Ranjib Mazumder
Kapil Sonia and Deepti Devi in Parrivar...
The unit of Parrivar Kartavya Ki Pariksha was plunged into a crisis
a few days ago when its lead actress Deepti Devi (aka Radha) went home
with lead actor Kapil Sonia (aka Mohit) and didn't return the next
morning.
Says a source in the production house, "The shooting at
Versova finished late one night. Deepti stays at Borivali and Kapil was
eager to drop her. So, we let her go with him as it was safe given the
late hour. The next day, she was supposed to report early. But, she
didn't report for the shoot even after hours. We called her up on her
cell phone which was switched off. As she stays alone in Mumbai, we
became worried and sent a car to her home. When we inquired with her
landlord, they informed us that she had not returned home that evening.
We called Kapil to enquire but he told us that he had dropped her home
safely."
The production was in a deep crisis as Deepti who hails
from Pune stays on her own in Mumbai. Moreover, they did not have an
episode bank and the shooting schedule was hectic, since the serial is
new. The production house was clearly in a fix, and decided to inform
the police. They wanted Kapil to come to the police station to give his
statement…and soon enough, Deepti called!
"We got a call from
Deepti exactly after a few minutes we called up Kapil. She told us that
she was not well and went to her friend's house rather than going to
her home. We were relieved and she resumed shooting in not time," adds
the source.
Deepti Devi laughs off the incident saying, "The
issue has been blown out of proportion. Actually, when I was entering
my society, my head was spinning and I was vomiting throughout. So, I
did not go inside and preferred to go to a person's house who is close
to my heart. I was there at night and the next morning I went to a
doctor. The doctor gave me some injection and medicines and soon I was
sleeping. My cell phone was switched off for the entire night. I went
home and recharged it. Then, I realised that the production house had
been searching for me frantically.
I reached the set in no time."
What
about her co-star Kapil? "It was really sad because people were calling
him although he did not have any clue about the incident," she adds.
Well, Kapil sure won't be offering lifts that often. What say, sir?
