Actor Paras Kalnawat, who plays the role of Samar in Star Plus popular show Anupamaa, is ousted from the show. The actor reportedly signed celebrity dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 10 post which the producers of Anupamaa have terminated his contract. As per the makers, Paras did not intimate them before taking on another project on the rival channel. The makers decided to end their association with the actor owing to a breach of contract.
As per sources close to the show, the production house and makers were shell-shocked to know that Paras signed up for the dance reality show. According to them, the team of Anupamaa has always been accommodating to actors and never ever stopped them from taking up another project. They revealed that for Paras Kalnawat also they had accommodated his dates for other assignments before.
Producer Rajan Shahi released a statement that read, “We as a production house won’t entertain breach of contract. We have terminated his services as an actor with immediate effect. We wish him all the best for his future endeavors.”
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Reacting to his exit from Anupamaa, Paras Kalnawat told ETimes that his character in Anupamaa was not really growing. He said that he did not want his character timing to reduced to just a family member standing in the background doing nothing on the show. Paras further said that when Jhalak offered, he found it exciting and had informed the makers how he felt about his role in Anupamaa.
Anupamaa, produced by Rajan Shahi under Director’s Kut Productions. The show is based on Star Jalsha’s Bengali series Sreemoyee. There’s also a Marathi version of the show which runs on Star Pravah titled Aai Kuthe Kai Karte. The show stars Gaurav Khanna, Sudhanshu Pandey, Aneri Vajani, Madalsa Sharma, Alpana Buch, Arvind Vaidya, Paras Kalnawat, Aashish Mehrotra. Muskan Bamne, Shekhar Shukla, Nidhi Shah, Anagha Bhosale and Tassnim Sheikh.
(Source: BollywoodLife, ETimes)
(Image Source: ParasKalnawat, RajanShahi)
