Mini Mathur shared this picture. (courtesy: minimathur)
New Delhi:
Actress Mini Mathur just lately took a visit down the reminiscence lane and shared a collection of photographs on social media from her debut as a TV host on the sport present Tol Mol Ke Bol. The nostalgic put up options Madhavan. Within the image, Mini Mathur and her co-host R Madhavan will be seen filming for the present. Whereas Mini is seen sporting a saree, R Madhavan is wearing a maroon kurta. Reflecting on her journey, Mini recalled how she landed the internet hosting position. She shared she was recent out of MBA faculty whereas working part-time as a mannequin.
Captioning the put up on Instagram, Mini Mathur wrote, “January 1995. My first day on a TV set as a TV host. And the story goes like this. I used to be a fresh-off-the-boat MBA, working with J Walter Thompson. I used to mannequin part-time these days and Doordarshan had simply moved over to Zee TV, India’s first satellite tv for pc channel. In the future, out of the blue.. the now legendary Sanjay Ok Roy referred to as me in to audition for one in every of India’s first recreation exhibits – Tol Mol Ke Bol.
Mini Mathur added, “The primary season had made Rituraj K Singh(RIP) wildly standard and he was transferring to movies. They wanted new hosts and right here I used to be.. in my lame workplace salwar kameez and permed hair. I did not assume I might get picked and I had that “recent postgraduate” wala confidence so I wasn’t nervous one bit. However from the second he referred to as motion, I felt comfy. The digital camera was my good friend, it by no means intimidated me. I may chat with it, not speak at it. I used to be residence.” For the unversed, Rituraj K Singh rose to fame together with his stint within the present Tol Mol Ke Bol. He died of cardiac arrest on February 20 this 12 months.
“My co-host was to be this new, cute boy from Jamshedpur Madhavan (everyone knows how that story went) And collectively we travelled the size of India making folks guess the precise worth of issues to win them. The preferred spherical was when contestants needed to guess the worth of the saree I wore in every episode. My look was dictated by what the sponsor gave for that week and if my mom’s jewelry matched it! And my younger completely happy pores and skin wanted no make-up,” Mini Mathur wrote.
Opening up concerning the present, Mini Mathur wrote, “TMKB was an ideal studying floor… I learnt the best way to modulate my voice, the best way to deal with followers and compliments, the best way to catch my gentle, and signed my first autograph … to be on TV these days have been a giant deal! Sanjoy and Mohit are nice foodies so in each metropolis we shot in, they took us to the perfect native eating places.. I learnt a lot about life from each of them. So I give up promoting and moved on to be a full-time TV host. And boy do I’ve some Mad tales! Need extra?
On the skilled entrance, Mini Mathur has appeared in a number of exhibits and movies together with Thoughts The Malhotras, Dil Vil Pyar Vyar, The Storytellers In The Residing Room, Khwaish, Yeh Loopy Dil and I, Me And Major amongst others.
