Brother, dear brother
SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY
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Brothers Ronit and Rohit Roy are in the same frame on Zee TV's recent rollout, "Sarrkkar - Rishton Ki Ankahi Kahani", making history of sorts.
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A FAMILY AFFAIR: Actor Rohit Roy.
PERHAPS THIS is the first time in the history of Indian TV serials that two brothers are being featured as brothers in a soap too.
Actors Ronit Roy and Rohit Roy are acting their real-life roles as brothers to each other on reel - in Zee TV's latest dish-out Sarrkkar - Rishton Ki Ankahi Kahani. Being aired since last week, this Monday to Thursday high-voltage family drama is set against a political backdrop, with writer Shobhaa De pumping in her ideas by scripting it.
Says Rohit, "I am really excited about it, particularly because I am working with Ronit. He is such a fantastic actor, and that's another reason for me to be seen on this serial."
That someone from the family is always present at the sets, Rohit feels, is quite cognisant in him all the time, "But all cobwebs are wiped out once the camera starts rolling."
In Sarrkkar... Ronit is playing the role of Karan, younger brother of Kunal.
"Karan is the youngest son of Priamvada (played by Divya Seth), who replaces her husband, a chief minister, after his assassination. Gradually, she wants her sons to follow her steps to politics.
While Karan, an IT pro, is totally against it, Kunal won't mind getting into it because he is in a rush to revamp his country. He clearly believes that the end justifies the means," describes Rohit.
Gandhi family
Penned by a naughty novelist like Shobhaa De, what comes to one's mind suddenly is the resemblance of the story with the Congress party's first family. But Rohit rises to the occasion to guard the lady, "I don't think there is any similarity between this yarn and that of the Gandhi family.
There are a lot of dissimilarities. Shobhaa is so excited about the story, she told me it has been on her mind for years."
It could be a coincidence but Rohit featured in yet another serial written by De, Swabhimaan on Doordarshan. And that contributed a lot to make him a tube watcher's familiar face.
Talking more about his brother Ronit, Rohit says, "He has matured so much as an actor because he had gone through a lot of hardships in life, one of them being the break up of his first marriage."
Rohit is now one of the important faces of Indian soap operas with the rousing success as Mihir in Kyunki Saans Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Mr Bajaj in Kasauti Zindagi Kay.
In fact, Rohit might have to say goodbye to Sarrkar... because of "a trouble brewing" between him and Balaji Telefilms as the 8.30 p.m. timing of both Kasauti... and Sarrkar... are clashing.
"It's too early. I don't want to comment on this now," Ronit reacts while refusing to talk more about either of his roles.
But then the point is the brothers have already created a history of sorts.
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