Ekta promises Prachi a chat show & film

Prachi Desai aka Bani of Kasamh Se is undoubtedly Ekta Kapoor's blue-eyed girl. Ekta not only takes Prachi to special events in the industry, but when Prachi cribbed about playing mommy on screen at the age of 18, Ekta, promised her a chat show of her own. The planning of this new show is going on and is under wraps. Prachi is very excited about this. "Things are too pre-mature to be spoken about now, so you have to wait," she smiles. "I am happy with Kasamh Se but I also want to do other things," says Prachi who according to rumours has been offered a lead role in a romantic comedy film produced by Ekta. The script of the film is being worked on currently. After the success of Shootout at Lokhandwala, Ekta plans to launch as many as five films and one of them will be with Prachi.

Ashwini aka Jigyasa back with the Kasamh Se unit

Ashwini Khalsekar who wowed everyone as the vampish Jigyasa in Kasamh Se had quit the show when it took a five-year leap claiming she didn't want to play a granny. Then Jaya Bhattacharya replaced her but within few months, Ashwini is back in this Balaji show. Ashwini explains, "I am glad about my comeback as I enjoyed playing Jigyasa and had worked hard on the character. I missed being part of the show when I wasn't doing it." She refuses to reveal why she had quit in the first place. "There was no problem with Ekta or anyone else. I got along well with my co-stars on the show who were happy to see me back."

But she also never had problems with her replacement Jaya. "Jaya is a friend and she in fact called me up when she replaced me and I did ditto when I replaced her. There is no ill feeling about any of this. I did wonder how the audiences would react to my return as people really appreciated my character last year. I even got an award -The Indian Telly Awards 2006 which is precious." But Ashwini is very busy these days as she accepted Miditech's serial Parivaar on Zee TV where she plays a tough lawyer. She accepted the role and later returned to Kasamh Se and now both the production companies are adjusting the dates among themselves without giving her headache. Ask her about marriage plans with her boyfriend with whom she lives in with and she replies, "Nothing is planned. You never know about tomorrow."

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