Ekta Kapoor reveals how she got Sushant Singh Rajput cast for the lead in 'Pavitra Rishta'

Currently, entire world is on hold due to global pandemic. re had been nationwide lockdown imposed in India for over two months and everything has been at a standstill since. In such a situation of a crisis, entertainment industry has been suffering from a major loss as production of new movies and serials has been prohibited.

However, at this time, decision of re-running of old daily-soaps was made and one of most evergreen shows, Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande starrer Pavitra Rishta went on-air again. Recently, Ekta Kapoor revealed how she convinced channel that Sushant Singh Rajput was best choice for lead character of show. Read ahead to kw more-

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Ekta Kapoor reveals how she convinced channel to cast Sushant in Pavitra Rishta

Along with fans, Pavitra Rishta got Ekta Kapoor stalgic too as it goes on-air for second time. On June 2, 2020, Ekta Kapoor took to her official Instagram handle to post a video of Manav and Archana’s romance, revealing how she convinced channel that Sushant Singh Rajput is perfect personality fit for this character.

She captioned video, “After being 35 of 50 slots we were out of top 50! This show was a chance
@zeetv gave us based on a show #tirumatiselvum ! Wanted to cast a boy as lead who was doing second lead on our or show ! D creative in zee was adamant he dint look d part ! We@convinced m his smile wud win a million hearts.....and it did @sushantsinghrajput”.

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Pavitra Rishta started to win people’s hearts as soon as it went on-air. Fans connected deeply with this unique love-story of a middle-class Maharashtrian family staying in a Dombivli chawl with a simple girl. Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande, who played Manav and Archana, lead characters of show rose to a new level of success after this Ekta Kapoor daily soap came ir way.

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romance started to brew t only in reel but also real life of two actors as Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande got into a relationship soon after y began shooting for show. After being toger for over six years, couple, unfortunately, broke up, due to personal reasons.

Cupid also struck Asha Negi, who played Archana’s daughter in show and Hrithvik Dhanjani who played her love interest, as two started to date soon after y began shooting for show. However, after years of togerness, rumours w suggest that two have broken up, due to personal reasons.

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