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WHAt once scorched the silver screen will now enthrall the small screen audiences. Hugely popular Bollywood film Seeta Aur Geeta, starring Hema Malini in a double role, is now being converted into a TV series.
A television producer, Sunil Bohra, has bought the rights of the film to use the storyline and characters for his show on NDTV Imagine that would also be titled Seeta Aur Geeta. "I never wanted to become a chor (thief) and so I decided to buy the rights of the film. I wanted to make this show and I wanted to do it honestly," Bohra said. Directed by Ramesh Sippy, Seeta Aur Geeta was released in 1972 and became a blockbuster. Hema Malini’s outstanding performance won her Filmfare Best Actress Award.Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar played male leads in the movie. In the TV series, slated to go on air in February, the makers will incorporate fresh inputs. "We have just lifted the characters of Seeta and Geeta from the film and also its plot that the two sisters separate after birth and meet later. But the story of the show has otherwise been worked upon and various tracks and twists have been added. We have already churned out a 208-episode story for the show," he said. While the search for the
lead actress for the show is still on, actor Cezzane Khan of Kasauti
Zindagi Kay fame has been zeroed in on to essay Sanjeev Kumar’s
role. — IANS
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