CI Friday thread - Page 4

The male lead of one of the popular shows on television, Barun Sobti, who plays arrogant Arnav Raizada in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon, will not be seen on the show for over a month.

Reason being, his Bollywood project titled Main Aur Mr Right, which also features Shenaz Treasurywala. Sobti plays one of the pivotal roles in the movie. In order to ease him out of the show to complete the project, the production house of his daily soap will infuse a track where his character gets kidnapped.

However, buzz is that the actor might not return to television at all. After all, such is the charm of Bollywood. Sobti refutes, "I'm not quitting the show or television. I will be away for a little over than a month."

Being the lead, won't his 'missing' affect the ratings of the show? "In a TV serial, the story is the main hero. The plot is well scripted, therefore I don't think that the ratings should be affected to a great extent," says he.

To those uninitiated, this Delhi lad had made his acting debut with Shraddha and was later seen in Sony TV's Baat Hamari Pakki Hai. However, it is his ongoing show Iss Pyaar... that has made him popular.