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Marching together
By: Shaheen Parkar
September 2, 2006

Vikas Manaktala and Priyanka Bassi

Is anything brewing between Priyanka Bassi and Vikas Manaktala? A few days ago, Priyanka celebrated her birthday at a restaurant at Oshiwara. Vikas was in the thick of things at the bash.

Both Priyanka and Vikas are co-stars in the SAB daily Left Right Left. Unit sources on this Tony and Deeya Singh show say that from day one Priyanka and Vikas got along extremely well. They would always be in each other's company on the sets.

Comfort zone

Vikas, who is seen as the cool dude Huda in the show, says, "As we are both from New Delhi, there were lots of common notes to share. I discovered that Priyanka stayed quite close to my place in Delhi and moreover my sister and she studied in the same school. Moreover, as we were acting opposite each other, all our scenes were together. as a result, there was a lot of interaction between us on the sets."

Khaas dosti

So is there more to their friendship? "Priyanka is a co-star and a very sweet friend, that's all," says Vikas, who made his debut with Left Right Left.

"At the moment, my career comes first," adds Vikas, who arrived in Mumbai two years back. "I enrolled at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Academy. I used to model and did fashion shows before that.

At the moment I am only concentrating on Left Right Left. I have learnt martial arts and kickboxing and am heavily into fitness; all this is holding me in good stead in the daily as I do the stunts myself without any padding," says Vikas, who also harbours big screen aspirations.

Co-star katha

Priyanka plays the go-getter Naina in the show. She says, "As it was my birthday, I had invited all my co-stars at Chawla Da Dhaba in Oshiwara. It was great fun. I met Vikas for the first time on the sets of Left Right Left. He is a co-star. There is nothing more to it."

What made Priyanka's birthday extra special was the fact that her mother had specially come down from Delhi for her big day.

"As we were shooting till early morning on my birthday, I held this get-together later in the evening," says Priyanka. She stays with her sister, who is studying in Mumbai.

Priyanka earlier featured in the English serial Bombay Talking (Zee Caf). "That makes Left Right Left my Hindi serial debut," she adds.

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