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Rarely if ever, do we get a chance to see the stars drop their defenses down in the truest sense. I was tickled pink on Sony's Sitaron Ki Dhoom on Sunday evening when Shaan singing away boisterously got several TV stars to come on stage for a bout of singing and dancing. But the best part of the exercise was to watch 'Tulsi' Smriti Irani let her hair down to the svelte sound of 'It's the time to disco.'
Well well… wonders never shriek!
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And if Ketaki Dave as Daksha can make a comeback to Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, anything can happen on TV. Daksha Ben the most popular character in Kyunki… is all set to return to the soap after a hiatus of nearly three years.
Producer Ekta Kapoor confirms the return of the parody-gal. "It's true that we're bringing back Ketaki Dave as the popular Daksha Behn in Kyunkii... Now that the soap is turning another corner and ready to go into another generation leap, she could fit in nicely."
The actress is reluctant to talk about her return into the roomy folds of the ceaseless soap. "Yes, Ekta and I have spoken. But the details have yet to be worked out. So I'd rather not talk about it yet."
Ketaki's departure from Kyunki… wasn't a signal for her new career in films, as she had hoped. She did bag a lead opposite Johnny Lever in the Govinda comedy Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiya. But the film essentially cashed in on her image as Daksha from the soap. Soon her career in films fizzled out.
Now she's all set to return to the medium that made her a star. Diehard fans of the long-running soap would remember Daksha as the comic lynchpin of the soap. With her thick Gujarati accent and her patented exclamation, "Aa-ra–ra-ra!' Ketaki was quite a scene stealer, so much so that she needed to be cut d/own to size.
When the actress parted ways with the producer, they brought in Himani Shivpuri into Kyunki… for a while as the comic lady. But it didn't work. Himani was sent packing.
"Not that anyone is indispensable," says Ekta. "But we did miss Daksha on Kyunki."
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