Back to basics

HER entry in Bollywood was as a child actor in Karan Johar’s Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and later, she was seen in a glamorous role in Student Of The Year.

Now Sana Saeed, pictured, plans to take a break from films to attend an acting workshop in Los Angeles.

It is something she had planned to do even before featuring in a supporting role in the 2012 movie, which marked the launch of actors Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra and Alia Bhatt in Bollywood.

“I’m trying to take a break and go to Los Angeles. I am applying to a film academy to do an acting workshop there,” Sana told IANS, when asked about her future Bollywood projects.

“That’s the thing I had in my mind before I did Student Of The Year. When I did that film , I applied for the course. I got selected and had tickets in my hand, but five days before leaving for the New York Film Academy (Los Angeles campus), I thought that if there is a chance of doing acting here already, why not? ABOVE: Going back in time, Sana Saeed and Shah Rukh Khan. RIGHT: Today, she is a sultry vixen.

“This was in my mind for four years. Now, here’s the chance and I can’t wait for it,” added the actress, who played a daughter to Shah Rukh Khan in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in 1998.

Apart from that, Sana was one of the few contestants to make it in dance reality shows like Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and Nach Baliye 7.

Now she is geared to do another show on the small screen. This time, it’s not a dance reality show, but for the lifestyle and travel channel FOX Life’s Life Mein Ek Baar, which has taken her on an adventure ride.

After three successful seasons, the new series has been shot in Hong Kong. It brings together celebrities Karan Kundra, Natalie Di Luccio and Himarsha Venkatsamy, apart from Sana, discovering the adventurous side of life in Asia’s most bustling city.

Asked which, if given a chance, she would opt for between TV and films, she said: “I’d select Bollywood over TV.”

But she feels that shows like Life Mein Ek Baar give celebrities like her a chance to show another side.

“Reality shows are a very good way to express yourself in front of the audience, the way you are. Before this, I did two dance reality shows because I love dancing.”

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