By Hindustan Times
Mumbai, Feb. 27 -- After recent hits like Bade Acche Lagte Hain and Kyaa Hua Tera Vaada, Ekta Kapoor will now remake Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), one of the most biggest Bollywood hits directed by Aditya Chopra, right into a TV show for Zee.
Sources claim there'll be modifications to the narrative while the elemental plot of a love story and an NRI family returning to India could be retained. Sara Khan, who made her acting debut as a tender politician in Star One's Dhoondh Legi Manzil Humein (DLMH), could be seen playing the lead role of Raavee, loosely in line with Kajol's character. "Yes, I'M doing the Balaji show," she confirms, without divulging more.
The show, tentatively titled Diya Mann, will go on floors this March and can probably go on air in April. Sources reveal that this love story could be shot in Punjab. The opposite variation within the tale is that unlike Simran from DDLJ, the lead, Raavee, is an adopted child, raised by a loving, NRI Punjabi family that involves India. The quest for the male lead continues to be on.
Ekta's new show is alleged to be replacing either Ram Milaayi Jodi or Choti Bahu, which air at 9.30 pm and 7.30pm respectively, claim sources. Sara claims she wasn't searching for a show when this one came along. "Post DLMH, I completed my book The principles for fogeys and released it in London. Balaji contacted me for this show and that i auditioned online."
Sara, amused together with her 'foreign-returned' tag, adds that she's also thrilled about her cameo in Anurag Kashyap's upcoming flick, Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, where she plays a London-based Indian girlfriend of Kunal Kapoor.
