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Shyaam-Shyaama saga goes on
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The new serial on Star Plus features model Indraneil Sengupta and actress Barkha Bisht
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BACK AND FORTH Indraneil Sengupta and Barkha Bisht in a scene from "Pyaar Ke Do Naam... Ek Raadha Ek Shyam"
Tele-serial viewers have seen quite a few stories based on reincarnation. But this one sounds somewhat different. For, being a Rajshri Production will make one think that it will be a little understated than what one usually sees on the tube. Besides, it does not delve into the past so much that it becomes a fairy-tale. The Star Plus serial titled Pyaar Ke Do Naam... Ek Raadha Ek Shyaam, Monday to Thursday, 8 p.m., goes back as far as the 1960s and so there is a section of senior soap-watchers who easily relate to it.
Intelligently made it surely is, for, if the modern-day lovers, Shyaam, a rich businessman's son, and Raadha, an aspiring doctor from a middle class family, can bond with the young viewers, their reincarnated versions, Kisna, as a sensitive, responsible man of the 1960s, and Shyaama, as a typical "Gaon ki alhad ladki", may take back the older generation to the good old days.
Says Indraneil Sengupta, who plays the role of Shyaam and Kisna, "The story is set in the present with flashbacks in between; so, you don't get caught in one era but instead get a complete picture."
Indraneil, a Gladrags Man Hunt finalist, along with actor John Abraham, is making his debut with this role. "Few have got the opportunity to do a dual role in their very first assignment, so I feel I am lucky," he says. Lucky he is, as he gets to display his talent differently in both the roles. As Shyaam, he is a "flamboyant, rich brat running after girls" and as Kisna, he is "a very responsible young man from a rural community who goes to the city to study and returns to do something for the uplift of his village."
Something different
Even for Barkha Bisht, who plays Raadha and Shyaama, it is an opportunity to do something different. She has so far been seen in many a `K' serial such as "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kkavyanjali.
"Both the roles are different from what I have done so far on TV," says the Dehra Dun girl.
More than the role of Raadha, Barkha says getting into the skin of Shyaama's character was difficult.
"I had to study how to look and behave like an innocent village girl, happy with small successes in life," she says.
SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY
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