VJ-actress Mini Mathur recently recalled how she landed her first gig as a TV host alongside actor R. Madhavan in Zee TV’s 1995 game show Tol Mol Ke Bol, dropping a set of pictures from the show clicked on analogue cameras.
“I used to model part-time those days and Doordarshan had just moved over for Zee TV, India’s first satellite channel.One day, out of the blue.. the now legendary @sanjoykroy called me in to audition for one of India’s first game shows -TOL MOL KE BOL,” Mini wrote alongside the pictures on Instagram.
Recalling her first day on the set of the show, Mini, who is 48 years old now, wrote, “The first season had made @riturajksingh (RIP) wildly popular and he was moving to films. They needed new hosts and here I was.. in my lame office salwar kameez and permed hair. I didn’t think I would get picked and I had that “fresh postgraduate” wala diffidence so I wasn’t nervous one bit. But from the moment he called ACTION, I felt at ease.”
The pictures shared by Mini show her and Madhavan hosting the game show together. Expressing her excitement about working with Madhavan, she wrote, “My co-host was to be this new, cute boy from Jamshedpur @actormaddy (we all know how THAT story went) And together we travelled the length of India making people guess the right price of things to win them.”
Mini Mathur, who recently starred in Prime Video show Mind the Malhotras, shot to fame after hosting six seasons of the popular singing reality show Indian Idol.
“TMKB was great learning ground… I learnt how to modulate my voice, how to handle fans and compliments, how to catch my light, signed my first autograph … to be on TV those days was a BIG DEAL!! Sanjoy & Mohit are great foodies so in every city we shot in, they took us to the best local restaurants.. I learnt SO MUCH about life from both of them. So I quit advertising and moved on to be a full time TV host. And boy do I have some Mad stories! Want more??” reads her post.
