Reality bites Sony Television is trying to maintain the tempo after Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin and Indian Idol. It has chosen a 'classic love story' to consolidate its second position in Indian television. The hero is a pop icon 'who doesn't believe in love and emotions'. The heroine is 'led by her heart with an undying faith in love'. And opposite poles attract, as they have always done in Indian reel tales.
But at the Delhi promotion campaign of Kaisa Yeh Pyar Hai, the hero, played by chocolate-faced Iqbal Khan, was sans his lady love ("She is ill."). The absence must have mattered because Iqbal missed his lines and looked out of sync as he danced and strummed his guitar through a love song. So how is he in real life? "I believe in love and am less cynical... not at all like the screen character," said Iqbal. Remains to be seen if the reel TV, after the reality one, raises Sony's TRP.
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