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Shyaam-Shyaama saga goes on

Debutant Indraneil Sengupta and actress Barkha Bisht have a good act going in `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. The Star Plus serial with a mouthful of a name, Pyaar Ke Do Naam... Ek Raadha Ek Shyaam, goes back as far as the 60s and so it easily connects to a sizeable section of senior soap-watchers.

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 60s, and Shyaama, as a typical gaon ki alhad ladki, may take back the older generation to the good old days. Indraneil Sengupta, who plays the role of Shyaam and Kisna, is a Galdrags Man Hunt finalist along with actor John Abraham, is making his acting debut with these roles. "Very few starters have got the opportunity to do a dual role in their very first assignment, so I feel I am lucky," is what he says about it For Barkha Bisht, who does the dual roles of Raadha and Shyaama in the serial, it is an opportunity to do something that she had "never done before on TV." Barkha so far has been seen in many a `K' serial such as Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi and Kkavyanjali, donning the customary roles with heavy dialogues in flashy outfits. "That is right. Both the roles are really different from what I have done so far on television," says the Dehra Dun dame. And now that they have canned a few episodes for the Monday to Thursday 8 p.m. daily, both say they are loving the roles!

SANGEETA BAROOAH PISHAROTY

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