहीं आ सकता। आज टीवी के स्थापित ज्यादातर कलाकार फिल्मों में साइड रोल तक ही सीमित हैं। मैं किसी का नाम नहीं लूंगी। मेकर्स उन्हें लेकर बड़ा जुआ खेलने से बचते हैं। मुझे इसलिए भी फिल्मों में इंट्रेस्ट नहीं है, क्योंकि मैं टीवी की दुनिया में खुश भी हूं और व्यस्त भी। सब कुछ तो है मेरे पास।
हाल ही में आपकी बेटी ने भी मॉडलिंग से इस लाइन में पदार्पण किया है?
पिछले दिनों पलक और मैंने डिज्नी लैंड और हांगकांग में गाला ब्रश वालों के लिए शूटिंग की। बहुत जल्दी इसका प्रसारण शुरु हो जाएगा। मगर हम यह सिलसिला और आगे नहीं चलने देंगे। अभी वह मात्र छह साल की है। उसे अभी पूरा समय अपनी पढ़ाई के लिए देना होगा। उसे कॉमर्शियल की आदत पड़ जाएगी तो पढ़ने से उसका मन उचट जाएगा।
और क्या कर रही है इन दिनों?
पिछले दिनों मैंने अपने पति राजा के साथ सूर्या बल्ब का कॉमर्शियल किया है। इसके अलावा तीन भोजपुरी फिल्में कर रही हूँ। एक रवि किशन के साथ दो मनोज तिवारी के साथ। बहुत अच्छे अनुभव रहे हैं।
राजेश श्रीवास्तव

[Saturday, June 02, 2007 9:59:00 PM (IST) ]

अन्य फीचर
कम नहीं है मेरी कामयाबी: लारा
मुझे फिल्मों में रुचि नहीं: श्वेता तिवारी
किस्मत पर बहुत यकीन है: दलजीत कौर
यहां कुछ भी स्थायी नहीं: गौरव खन्ना
मॉडलिंग की नई आशा बनारसी विपाशा
टैरो का‌र्ड्स- सितारे बोलते है (3 जून से 9 जून 2007)
अंतरजातीय- धार्मिक विवाह: कहींमान्य तो कहीं अमान्य
हॉलीवुड एक्स रे- श्रेक द थर्ड
मैं अपनी पहचान से खुश हूँ: अक्षय
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I will drive Saif-ly: Prerna
By: Vickey Lalwani

Tiwari is taking driving lessons for her role in a upcoming film

Racing Ahead: Shweta Tiwari

After Saif Ali Khan in Ta Ra Rum Pum, it’s now Shweta Tiwari’s turn to burn some wheels on the race track.

The actress has been practising driving for her Raja Chaudhary’s Hinglish flick My Second Owner, revolving around car racing.

Tiwari may not have the extravagant canvas of Yash Raj Films which Khan had, but she has the moral and financial support of her producer husband.

Going professional

The practice sessions are being conducted by professional race experts (who also act in the film) Mihir Dharker and Sameer Sayyed.

About the film, Raja says, “Shweta and I play a married couple in the film, who own four cars including a Toyota Trueno.

We are about to sell off the Toyota Trueno when a friend advises us not to sell it off and suggests some modifications for the car. After doing the rehaul, Shweta and I win a race each- driving that car.”

Raja will be getting the modifications done on the Toyota Trueno (owned by the couple) from a workshop in Santacruz. The cost of modifying the car is 10 lakhs.

Man on a mission

Following Him: Saif Ali Khan

Talking to us after her practice session.

Shweta laughs, “Raja is on a mission.

He is like a man possessed when it come to upgrading his cars.

It’s an expensive indulgence but I can’t stop him.

I like to drive slowly and carefully but I have little choice now that I am acting in a film that is all about speed.

I am taking lessons to drive this car which I haven’t driven much before.

I usually  prefer to practise in the mornings.”

Another round of practice sessions will be required when Suraj completes the modifications on the Toyota Trueno. “Shweta has a lot of hard work on her hands.

She is not used to driving this car  but she has taken to her training like a duck takes to water. I am so proud of my wife,” Raja signs off.

Look no further

In a candid conversation, Shweta Tiwari (Prerna of Kasautii Zindagii Kay) talks of her definition of love and playing grandmother to seven girls in the serial

By: Kshama Rao

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THE print and the electronic media descended at a suburban studio (at the back of beyond in Saki Naka Andheri) on a sweltering Wednesday afternoon on the sets of Ekta Kapoor’s Kasautii Zindagii Kay.
Prime time prima donna Prerna was expected to meet them. The protagonist of the six year old show has just won yet another long jump television race (the show has leaped by 20 years once again) and Prerna is now grandmom.

Alas, even as the journalists waited patiently munching cold samosas and cups of tea, Madame T (that’s Shweta Tiwari) showed no signs of coming. After over an hour, the channel PROs (now visibly embarrassed) informed that the star is incommunicado. But no sweat, the seven grand daughters of Prerna and old guard Hiten Tejwani who’s just walked in, in bleached hair and golden brown lens, were available for interviews.
Not wanting to give up, we messaged Tiwari later in the evening. We tell her about how everyone waited to meet her and could she at least do a telephonic interview? And surprise, surprise, five minutes later, she calls up and chats right away.

Tiwari’s character post the gen-leap will that be of a tough disciplinarian. Having gone through a lot of heartache and betrayal, Prerna will now be “anti love. She’s not against men. She only wants her girls to be cautious. She doesn’t want them to interact with boys at all. Because if they do, then they will fall in love and love will only get them pain.”

What does Shweta think of love? “Love is selfless. Love is not sex. When attraction comes into play between a man and a woman, then it becomes lust,” she simply says.

The actress, who is married to her childhood sweetheart Raja Chaudhary, says she is in a permanent “state of in love. I keep falling in love all the time.” Before you rub your hands in glee expecting some masala, she says, “I love my unit, I love my friends, my daughter, my dog.”

Er, how about falling in love with a co-actor? “You mean, getting attracted to them? Then that’s not love, that’s lust. I told you in my definition — love is selfless, it’s caring for, getting concerned about the person you care for. It’s much more than being attracted to someone. And for attraction, I am attracted enough to Raja at home,” she chuckles.

But what about childhood crushes? “Yes, I have had those.” Is she demonstrative in love? “You tell me, from the way I am talking to you, what do you think? Yes, I am the demonstrative kind, the huggy-kissy type. I can be very loud in showing my love for my people. But I don’t mwah mwah just anyone. I can’t fake my feelings.”

Serendipity, Notting Hill and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayenge are her all time favourite romantic/love films. In the new scheme of things, Anurag Basu (Cezanne Khan) and Mr Bajaj (Rohit Roy) will not figure in Prerna’s life. Won’t she miss them? One could sense her facial muscles tighten as she says, “The only thing I would miss in Prerna is the excitement in her role, in her character and Ekta has assured me of that so there is no question of missing anyone else.”

Playing mom to children of her age was alright but a grandmom to seven girls? “I know. I kept asking Ekta how will I pull it off… I didn’t want anyone to call me dadi or nani on screen so she said, ‘Don’t worry, they will simply call you P.’ That’s better, no?”

She signs off on that note. And by the way she neither told us why she didn’t show up at the press conference nor offered an apology. Is that what you call a star?

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This week we try and figure out how Shewta Tiwari-Choudhary is different from Mrs.Prerna Bajaj.

On-Screen: Prerna Bajaj
Prerna Bajaj is the main protagonist of Kasautii Zindagi Kay. Earlier, she was married to her boyfriend Anurag Basu but thanks to the twist and turns, she becomes Mrs. Prerna Bajaj. The story revolves around Prerna and takes Kasauti of her every time. But she is like Tulsi and stands by the truth and fights for it. She has sent her own son-in-law-Sharad (Karan Singh) to jail because he raped her driver’s daughter Mukti (Tina Parekh). She is the ideal woman of Kasauti or as her son Prem calls her “Mother India.”

Off-Screen: Raja Chaudhary speaks on Shewta Tiwari
“She is altogether different. Prerna is more mature whereas Shewta is very childish. Earlier, I was amazed with the role of Prerna and I asked her whether she will be able to do this role properly or not. But I was wrong, she is a great actress. Her off-screen image of a mother is similar to that of Prerna as she is very close to our daughter– Palak. She can’t live without her. For her Palak is her life line.”

Does he watch Kasauti?
“Yes sometimes me and my daughter see the serial and in certain scenes, I even criticised her performance. But she convinced me that it was the requirement of the character and, in the end, she wont the argument.

What about your Bhojpuri film?
“Of course she is acting in it. The movie is called Hamar Saiyan Hindustani , which is ready for release next month. Her character name is Radha and it is completely different to Shewta. In real life, she is more practical and professional.

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Shweta Tiwari drives home a gift
By: Vickey Lalwani
January 3, 2007
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now take me for a ride! Shweta Tiwari and Raja Chaudhary pic/RANE ASHISH
Raja Chaudhary is a happy man as he is now a proud owner of a white Mercedes, which his wife Shweta Tiwari has gifted him on the occasion of their seventh wedding anniversary on December 23.

Back in Mumbai after a holiday to Goa where the couple brought in the New Year, Raja says he was stunned when he saw a Mercedes parked in his parking space instead of their usual Corolla.

“On December 23, Shweta casually took me down and when my eyes fell on the Merc, I thought that it was someone else’s car. She was standing beside me but yet not telling me that she had bought it for me. Then I saw a red ribbon around it and it looked extremely new. I looked at her, and the love in her eyes for me said it all.”

Secret mission

Shweta decided to buy a Merc when she saw her buoyant hubby sitting behind the steering wheel in his friend’s Merc. “On December 15, my friend Anant Saxena had dropped by and he had a Merc. We all went out later, and I asked him if I could drive it.

Shweta was sitting in the front next to me and Anant was on the backseat. She casually asked me if I was enjoying driving a Merc. I said yes, and little did I know that she was secretly making a plan to give me a pleasant surprise.”

Raja says Shweta should take the Merc to shoots once in a while. “She should also have fun. It’s real fun to drive a Merc. Despite the long drives, there is no fatigue. Plus, she would enjoy driving a car even more now.

After her Lasik surgery, she does not need to wear lenses or spectacles and it’s different when you drive with and without spectacles,” he says.
Shweta breezes into the conversation and says, “I am currently driving it at
140 km/hr and enjoying every bit of it. In his heart of hearts, Raja always had a desire of having a Merc. But every time, I used to make him shelve his plan. This time, I thought that ‘enough is enough’ and now let’s have it.”
‘Black’out

Raja says that the choice of the colour was between black and white. Shweta chose white because black vehicles do not suit them. “We had a black Hyundai and met with a few accidents.

An astrologer told us to avoid black colour while buying a vehicle. It’s not that we don’t wear black, the apprehension is only when it comes to vehicles.”

Originally, the couple planned to celebrate New Year at home, without any fanfare but with the arrival of their new car, the plans have changed.

“We’ve decided to go out and indulge in some revelry. Some of our friends joined us and we returned yesterday,” he concludes.