[Solved] Data Context for bound columns

[Chachi]

Is it possible to pass the entire object being bound to a bound column instead of just a property?  One of my columns is going to be a dropdown list based on the Status property of the model that the row is being bound to.  What I want to do is pass the model into an Html helper, so I can make sure that the dropdown list has the correct options in it.

Here's my grid code:

Html.Telerik().Grid<TopicModel>()

    .Name("TopicsGrid")

    .Columns(columns =>

    {

        columns.Bound( o => o.Title );
        columns.Bound( o => o.SectionName );


        columns.Bound( o => o.LastUpdated );

        columns.Bound( o => o.Status );

        columns.Bound( o => o.ID )

            .Title( "Action" )

            .ClientTemplate( Html.ActionSelect( DATACONTEXT ) );

    })

    .DataBinding( dataBinding =>

    {

        dataBinding.Ajax()

            .Select( "_AuthorGridSelect", "Dashboard" );

    })

    .Pageable()

    .Sortable()

    .Scrollable()

    .Filterable()

So I guess my question is two-fold: 1.) Is what I want to do even possible? and 2.) How do I do it?

Thanks!

UPDATE:
I was able to work around this by making a property on my model object that creates the dropdown list, so the code for that column looks like:

columns.Bound( o => o.ActionSelect )
    .Title( "Action" )
    .ClientTemplate( "<#= ActionSelect #>" );

I am still interested to know if what I asked in the initial post is possible though.