[IndiaPost] Kratika and the Suhaag Raat Scene

Actress Kratika Sengar was in for a moment of embarassment when she recently read the script of a rather bold scene for an upcoming episode of her latest show on Zee TV, Punarvivaah. Regular loyalists of the show will know that Kratika's character Aarti has recently tied the knot with Yash (played by actor Gurmeet Chaudhary) and that the marriage is more a compromise for the sake of their respective children's well-being. With Yash being a widower still in mourning over the loss of his much beloved wife and Aarti being uncermoniously dumped by her first husband, neither of them really wanted to remarry. However, the two prioritize their children's needs over their own personal wishes and get hitched!

Knowing fully well that the two are entering the institution of marriage with a lot of avoidable emotional baggage and that they lack the initial spark required to set things rolling, Yash's cheeky younger brother Pratik (played by actor Dishank Arora) decides to add a little spice to the proceedings on their suhaag raat. So, the scene where Kratika and Gurmeet step into their bedroom on the wedding night had the newly-weds stumbling and falling into each other's arms as a result of the talcum powder the younger brother has cunningly sprinkled on the floor. Not just this, the bride then finds a skimpy negligee kept aside specially for her to wear in the night and a pack of condoms planted by the badmaash bhai near the pillow to ensure that the wedding night isn't a lacklustre affair with no "fireworks"!

"What??? Are you serious? You guys have got to be kidding me!" was Kratika's first reaction when she read the script. After all, it isn't easy for a girl who hails from a traditional background to sit with her family and watch scenes that even remotely hint at one's sex life. But when she sportingly acted the scene out and watched the rushes, she realised how real and relatable the entire sequence was. Kratika said, "Though I was initially awkward about enacting a scene with such progressive elements, I realised later when I saw it in entirety that these are the kind of naughty pranks played between mischievous siblings on wedding nights these days. We live in the 21st century and its high time we gave up on our prudish ways. Television needs to mirror contemporary reality and I am proud to be part of a show that does exactly that!"

I am so glad that Kratika decided to give the scene (aka the entire episode!) a shot, because she was more than fabulous! Those expressions of hers, along with those of Gurmeet's...Super fun experience for the viewers!

It was really an episode worth watching because it was definitely a shocker, with plenty of serial conventions being turned on their heads in a fun way...And best of all, it was done tastefully.

😆 Their laughter sessions are probably therapeutic in a way! I bet after every take, as soon as the director said "Cut!" and the camera went *click*, the two of them were joking around, laughing, and Kratika may have even playfully thwacked Gurmeet a few times as she seems to do when she's laughing really hard 😆 I think they're just too cute offscreen!

oh i can imagine that... they are both adorable... 😆

Thanks for sharing 😃