Arjun Punjj & Gurdeep Kohli Engaged

Sari, I'm engaged!

Gurdeep refuses to wear a white sari for a scene in Sinndoor... Says no, because she's about to get married

Having got engaged to long-time beau Arjun Punj recently, Gurdeep Kohli firmly refused to wear a white sari depicting a widow for a scene required in Sinndoor Tere Naam. Considered ominous by Kohli, the situation reached a stage when the production team had to intervene. Long and elaborate meetings were held with the actress and she finally consented, but not gladly. "She was hesitant about wearing the white sari and as a woman I understand and respect her sentiments. But, being a thorough professional, Gurdeep finally gave in," clarifies Kinnari Mehta, producer of the show.

But despite giving in, eyewitnesses present on the sets say that Kohli was in an extremely snappy mood while shooting for the particular scene. "I was apprehensive about the entire scene. To begin with, the get up of the widow is something that I never imagined getting into. It was very disturbing initially. But the unit members convinced me otherwise," says Kohli.

The scene gains more significance because this is perhaps the first time that a woman will be performing the final rites of her husband on television. Vedika, the main protagonist of the serial played by Kohli, is to be widowed after her reel husband Dhruv's death. "The concept of a widow doing the antimsanskaar is something that has never been shown on television," says Mehta, "In fact, even when we were shooting for it, I kept in mind the Hindu laws and customs. The idea is to show the strength of a woman and not to offend the Indian audience."

The scene was canned last week and Kohli cited the shlokas for the same. "It was an extremely emotion-packed scene in terms of emotions, dialogues, and expressions. I'm more than happy that it's done and over with. It's something that I do not want to do again," says Kohli.

But on retrospect she adds, "When I watched the entire scene on the monitor, I was extremely proud of myself. I was brave enough to do something that I didn't want to do."


* I'm more than happy that it's done and over with. It's something that I do not want to do again — Gurdeep Kohli

thanx for article...does anyone have front on pic of his gurdeep? everytime i see a pic its from odd angle... 😕

gud work gurdeep.ur an excellent actress.u & arjun make such a cute couple

😆 Goodness !! They had so much talk and they forgot to mention where did she get hold of a white sari in the first place where all she was doing was lying unconscious in her bed???

Minnie 😆 . Its a show after all.