Achala Sachdev
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Name : Achala Sachdev
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She is an instantly recognised face in today's glamour world and she is
also a VJ on one of the
popular TV channels. She started modelling when she was working with Mudra
as model
co-ordinator. Her first assignment fell into her lap while she was in a
restaurant. A case of being at
the right place at the right time. At one point of time, she joined Pan-Am
as airhostess in USA
travelling to distant and exotic places but finally decided to come back
to home.
She also did a small-blink-and-you-miss-me role in Mira Nair's Kama
Sutra. She also worked in
the serial "Bible".
When she was in school, she never took part in extra-curricular activities
as she was very shy.
Things changed when she was in B. Com.
She was the girl who did the first ever Sheetal ad campaign.
She was noticed when she did modelled for YSL. After that she tried her
luck in London, Paris
and New York. Though she did few shows but she didn't become successful
as she was rejected
on the basis of her not being very tall and being older than others. (Their
they start at the age of
15)
Now modelling is taking a backseat and she is more concentrating on choreography.
She was the
trainer behind such models as Sampada Inamdar, Farheen Khan and Tora Khasgir.
One of her big misses, was the famed Chhaiya Chhaiya song from Dil Se that
she was supposed
to do. With no dates of hers free, she lost it to Malaika who made the
song a superhit. However,
Achla made a guest appearance in one of songs for the movie, Dil Kya Kare.
The song was Meinu
lagan lagi.
More recently, roles have reversed and Achla has found herself walking
into films that others have
walked out of! Like the film, Na Tum Jano Na Hum that Lisa Ray had discarded.
For Achla , how
she gets the role is irrelevant, she just wants to be a good actress,
and to be as professional as
Emma Thompson and Cathy Bates. Any role is okay with her, as long as it's
not vulgar. Achla
also does not want to be type cast. In Na Tum Jano Na Hum, Achla has a
cameo role of a fashion
stylist/ choreographer who wants to be an actress. The Hrithik Roshan-Isha
Deol starrer is sure to
be a success and one hopes that it will launch her career in films.
As of now, she hosts three television shows, Stars Day Out and Disco Mein
Khisco on Music
Asia, and a film soundtrack show called OST on Zee English. Her hands are
quite full. She's doing
what she likes best and is enjoying it. And if you think she's doing too
many things and the same
time and dabbling in more fields than she can handle, here's her motto
her own words: You don't
live too long. So why not try and make the most of your life and experience
everything there is to
experience?