TOI:Mouli says no to playing grown-up Karn's mother, quits TV show

Mouli says no to playing grown-up Karn's mother, quits TV show: TV show 'Suryaputra Karn' has been in the news for its casting as much as for its content. After Gautam Rode being roped in to play the grown-up Karn (Aditya Redij was almost finalised for the part), it is time for yet another development in casting. Actress Mouli Ganguly, who essays Karn's mother, has decided to quit the show. Reason? She doesn't want to play Gautam's mother. She has so far played mother to the youngest Karn, aged eight and then an 18-year-old.
Says the actress, "Originally, the focus of the show was on the teenage Karn and the grown-up one was supposed to come in for just about a month. However, the project underwent a lot of creative changes after I signed up, which I understand is for the show's betterment. But I am not too comfortable with the idea of playing mother to someone my age and in this case, my contemporary. I was not prepared for it mentally. Had I been playing the central character and if the show had gone in for a time leap with my kids growing up, I would have continued. But I am not even the lead. My producer Siddharth Kumar Tewary understood my bone of contention and we parted amicably. I should be shooting my last episode in the next few days."