Gauri plays the right note in Sur

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">Gauri Karnik has seen many a Hindi film in which actors play many a musical instrument. What she has observed is that, more often than not, film stars have no clue as to how to hold a musical instrument. <br />So, when Gauri, who has done her fair share of TV serials with Little <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Mirchi Thoda Pepper, Humare Tumhare</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Milan</span>, was signed on to play Tina Marie in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sur</span>, she spent three months taking violin lessons.<br />‘‘It is the ‘<span style="" font-style:="" italic="">chalta-hai</span>’ attitude which sees many not put in that extra effort,’’ says Gauri, ‘‘And it’s not as if actors don’t realise that the way they play a particular musical instrument in a movie is wrong.It all boils down to: Who will notice anyway?’’ <br />Learning how to play the violin is, of course, easier said than done. ‘‘Mastering any musical instrument is tough,’’ offers Gauri, ‘‘Training has helped me play the violin the way it should be played.’’ <br />Now that she has hit the film scene, it’s bye-bye to TV for Gauri. ‘‘If nothing else, mixing the two mediums would not be right,’’ she reasons, ‘‘It’s funny, but the offer to act in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sur</span> came at a time when the TV roles I was playing were not that great. For one, I wasn’t playing the protagonist, unlike certain actresses in <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kkusum</span> and <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi</span>. I was thinking on the lines that, maybe, I should start playing such roles. Fortunately, this didn’t happen —otherwise I would have been caught in an image trap,’’ she points out. <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sur</span>, in Gauri’s words, “depicts the havoc created by a man’s ego when he senses that his protege’s music is better than his own.’’ <br />Being presented exclusively by Indiatimes, the Tanuja Chandra-directed <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sur</span> has Lucky Ali starring opposite Gauri. Maybe, she’ll get lucky in Bollywood with <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sur</span>! </div> </div>