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TARA 3 Niroo & Kapil (India)
puddin:
Life is about taking chances and sometimes, having to learn fast when thrown into the deep end. For father and son team Niroo and Kapil Asrani, the latter cannot be more true, or literal.
As a child, Kapil wanted to learn how to swim and his father did it the only way he knew how, by picking up his son and tossing him into the pool. "The way my dad had thrown me into the swimming pool in order to teach me how to swim, it communicates a lot about the person he is," recalls Kapil with affection.
The good news is, Kapil managed to learn and the success fostered a great father and son relationship that has since grown beyond the familial, to that of friendship. In fact, one glance at Niroo and Kapil would conjure the image of two friends hanging out, despite the fact that the elder man, currently enjoying his time as an actor, is all of 53 years old. At 25, Kapil is less than half his father's age, but the HR executive has the same level, if not more of the enthusiasm towards the race.
One of the reasons Kapil wanted to take part, aside from seeing the world in the race format, is to bond more with his father. This probably explains why the duo has yet to plan on race strategies and would rather run the race one step at a time.
Explains Kapil, "Our strategy is to go by gut feeling and take each thing as it comes. If you are prepared for anything, everything comes easy." And Daddy concurs on this point. "We do not like to copy. We will cross the river when we reach there."
When it comes to challenges, Kapil has no problem with Dad taking control, because he is used to it, but not in the way you think. Outside of the family, the duo is also part of the same acting company, where Niroo serves as actor cum director, with his son as one of the actors. Notes Kapil, "Although we share a father-son relationship, we are more like friends. That's rare to see in such a relationship."
This act of following the father stems from the fact that on the one occasion Kapil never listened and allowed his overconfidence to take over, his actions "messed up a show", says Niroo. Those days are gone and Kapil has grown into his own as an actor, and his proudest moment as a father and director was when Kapil won accolades during a performance directed by Niroo.
Despite having a short fuse, Kapil is looking to keep cool under pressure. His strengths, he says, is to enjoy even a stressful situation, depend on his communication skills and rely the ability to think on his feet.
Balancing him will be Niroo, who despite his recent acting foray, is an engineer by trade. "My engineering background, my analytical skills, & my sense of direction are my true strengths," he notes. And if they win, the duo is also looking at the prize money to expand their theatre group. "We will utilise this money in building a theatre stage which I want to build in the name of my mentor," say Niroo.
http://amazing-race-asia.axn-asia.com/season3/teams/niroo-kapil/index.html
georgiapeach:
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banzai:
http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/k325aIRRmhAS2yLPqL&related=1
http://www.caltex.com/amazingraceasia/taraSeason3_videos.asp?vid=4
from Caltex.
georgiapeach:
New Interview:
--- Quote ---"We don't feel bad even though we lost because my father and me got to do things we would have never thought of doing in our wildest dreams," Kapil said, adding, "We lost because we did not know how to drive an automatic vehicle. It was frustrating when we were stuck in traffic, and we did not know to drive that vehicle."
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Read more:
http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2008/oct/07look.htm
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Now that story does not match what was shown on AXN. ARA3 episode 4 shows Niroo and Kapil unable to get a stuck key out of the ignition, which effectively stranded them and lost a huge amount of time. They were never out of last place for the entire episode. It may be that inability to get a key out of the ignition is related to not having the ability to drive an automatic shift, but I strongly doubt it. Niroo and Kapil were fools for not learning whichever shift they did not know before the race. One of the things you learn with very modern automatic cars is that you much tap the brake before you can get the key out of the ignition. It took me one indelible lesson to learn it when I got my first(and last because I am do not have vision to drive) automatic car and my wife had to show me how to do it.
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