"I Call Shabir Ahluwalia Sire" - Mrunal Thakur
Mrunal who has earlier done shows such Khamoshiyan and Arjun says, "Kumkum Bhagya satisfies me an actor as I have got to play different shades. At first Bulbul was bubbly cheerful girl, and then she went into her shell as she broke up with her love. Now she is all set to get married to her boy friend."
This Nagpur hailing Maharastrian mulgi is having a great time on set with her co -star's Sriti Jha and Shabir Ahluwalia. "Sriti is like my real sister and Shabir Bhai is also just like my jiju (as character) always helpful. I am so much touched by his concern that I call him Sire."
When asked as to what makes the show tick? She says, "Apart from a great story, each and every character e.g. Indu dadi is given full importance. The entire unit right from the writers to the creative's is all very hard working as well."
Here Mrunal makes a confession that, "when I was doing the above other shows I was nervous and had to make an effort. But out here I am so comfortable with my character that my director knows that I will deliver an effortless performance."
This self confessed Kareena Kapoor fan is very happy that viewers compare her role with her idols hit avatar in Jab We Met. "And they also keep requesting me that I should end up with Purab( Arjit Taneja) and not Suresh(Faisal Rashid)."
In closing Mrunal keeps the hopes of her guy fans alive by saying that she is very much single, "I don't have the time for a relationship." Does Sire Shabir Bhai also help you out with guy problems as well? "No yaar luckily no one messes with me on set. All are nice people out here. This is one more positive thing about our set. We don't have trouble makers around who can otherwise make your life hell."