The information can actually be very close to the truth!
From what I have made of Prachi's innumerous interviews regarding her future, it seems that the lady is out of KS for good...it looks like she was told to make a choice between remaining in KS or doing the movie...and for whatever reasons of her own, Prachi decided to take the movie!
Her interviews are very cryptic and she keeps emphasizing on the fact that she will be back "if given a chance"...
Being the level-headed and practical sort of girl that she looks like, Prachi is playing it smart by being diplomatic about her leaving or remaining in KS! Her movie career might or might not take off and she is not even out of her teens and has her whole future ahead...burning bridges would never help! She is beautiful and talented and can always come back to Television if things don't work out for her in the movies!
Also, the whole clause about her not being on Television while shooting the movie seems ridiculous....The film that she is debuting in seems to be a very low-profile venture with a plethora of newbies, in which Prachi is just playing one of the many characters (and not even the main lead) and secondly, Prachi is already a very well known face...so its not as if the viewers are going to get a surprise when we see her on the big-screen! So why the big deal about non-exposure on Television?😕 There are several examples of popular television stars who did both television and films simultaneously....Ram Kapoor being one of them himself! For God sake, SRK does a Kaun Banega Crorepati on Television when his movies are making billions at the same time! Then why on Earth is Prachi expected or rather told to be away from television till her movie is released? It does not even make any sense...
If Prachi was only leaving for a short while, then I am sure that Balaji and Zee would have found an alternate track till she came back, but by the looks of it, they seem to have put a lock on Bani's character! Its very unfortunate and rather heart-breaking, but that is what it looks like!
(On a side note, I very strongly feel that PD does not want to break her ties with either Televison and definitely not with KS, but someone somewhere either in Balaji or Zee does not want her back...)
Also, the rumors of tension between RK and PD seem to be ringing true...incase, RK actually suggested to Ekta about giving Jai and Meera a shot! Or even if everything is hunky dory between the former best friends, RK has only taken a practical decision....just cause Prachi left the show doesn't mean that the ship has to go down with her!
As someone wrote yesterday on the forum, so many of Balaji's lead have left the very soaps/serials which revolved around them and yet the soaps managed to stay on....and we are talking about characters like Tulsi and Sujal played by Smriti and Rajeev respectively who in every way were much more iconic and popular than Prachi!
Yes, it is a fact that a lot of the viewers feel strongly about Jai and Bani and for them, KS has always been about JB....but the (unfortunate) fact is that only the Net browsing population does not measure the soap's popularity and since KS has managed to keep a steady rating of TRP's even after showing the Jai-Meera angle for such a long time proves that atleast some part of the audience had definitely accepted it!
Btw, I have no inside information or anything regarding Prachi's exist or any tension between RK and PD, I am just writing based on what I read in the articles posted on the forum!
Cheers,
MT
PS: In every sense, KS ended ages ago, guys... The day they aired the Dubai Episode between JW and Pia was the beginning of the end of KS and its just been a drag thereafter...
Edited by mistletoe - 17 years ago