For Samir Soni fans

Samir Soni enters Kumkum drama
By: Shaheen Parkar
September 7, 2005

shaheen@mid-day.com LEGAL EAGLE: Samir Soni in Kumkum — Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan Samir Soni enters the afternoon Star Plus show Kumkum-Ek Pyara Sa Bandhan today. As Yash Thakur, he plays an extremely high-profiled and successful lawyer who is known in the legal circles for his clean image. He takes up the main protagonist Kumkum's (Juhi Parmar) case who is languishing in jail for killing Salil (Kabir Sadanand). It is Sumit (Hussain) who requests him to take her case. "It's my first afternoon soap and I am doing a Star Plus show for the first time," says Soni. "What attracted me was the character. There are so many shades to it. He has seen success, gone through hell — he has been through the highs and lows of life." Thakur is shown to take up Kumkum's case after a seven-year hiatus from the court. "He is a broken man who seeks refuge in alcohol. His past may have be glorious but the present is dreary. The only person he cares for in life is his daughter Gauri," says Soni about the character. "He has lost his wife as he was proved wrong in court. Though she was murdered, the law rules that she dies in a hit and run accident. This shatters his ego and he becomes a recluse till Sumit instills that confidence to take up the case and be back to his usual self." Soni who was seen in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (Sony) and in Dil Kya Chahta Hai (Star One) looks upon the Kumkum role as part of his experimentation with different types of roles. "I want to take on diverse projects ultimately it is the character that matters," he says. On the big screen, he says, "the economics of films demands big stars or you get roles in the so-called skin flicks which I can't see myself doing." shaheen@mid-day.com Soni in Special Squad too The September 12 episode of the UTV weekly Special Squad on Star One has Samir Soni at the helm of the campaign of Aids awareness that is part of the storyline. The episode, in collaboration with Hero's Project, revolves around Monish (Soni) who is HIV positive. He is the key suspect for the murder of a social activist. As the Special Squad team cracks the case, Aryan (Bhanu Uday) is convinced that Monish is not the killer and convinces his boss Deepika (Gauri Pradhan) to give him a chance to prove Monish's innocence.

thanks for the Article. Ultimately Samir Soni ne Ekta Kapoor se haath mila hi liya. 😆

Originally posted by: luv_ranveer

thanks for the Article. Ultimately Samir Soni ne Ekta Kapoor se haath mila hi liya. 😆

😆..LR, kumkum is not an ekta serial..hope that makes you happy😉

Thanx 4 the article fruitty u made Mika's day 😉

Thanks for the article,I would love to have him back on my screen! 😃

Originally posted by: JK_5

Thanx 4 the article fruitty u made Mika's day 😉

Yepppppp! Today is my last day and thank you soo much fruity for the news!! Samir, i luv you!!!! Please be on the show so i can see photographs of you!!!!! 😳 hai hai mein sharmau!!

Thanks for the article! But too bad for me I don't have Star plus!!!! Bad for me!

I thought he was looking to break away from Jassi to do film roles? 😆 😆 😆

thanks for the article!
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Originally posted by: fruitty

😆..LR, kumkum is not an ekta serial..hope that makes you happy😉

ummmmmmmmmm.... yea it is 😕 its an ekta kapoor show