Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput became a household name after his acting stint in Zee TV serial Pavitra Rishta.
Actress Ankita Lokhande also became quite famous for her roles as Archana and Ankita.
Now after 11 years of the original release on television, the serial has been re-released on the streaming platform ZEE5.
This seems to be a kind of tribute by the makers of the show to the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput who died on 14 June 2020 at the young age of 34.
Two weeks before Sushant’s death, producer Ekta Kapoor had shared a promo of Pavitra Rishta on Instagram and wrote, “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 other show ! D creative in zee was adamant he dint look d part ! We@convinced them his smile wud win a million hearts…..and it did @sushantsinghrajput.”
Sushant had even responded to Ekta, saying “And I’m forever grateful to you ma’am,” to which she replied, “sushiiiii lobeeee u,” with many heart emojis.
After Sushant’s demise, Ekta even paid a tribute to Sushant by sharing a video which had moments of Sushant from the serial with his former girlfriend Ankita Lokhande and his pictures taken at different get-togethers and parties.
By Sahana Iyer
