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ilm and television producer Ekta Kapoor has said the new age digital entertainment are noT favourable

platform offers a whole variety of content as per the convenience of the target
Faudience. She is successfully making her mark in the digital entertainment space n a recent video posted by Ekta Kapoor on Twitter, the TV czar and Shah Rukh Khan are seen having a candid chat about love. In
using the OTT (Over The Top) platforms. the short video, Ekta can be seen smiling coyly after Shah Rukh asks her about her love life as she just says, “I love you sir”. The
Ivideo was later removed but various fan pages of the star are sharing the same.

Since Ekta is known for making drama and supernatural shows on TV which is quite As per a report in Mumbai Mirror, Shah Rukh Khan has been roped in by the Balaji Telefilms head to kick-start the reboot of her much-
opposite of her shows on loved show Kasautii Zindagii Kay. The second season of the show features Erica Fernandes and Parth Samthaan playing the roles
the OTT platform ALT Balaji of Prerna and Anurag, respectively. Bigg Boss star Hina Khan is said to be playing the role of Komolika in the reboot.
and films where she is A source informed the publication, “Following a brainstorming session, Ekta decided to join in and the two discuss timeless romance

experimenting with many on camera with SRK playfully prodding Ekta about her love life.”
progressive subjects of the Star Plus show Kasautii Zindagii Kay went on air in 2001 with Shweta Tiwari and Cezanne Khan in lead roles. The reboot has been
society, she said, “Experiences highly anticipated by the audience as it promises to bring back the romance of its title characters Anurag and Prerna.
It is yet to be seen how the reboot will be modified to keep up with the current times. The teaser of the reboot was earlier posted by
changed over time, so films Ekta Kapoor and it reminded the viewers of the original show.

have to change based on that. Indiewire reviewed the show and while they were also underwhelmed,
The convenience OTT gives they still expect the show to grow. “Perhaps the show will develop,
you is the choice that you but in the first two episodes given to critics to review, it’s simply
have now. You don’t have to sit boring in its predictable moralizing. The show isn’t awful

through a three-hour movie in a enough to be hemorrhaging or flatlining but watching
theatre even though you don’t it is long, drawn-out suffering for which the only sweet
like it. Don’t like something? release is the end credits sequence,” Indiewire wrote.
Watch something else!”
Vulture began their review with “New Amsterdam Is

Ekta was present at the Jagran Very, Very Dumb”. They further wrote, “The show’s
Cinema Summit on Friday stated intent—to be a medical fantasy about doctors
evening. actually helping people—is beautifully dumb, but at
least it’s occasionally funny.”

“Acceptance is the biggest New Amsterdam has just aired for one week and it
word we should learn. I have as is still to be seen if the drama can hold its own amid
much fun making a show like its competitors like The Good Doctor, Grey’s Anatomy

Naagin as much as promoting among others.
a Lipstick Under My Burkha.
Mobile is going to decide what
people want to watch. They

might want to watch both Nagin
and Narcos or a romantic movie
or a thriller, there’s a whole
world out there!” she added.

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