Leelai’s new heartthrob

The season of Mumbai models in Tamil cinema have shifted from girls to guys, or so it seems. Shiv Pandit, who debuts with Oscar Ravichandran’s Leelai is one of the leading models and is the face of many commercials including Colgate Active Salt and Airtel. Looks like his Tamil lip-sync for the Airtel commercial will come in handy for his

debut movie Leelai directed by Andrews.

Shiv was also a part of many sitcoms in Hindi – prominent of them being FIR aired in SAB TV. Shiv’s recent assignment as a sports anchor during the IPL matches has also enabled him to stay in the primetime TV limelight for sometime now.

The last time when someone from the national television took over the Tamil cinema scene by storm is almost a decade ago. No price for guessing. It is Madhavan for Maniratnam’s Alaipayuthey.