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Smita out of Looteri Dulhan
Neha Maheshwri, TNN | Jun 3, 2011, 12.00am ISTRecession had hit our country years ago but TV industry seems to be still feeling the heat and one such show is Looteri Dulhan.
Apparently, the show right from its beginning failed to understand the pulse of the nation and couldn't generate the expected ratings. The channel had pumped in a lot of money (according to sources, money spent during the initial episodes of the show was around 1.5 crores) but the efforts haven't paid off. The show is generating TRPs under one and is under the scanner.
If things don't change, it is expected to get pulled off in less than two months time. And the latest development is that actress Smita Singh is out of the show. Informs a source, "The entire cast, apart from the leading couple of Mrunal Jain and Supriya Kumari, including Smita Singh, Shalini Chandran and Bharti Khandare will quit the show. They are cutting down on the cost and will now rope in as many as 17 new characters in place of the current seven characters. Their idea is to get less expensive actors. Since, the show has failed to click with the viewers, this would be their last attempt to make it work by reviving it.
Today is the last day of their shoot and their track will end sometime next week. However, it is not known that the concerned actors had already given their notice as they didn't want to continue with the show. They weren't happy with the final product and were of the opinion that the makers couldn't do justice to an interesting concept." Smita Singh confirmed, "I have given my 100 percent to the show. The makers are planning to introduce a new track as the current track isn't working. I hope the new track works for them." Shalini remained unavailable for comment.
Apparently, the show right from its beginning failed to understand the pulse of the nation and couldn't generate the expected ratings. The channel had pumped in a lot of money (according to sources, money spent during the initial episodes of the show was around 1.5 crores) but the efforts haven't paid off. The show is generating TRPs under one and is under the scanner.
If things don't change, it is expected to get pulled off in less than two months time. And the latest development is that actress Smita Singh is out of the show. Informs a source, "The entire cast, apart from the leading couple of Mrunal Jain and Supriya Kumari, including Smita Singh, Shalini Chandran and Bharti Khandare will quit the show. They are cutting down on the cost and will now rope in as many as 17 new characters in place of the current seven characters. Their idea is to get less expensive actors. Since, the show has failed to click with the viewers, this would be their last attempt to make it work by reviving it.
Today is the last day of their shoot and their track will end sometime next week. However, it is not known that the concerned actors had already given their notice as they didn't want to continue with the show. They weren't happy with the final product and were of the opinion that the makers couldn't do justice to an interesting concept." Smita Singh confirmed, "I have given my 100 percent to the show. The makers are planning to introduce a new track as the current track isn't working. I hope the new track works for them." Shalini remained unavailable for comment.
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