Article--Aroona Irani will be replaced

Time-less experience

Aroona Irani will be dropped from Maayka because she is unable to give dates. Meanwhile Aroona accuses the producers of working in a haphazard manner Back to Section Stories Posted On Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Kavita Shyam Aroona Irani Aroona Irani is being ousted from Maayka. The reason she gives for her exit from the show is lack of time. She has to put in 23 days in a month for the serial, which goes way beyond her shooting schedule. Aroona, despite working in the serial for quite some time now, has been asked to leave out because of her inability to give it the time it demands. The production house and the channel have decided to substitute her and are weighing their options between Shoma Anand, Ashwini Kalsekar, Zarina Wahab. Says a source from the production house, "We will make the replacement from Thursday. Aroona is finding it difficult to adjust her dates as she is caught up with other commitments. She has also begun her new venture which takes up a lot of her time." Aroona was playing the role of Durga in Maayka,a complete negative character that bears resemblance to her character in the film Beta. Says Aroona, "Initially, when I was offered the role I had to shoot for 11 days a month. But now, they are asking for 23 days, which is not possible for me." She adds, "If I knew that the situation would turn out this way, I would have never taken it up. After being part of the show for such a long time, I don't want to quit. My role was a good one and very different from the usual characters I'm offered." She goes on to talk about the problems she faced while working with the particular production house. "The production house works in a very haphazard manner. They do not inform us about the week's schedule in advance due to which we have to re-shuffle our schedules at the last minute. However, I have always stuck to my commitment. We take two days to complete one day's work and because of this, they lose their money and I lose my time," she says. Says Pearl Shahi, the programming head of Zee TV, "We are in the process of finalising somebody for Aroona's role in Maayka. We will choose between Shoma Anand, Ashwini Kalsekar and Zarina Wahab, to replace her." She adds, "Aroona's role in Naagin has been suitably increased now that she will no longer be in Maayka." The production house works in a very haphazard manner. They do not inform us about the week's schedule in advance due to which we have to re-shuffle our schedules at the last minute - Aroona Irani

again!!! tbf i dow relli care bcoz i lyked d 1st 1 when d show strted but now its gettin worse, i still kinda hope its zarina wahab not sure hu d otha 2 r lol

not again dis is soooo stupid i wish its ashwini she wud be wiked at dis role 😉

I am happy because I like her better as a positive character then negative, to be perfectly honest the way she said "putar" got on my nerves. I hope it's Ashwini also she would be great at it.

Zarina Wahab is a odd fit...but the other two would be perfect. However I dont know if Ashwini Kalsekar can do it shes not even in KS now....so Shoma Anand seems perfect 😊

I hope it's Shoma. Zarina would be a bad choice-she's not feisty. Nor will
her image on Virrudh work well with a Durga image on another. Ashwini
would be cool but doesn't seem like it wld happen.

yay!! i hate the way she speaks in punjabi its so fake 😡

god.. i was too busy hating her that i actually think i might miss aroona.😊 i mean she was never as good as the first durga but aroona had her own style of adding the evil dimensions to the role of durga.

whoever it is playing durga has got big shoes to fill out. good luck to aroona!😃 i'll miss her in maayka.

OMG i think she is quite annoying ..i hate her , they need someone like sindoora... that aroona lady had too much of a heavy accent , rather exaggerating her acting....which bothers me 🤢

once again replacement, shocking