The iconic TV show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, which aired 22 years ago, has returned to the small screen. The show made the lead pair Smriti Irani and Amar Upadhyay a household name. In a recent interview with BT, Amar talked about the Kyunki days, and shared, “I had been hearing for a while now that the makers and the channel wanted to rerun Kyunki…and finally, it is there on air.”
He added, “It is a good feeling to have that show back on TV. A lot of my new young fans, who haven’t seen me in Kyunki… will now get a chance. It is not only a special show for me but a landmark show for the entire TV fraternity. It is the only TV drama to have touched such high ratings, especially when the death of my character was shown and then when I returned to the show. Never have we seen such an attachment with a character where fans have pelted stones at the maker’s house to bring back a character. In fact, several celebrities called up the makers asking the character to be brought back.”
Amar also revealed that he wasn’t supposed to be there in the show forever, “Not many people know but when I had signed the show, I was told that my journey is going to be there till finite episodes only. But the entire team had a lot of masti at that time since there wasn’t a concept of vanity vans and we all used to get ready in a big room in a basement which was divided into two parts. So the whole gang of ours, including Smriti had some really wonderful moments. Now when I shoot, I see that people are mostly busy in themselves, and are sitting in their vanity vans or their rooms, which never happened during that time.”
When asked about the rumors of the remake of this popular show, Amar replied, “The remake of Kyunki is going to be the mother of all remakes whenever it happens. Even I have heard about the sequel or the remake of Kyunki being in the pipeline. Just recently I got to know about it and Ekta has always wanted that too. Smriti I think will not be able to be a part of it being a minister but if given a choice I would love to be a part of it again,” he concluded.
