Zee TV's Aapki Antara will have yet another generation leap and this time Antara and Abhishek will be shown grown up by about 21 -25 years. There will be a change in the casting as well.
There will be a change in the casting as well. TV actress Prableen Sandhu aka Vidya is replaced by another actress Kshitee Jog of Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan fame.
A source tells Indya.com, "When the new track was written and was discussed with the actors, Prabhleen Sandhu was worried about playing a mother in the age group of 22-25 years; and so with this she gave up the idea of playing mother. Then later on the makers had approached actresses like Neena Gupta, Mona Ambegaonkar and Shilpa Tulaskar but they declined the offer. But finally Kshitee Jog aka Saraswati of Zee's Ghar Ki Lakshmi Betiyaan gave us the nod."
We spoke to Kshitee Jog aka new Vidya, "Yes, I am playing the role of Vidya, mother of an autistic girl. I am fine playing the mother of a 21-year-old girl, as I do not look at age as a criterion for acting because I am not heroine but an actor and it's going to be a challenge for me to play this role which was earlier played by Prableen Sandhu. It's all a matte of personal choice."
Further she told us, "I will start shooting this week only and so I am quite excited that after playing dutiful daughter Saraswati, I am now playing the mother of an autistic girl Antara."
Tomorrow there will be a major twist in the show, which will lead to the leap.
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