TELEVISION: Kareena Kareena: ZEE TV Star Kulraj Kaur Randhawa2013

TELEVISION:
Kareena Kareena: ZEE TV Star Kulraj Kaur Randhawa
Television serial Kareena Kareena star Kulraj Kaur Randhawa was in the U.S. to perform in a Raas Garba fest. A Siliconeer report.

Kulraj Kaur Randhawa at a reception in Elk Grove, Calif.
Television serial Kareena Kareena star Kulraj Kaur Randhawa recently stopped by for a vacation break in the Sacramento suburb of Elk Grove, Calif. at a relative’s place. About 40 people turned up to meet the television star at the residence of Gurjatinder and Pinky Randhawa.

Personable and vivacious, Randhawa chatted with others with enthusiasm and grace.

The curious thing about her is that she never planned to be an actress initially. “I never thought of acting being my career since I thought it had a risk factor involved,” she has said in an interview. “But soon I realized that I was born to become an actress.”

After getting a bachelor’s degree in business management from Bangalore University, Randhawa took a course in acting under Kishore Namit Kapoor. “He requested me to come over to Mumbai and take acting seriously,” she says. “So I came to Mumbai, completed the acting course and then started looking for work.”

Offers poured in, but she was choosy. “I wanted to choose something that I was convinced of,” she said. “Kareena Kareena was really very nice and I liked it very much. It’s not a Kkusum or Jassi type of role which is quite plastic, linear and straitjacketed, I felt, and signed on right away as it was the script, which attracted me to accept the role. It has a climax and then an anti-climax angle too. As a newcomer I knew this was one serial where I could carve a niche for myself.”

Randhawa says what the show has going for it is “the chirpy feel, its freshness and humor.”

“The situations in the serial are very simple and can happen to any person,” she says. “Even in the serial it is not played up at all, and rather it’s given a very straightforward approach rather than a serialized setting. It’s something that could happen to any girl of my age. It’s a very natural, situational comedy.”

Randhawa says she identifies with the character, because although Kareena goes through a lot of struggles in her day-to-day life, she still manages to stay cool and calm.

That doesn’t mean the story has anything in common with Randhawa’s personal life.

“The script was written way back before I could even see it and there was nothing connected at all,” she says. “It’s all about a girl who comes to Mumbai.

Randhawa is now contemplating a future in Bollywood and life after Kareena Kareena which has ended.

She is willing to work in Bollywood but she has no wish to expose her body.

“I wouldn’t do roles which one can’t see with one’s family,” she announces firmly. “I don’t need to show my skin to prove that I can act.”