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Kyunki Saas reboot: Akashdeep Saigal (51) plays Smriti Irani (50)’s grandson, calls it 'masterclass in evolution'

Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema·Lakshana N Palat·about 1 month ago
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For millennials who grew up with Kyunki playing in the background, seeing Akashdeep Saigal’s Ansh Gujaral return for the reboot….was inevitable. Most of us won’t forget the terror he did inspire at the time, with the long hair and the yells of ‘Ey Tulsi!’. And then Smriti Irani’s Tulsi shot him, so that was that, till the actor returned as his adopted son Eklavya in the series (Shh, don’t ask questions.) And now again, he is back for the reboot. But this time, while the twist is meant to reflect the show’s generational leap, it hasn’t entirely landed with viewers, many of whom feel the casting doesn’t quite match the age dynamics on screen.  Akashdeep Saigal is 51 and Irani is 50. In a conversation with Zoom, Akashdeep opened up about his return, describing it as more than just a casting decision and calling it a deliberate creative shift.…

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