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It is home coming for Debina Bonnerjee who essayed the role of Sita in Imagine's Ramayan. She will now be seen in an episodic of Mahima Shani Dev Ki..

Debina Bonnerjee who is popularly known as Imagine's Sita will now be seen in an episodic on the same channel, albeit in a new avatar. Debina will play a lady who is in love, in Sagar Arts' Mahima Shani Dev Ki which is aired on Imagine.

According to our source, "It was like home coming for Debina who portrayed the role of Sita in Imagine's Ramayan. In Mahima Shani Dev Ki, she portrays the role of Ganga, who is today's simple rural woman. The episode featuring her will be a Special Episode, which will be aired this Saturday. The channel will be extensively promoting this Special Episode of Mahima Shani Dev Ki. Kunal Bakshi who was recently seen in Imagine's Meera will be the guy opposite Debina".

When contacted, Debina confirmed the news and said, "Yes, I play the role of Ganga who is a typical rural girl. The character when compared to Sita is treated differently".

Talking about shooting again for Imagine, Debina states, "It was like getting back home with Sagar Arts and Imagine. We shot for this particular episode in Baroda, at the same set where we had shot for Ramayan. I could relate with every prop present on the sets; it was an emotional moment for me where I could recall all the old memories. The last shoot that had happened on this set was for Ramayan, and I could even recollect the scenes I shot there. All my special scenes starting from Sita Mata's entry sequence, Swayamvar, Shaadi, the first night, to the sequence where we leave for vanvaas, and the Raj Abhishek were shot here. I always got a feeling that Gurmeet is just around, and would come out to shoot his scene. When I called Gurmeet and told him about my emotional moment shooting on the sets, he too came to Baroda on the final day, to share the experience with me. He was so overwhelmed that he roamed and roamed the entire sets thinking of the good old days".

On playing a typical rural girl like Ganga, Debina quips, "Well, this was very much easy when compared to playing Sita (smiles). There were no restrictions when it came to playing Ganga. I could give my own inputs to the character, and enact scenes in the manner I wanted".

The Maha Episode of Mahima Shani Dev Ki will be aired this Saturday on May 1st at 8 PM.

Reporter and Author: Srividya Rajesh