PRAVEEN SIROHI
Although Praveen Sirohi played the small role of a college friend in Main Hoon Na, he is waiting to start his next two untitled films. Sirohi confesses it was Shah Rukh Khan’s tips that motivated him to take up acting; he has trained with theatre personality Raj Jagdishan. “My first film is a joint project with the Norway Film commission and an Indian producer, it’s an emotional story about a man and his wife. The other film is a thriller produced by Tidal Wave Production.”

YUVIKA CHAUDHARY
THIS hottie featured in a cameo in Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om. But little did she know that a larger cake-a lead role in director Suhail Tartari’s Summer 2007 was awaiting her. “When I was shooting for OSO, I was told that Kiron Kher had asked for me. I was skeptical of taking on films seriously as I was well set in the modeling industry, but both Farah Khan and Shah Rukh encouraged me.” Excited to have worked with Sikandar Kher (Anupam Kher’s son) she says, “The story revolves around the life and romance of a medical college student.” When asked about junior Kher, she gushes, “Apart from being a good actor, he is very approachable. His mom was also very warm; I’ve been a fan since childhood.”

SHEETAL MENON
SHE has appeared in the Kingfisher calendar, acted in a Malayalam movie, Rahu, and now Sheetal Menon is all set to sizzle in Pavan Kaul’s Brahm starring Dino Morea, Milind Soman, Chetan Hansraj and Simone Singh. She is currently busy promoting the film which releases in the next few weeks. “I play a model and the story revolves about her past and how she loses faith in men,” says the alumna of An Actor Prepares, Anupam Kher’s training school. In spite of this, she confesses, “I did feel slightly nervous in the beginning but after a while, I did enjoy every bit and learnt a lot.”