Pavitra Rishta: Ankita Lokhande On How Sushant Singh Rajput Will Always Be The First Manav -‘Audience Miss Us Together As They Loved Our Chemistry’

Ankita Lokhande speaks about her former boyfriend and late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s character in Pavitra Rishta

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Pavitra Rishta: Ankita Lokhande On How Sushant Singh Rajput Will Always Be The First Manav -‘Audience Miss Us Together As They Loved Our Chemistry’
Ankita Lokhande is all set to enthrall fans with the second season of her popular web show ‘Pavitra Rishta.’ The actress is gearing up for the same with Shaheer Sheikh, who will be seen reprising his role of Manav in the second season, which will depict how Archana and Manav keep bumping into each other even when they're separated. In a recent interview, Ankita opened up about the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's character in the original 'Pavitra Rishta' show. 
 
Speaking to India Today, the actress said that she Sushant will always be the “first Manav. She mentioned that people miss seeing them together because they loved their chemistry on the show. Ankita was quoted saying, “Sushant will always be the first Manav. The audience loved our chemistry. I think that's why they miss both of us together. For our old audience, Manav is Sushant. That's their love for us.”

For the unversed, Ankita and Sushant’s love story started on the sets of their hit show 'Pavitra Rishta', which was the most popular and longest-running show back then.  After dating each other for almost seven years, they parted ways in 2016 and moved on in their life.


While gushing over her iconic character, Lokhande asserted that  Pavitra Rishta is very close to her heart and hence it was not very difficult for her to portray the role of Archana again.  The first season of Pavitra Rishta 2.0 was a reboot of the hit television show of the same name that starred Ankita and late actor Sushant Singh Rajput as Archana and Manav, respectively. The second season of the web show will premiere on 28th January on ZEE5. ALSO READ: Pavitra Rishta 2 TRAILER: Shaheer Sheikh-Ankita Lokhande Aka Archana And Manav Keep Crossing Each Other’s Paths, Despite Being Separated-WATCH





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