Soha Ali Khan: I don’t think television is a comedown
July 12 2009
After Big B, SRK, Govinda and Salman, Soha Ali Khan is the latest to make her television debut as the host of India’s first branded lifestyle reality game show, which has just begun screening on Star. She speaks about her show and her career plans.
Hosting a show on television must be an altogether new experience for you.
I would say it is a unique experience. I am extremely upbeat about my new role as the host of this particular programme, Godrej Khelo Jeeto Jeeyo. I am more eager to see the audience’s reaction to my role as a reality game show host. It is a pioneering concept and gives me the opportunity to connect with an audience that is representative of a modern, vibrant India. After doing landmark films like Rang De Basanti and Mumbai Meri Jaan, this is definitely a new experience for me.
Don’t you think it is a come down for a film actor like you to take up the job of being the host of a TV show?
I don’t think it is a come down for me or for that matter any actor to make the transition from films to TV. It is wrong to assume that actors take to television when they do not have films on hand. On the contrary, doing television is quite challenging in itself, particularly when you are hosting a show. There is no pre-written script for the show and one has to communicate with the participants as the show progresses. To be a good host, you have to see to it that you are able to entertain the viewers with your on the spot impromptu repartees and gags even while the show is on.
What is the game all about?
The game allows consumers who aspire for a better and brighter lifestyle, to team up with a relative or friend to play a series of innovatively conceptualised games in a home-styled setting. The grand prize is a fully furnished brighter home from the sponsors of the game. The contest gets exciting as it goes from one stage to another. It will also have exciting elements like surprise winners, interactive on the spot participation, top celebrity couple competitions during the course of various episodes that will leave audiences engaged and enthralled.
Tell us about your forthcoming films on the floor.
I am acting in Pritish Nandy Communication’s Accident, a horror film besides Tera Kya Hoga Johny with Neil Nitin Mukesh, a film called 6:1:1 and Kunal Deshmukh’s Tum Miley, with Emran Hashmi. I am also acting in a British film called Life Goes On, with a Bengali woman Sangeeta Dutta as the director. I have been cast in the film with my mother, who will also be seen as my mother in the film. I have been choosing films with characters that interest me.
So how do you manage to juggle your film shoots with your television schedule?
I shoot for three episodes a day for the show. What I like the best about the show that I am the only host and I do not have share screen space with any other male host. When Siddharth Basu approached me with the offer, I did not think twice but grabbed it because it gives me an opportunity to connect with 560 million viewers at a time. My films have not offered me anything like that until date.
Hosting a show on television must be an altogether new experience for you.
I would say it is a unique experience. I am extremely upbeat about my new role as the host of this particular programme, Godrej Khelo Jeeto Jeeyo. I am more eager to see the audience’s reaction to my role as a reality game show host. It is a pioneering concept and gives me the opportunity to connect with an audience that is representative of a modern, vibrant India. After doing landmark films like Rang De Basanti and Mumbai Meri Jaan, this is definitely a new experience for me.
Don’t you think it is a come down for a film actor like you to take up the job of being the host of a TV show?
I don’t think it is a come down for me or for that matter any actor to make the transition from films to TV. It is wrong to assume that actors take to television when they do not have films on hand. On the contrary, doing television is quite challenging in itself, particularly when you are hosting a show. There is no pre-written script for the show and one has to communicate with the participants as the show progresses. To be a good host, you have to see to it that you are able to entertain the viewers with your on the spot impromptu repartees and gags even while the show is on.
What is the game all about?
The game allows consumers who aspire for a better and brighter lifestyle, to team up with a relative or friend to play a series of innovatively conceptualised games in a home-styled setting. The grand prize is a fully furnished brighter home from the sponsors of the game. The contest gets exciting as it goes from one stage to another. It will also have exciting elements like surprise winners, interactive on the spot participation, top celebrity couple competitions during the course of various episodes that will leave audiences engaged and enthralled.
Tell us about your forthcoming films on the floor.
I am acting in Pritish Nandy Communication’s Accident, a horror film besides Tera Kya Hoga Johny with Neil Nitin Mukesh, a film called 6:1:1 and Kunal Deshmukh’s Tum Miley, with Emran Hashmi. I am also acting in a British film called Life Goes On, with a Bengali woman Sangeeta Dutta as the director. I have been cast in the film with my mother, who will also be seen as my mother in the film. I have been choosing films with characters that interest me.
So how do you manage to juggle your film shoots with your television schedule?
I shoot for three episodes a day for the show. What I like the best about the show that I am the only host and I do not have share screen space with any other male host. When Siddharth Basu approached me with the offer, I did not think twice but grabbed it because it gives me an opportunity to connect with 560 million viewers at a time. My films have not offered me anything like that until date.
After Big B, SRK, Govinda and Salman, Soha Ali Khan is the latest to make her television debut as the host of India’s first branded lifestyle reality game show, which has just begun screening on Star. She speaks about her show and her career plans. Hosting a show on television must be an altogether...
After Big B, SRK, Govinda and Salman, Soha Ali Khan is the latest to make her television debut as the host of India’s first branded lifestyle reality game show, which has just begun screening on Star. She speaks about her show and her career plans.
Hosting a show on television must be an altogether new experience for you.
I would say it is a unique experience. I am extremely upbeat about my new role as the host of this particular programme, Godrej Khelo Jeeto Jeeyo. I am more eager to see the audience’s reaction to my role as a reality game show host. It is a pioneering concept and gives me the opportunity to connect with an audience that is representative of a modern, vibrant India. After doing landmark films like Rang De Basanti and Mumbai Meri Jaan, this is definitely a new experience for me.
Don’t you think it is a come down for a film actor like you to take up the job of being the host of a TV show?
I don’t think it is a come down for me or for that matter any actor to make the transition from films to TV. It is wrong to assume that actors take to television when they do not have films on hand. On the contrary, doing television is quite challenging in itself, particularly when you are hosting a show. There is no pre-written script for the show and one has to communicate with the participants as the show progresses. To be a good host, you have to see to it that you are able to entertain the viewers with your on the spot impromptu repartees and gags even while the show is on.
What is the game all about?
The game allows consumers who aspire for a better and brighter lifestyle, to team up with a relative or friend to play a series of innovatively conceptualised games in a home-styled setting. The grand prize is a fully furnished brighter home from the sponsors of the game. The contest gets exciting as it goes from one stage to another. It will also have exciting elements like surprise winners, interactive on the spot participation, top celebrity couple competitions during the course of various episodes that will leave audiences engaged and enthralled.
Tell us about your forthcoming films on the floor.
I am acting in Pritish Nandy Communication’s Accident, a horror film besides Tera Kya Hoga Johny with Neil Nitin Mukesh, a film called 6:1:1 and Kunal Deshmukh’s Tum Miley, with Emran Hashmi. I am also acting in a British film called Life Goes On, with a Bengali woman Sangeeta Dutta as the director. I have been cast in the film with my mother, who will also be seen as my mother in the film. I have been choosing films with characters that interest me.
So how do you manage to juggle your film shoots with your television schedule?
I shoot for three episodes a day for the show. What I like the best about the show that I am the only host and I do not have share screen space with any other male host. When Siddharth Basu approached me with the offer, I did not think twice but grabbed it because it gives me an opportunity to connect with 560 million viewers at a time. My films have not offered me anything like that until date.
Hosting a show on television must be an altogether new experience for you.
I would say it is a unique experience. I am extremely upbeat about my new role as the host of this particular programme, Godrej Khelo Jeeto Jeeyo. I am more eager to see the audience’s reaction to my role as a reality game show host. It is a pioneering concept and gives me the opportunity to connect with an audience that is representative of a modern, vibrant India. After doing landmark films like Rang De Basanti and Mumbai Meri Jaan, this is definitely a new experience for me.
Don’t you think it is a come down for a film actor like you to take up the job of being the host of a TV show?
I don’t think it is a come down for me or for that matter any actor to make the transition from films to TV. It is wrong to assume that actors take to television when they do not have films on hand. On the contrary, doing television is quite challenging in itself, particularly when you are hosting a show. There is no pre-written script for the show and one has to communicate with the participants as the show progresses. To be a good host, you have to see to it that you are able to entertain the viewers with your on the spot impromptu repartees and gags even while the show is on.
What is the game all about?
The game allows consumers who aspire for a better and brighter lifestyle, to team up with a relative or friend to play a series of innovatively conceptualised games in a home-styled setting. The grand prize is a fully furnished brighter home from the sponsors of the game. The contest gets exciting as it goes from one stage to another. It will also have exciting elements like surprise winners, interactive on the spot participation, top celebrity couple competitions during the course of various episodes that will leave audiences engaged and enthralled.
Tell us about your forthcoming films on the floor.
I am acting in Pritish Nandy Communication’s Accident, a horror film besides Tera Kya Hoga Johny with Neil Nitin Mukesh, a film called 6:1:1 and Kunal Deshmukh’s Tum Miley, with Emran Hashmi. I am also acting in a British film called Life Goes On, with a Bengali woman Sangeeta Dutta as the director. I have been cast in the film with my mother, who will also be seen as my mother in the film. I have been choosing films with characters that interest me.
So how do you manage to juggle your film shoots with your television schedule?
I shoot for three episodes a day for the show. What I like the best about the show that I am the only host and I do not have share screen space with any other male host. When Siddharth Basu approached me with the offer, I did not think twice but grabbed it because it gives me an opportunity to connect with 560 million viewers at a time. My films have not offered me anything like that until date.
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