| This latest replacement in telly land may appear to have scary overtones, but the truth is far from it.
Shweta Kawaatra, who played the character of music director Reva, is out of the Zee daily Saat Phere. She has been replaced by Barkha Madan, who was seen as Manjeet (the bhoot), in Ram Gopal Varma's horror flick Bhoot, starring Ajay Devgan and Urmila Matondkar.
"It was an amicable and mutual decision," claims producer Sunjoy Waddhwa. "It was purely a case of dates. When we wanted Shweta, she would be busy with her other commitments. Shweta was part of the cast when the show was announced, even though her entry happened later. She did about 15 episodes with us."
Waddhwa says s that the track had her character aiding Neil (Rakesh Bapat) to make it in the industry. "Later, there was also a romantic track with Neil," he adds. TV regular
Madan has been seen on the small screen in Sanjay Khan's serial Kranti-1857 on DD-1 and Vinod Pandey's serial Mera Humsafar on DD-1. She was also part of an Anglo-Dutch telefilm, Driving Miss Palmen, directed by Shashi Ranjan.
"We have just finalised Barkha for the role and will begin shooting shortly," adds Waddhwa, who earlier produced Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand (Star Plus). Celebration time
Kawaatra was unavailable for comment. She is presently away in the Bahamas with husband Manav Gohil, to celebrate her first marriage anniversary, which falls on Christmas day.
She is expected to be back around January 6. "Her exit was not due to her being away for all these days. She had informed us about the trip beforehand," says Waddhwa.
Post her exit as Pallavi in Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii (Star Plus), and Esha in Kkusum (Sony), Kawaatra was missing from the soap front. She did a cameo in Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (Sony) and in Instant Khichdi (Star One), with Gohil.
She also hosted Current Bollywood (Max), Good Morning Bollywood (SaharaOne) and Crime and Punishment (Sahara Rashtriya Samay).
Later she was back playing the forensic expert Dr Niyati in CID- Special Bureau (Sony). Kawaatra has also featured in Paritosh Painter's play Uncle Samjha Karo as well as Onirban's film, My Brother Nikhil.
"Shweta will feature in my next show a thriller called Don which will air on Star Plus," adds Waddhwa. |
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