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May 22, 2000 |
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 Look at me now Benaf
Dadachanji is at that age now, when "I'm not that small any more and
I'm not a grown-up either". So it's an interesting twist in this
child's life that a 1995 film which won her recognition, international
acclaim and a special mention from the national awards jury, should be
released now. Over five years after it was made, Santosh Sivan's Halo is
out in theatres, and Benaf -- six during the shooting, now 12 -- has an
entire career behind her. The wide-eyed baby in Halo who discovers herself
in her search for a lost dog, has matured off screen, yet retained her
innocence. She even guilelessly reveals a tidbit from the making of the
film that animal-lovers would balk at: she was so scared of dogs then that
unit members would do things to make her canine co-star dizzy so he
wouldn't snap at her during takes. Today, with a CV that boasts a host of
modelling assignments, three films (including Rajkumar Santoshi's China
Gate), TV experience as an actor and an anchor plus more, the Class VIII
kid from Mumbai plans to act or start an ad agency when she grows up. Mom
Maharukh calls the slowing down of offers "a welcome break".
Benaf says, "I do miss it a bit, but I don't feel bad because I look
at other kids who've disappeared after a few years of modelling, and I
realise I've done so much more." Wise one.
-Anna
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