Astitva has a new doctor

Astitva has a new doctor

Mrinal Kulkarni

Mrinal Kulkarni joins Zee soap

Reena Thapar Kapoor

In the latest series of events, Dr Simran's daughter Aastha dies in a car accident and Simran loses her sight. And that's where Mrinal Kulkarni comes into the popular Zee soap.

The actress from Son Pari has been roped in to bail Dr Simran out of her complications. Says Niki Aneja Walia, who plays Dr Simran, "My character goes blind after the accident and there is no one to take care of Aastha – my nursing home."

So, in order to keep the institution running smoothly, the scriptwriters have engineered a chance meeting between a Dr Saakshi (Mrinal Kulkarni), who comes to India for an official purpose, and Dr Simran.

"I play a doctor who is like Dr Simran in many ways. In the show, Simran will insist that I take charge of her nursing home," says an excited Mrinal. Mrinal's association with the show's Astitva director Ajai Sinha goes back a few years. "We worked together in Hasratein for four years. This time, when he offered me Astitva, I knew that I had to do it," says Mrinal.

Apparently, the actress took on Dr Saakshi despite grave reservations about doing a daily show. "I was doing two daily shows for Sahara -– Zindagi Teri Meri Kahani and Arzoo Hai Tu (both off air now). Also I'm doing Son Pari, a weekly. I was tired of working everyday. But this was one role that I couldn't turn down," says Mrinal.

source: mumbaimirror.com

Thanks for sharing Nisu.. Interesting article.. 😊

awww she is one of my TV fav's. She is simple and beautiful!

i wonder if they are also bringing her to add triangle to sid and sia love story.

Thank you Nisu for the article. 😛 😛 😛

ok....then....
tfs, dude 😊

Wow, this is great news...She is one of my favourites..I loved her in a Ravi Rai serial Sparsh, where she was pitted opposite Mahesh Thakur and Divya Seth...Great news and thanks for posting this.. 😛

awww..I love Mrinal Kulkarni too...great choice..thanks for posting... 😛

Just had a thought, Isn't it Ajay Sinha already brought this actress once in Astitva as one of the Hasratein character Sushma (tired of her husband's extra-marital affair with Savi) who comes to Dr.Pranay for some treatment or something I don't remember it exactly?

Originally posted by: aruna1807

Just had a thought, Isn't it Ajay Sinha already brought this actress once in Astitva as one of the Hasratein character Sushma (tired of her husband's extra-marital affair with Savi) who comes to Dr.Pranay for some treatment or something I don't remember it exactly?

That's correct! She had a special appearence during those days when Sinhaji was concentrating on Dr Pranaya's talent. He brought Mrinal and Pallavi Joshi then. He must have forgot about it or maybe in all these 18 years she became a doctor 😉