I made this VM for Basant's birthday (23 January), 🥳 although I was only able to post it earlier today.
Please enjoy, and I welcome any comments, as always! 😊
https://www.instagram.com/p/B70F4-rHm1c/
And shortly after I posted my birthday post for him this afternoon, Basant himself followed suit and just like me also made his first Instagram post for 2020, and his first in six weeks (the previous one having been on 17 December 2019). 😊
Here are six photos of Basant in Balram's wedding outfit, ⭐️ along with his makeup artist.
Basant looks very handsome and awesome as always, and very royal in this costume! 👍🏼 And Swastik Productions continue their fine tradition of giving him very interesting ear jewellery in their shows! 👏 (This is one of their much better traditions! 🤣)
https://www.instagram.com/p/B70QF1SAZp0/
And then we have three TV segments from today about the Balram-Revati wedding and other upcoming goings-on in RadhaKrishna, both featuring interviews with Basant.
1) The first segment is from the 'U Me Aur TV' show from E24 (total duration 4 minutes 45 seconds). This one is mostly about Balram-Revati's wedding and storyline in the RK show, with Basant's interview making up the bulk of the segment (from 1:07 to 4:19). In it Basant mentions that he likes Balram's wedding costume a lot out of all his costumes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WOwB5jhuIY
2) The second segment is from Telly Talk India (total duration 6 minutes 30 seconds). This one is mostly behind the scenes shooting of the Balram-Revati wedding, with Basant's interview making up about one-third of the video and being interspersed throughout it (from about 1:37 to 2:18, then 2:38 to 3:12, and then 4:58 to 6:06).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUf5LqPAHU
3) The third segment is from the 'Saas Bahu Aur Saazish" show and is mostly about upcoming events that will lead up to the Krishna-Rukmini wedding, along with showing some of the shooting of the Balram-Revati wedding (total duration 5 minutes 21 seconds). Basant is interviewed very briefly in this one, from 3:59 to 4:24.
I couldn't help laughing during this SBS segment because the reporter kept calling the character "Rukshmani" instead of Rukmini. I have learnt that Devi Rukmini is also known as Rukshmani, mostly in Gujurat (where the RadhaKrishna show is filmed [in Umbergaon]) and especially in the Dwaraka area, so fair enough - but it was still a little funny to hear that constantly in this segment as the character's name in the show is actually Rukmini. 😊