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Yesteryear silver
screen actress-turned-television-producer-director Asha Parekh’s
soap ‘Kora Kagaz’ which is about to complete three years
on Star Plus is now on its last leg. A story of a young woman who
is abandoned by her husband on the wedding night and gradually gets
drawn to her younger brother-in-law, the serial which is presently
at the crucial juncture and racing towards the climax will wind
up in the next few weeks. Having gone through layers of sub-plots,
surprising twists and different shades of relationships and dramatic
moments, the all important question viewers are asking is whether
the submissive Pooja who got her voice and asserted her love for
Ravi will eventually get married to her brother-in-law. It is a
question, going by the viewers’ response, is uppermost in the
audience’s mind. But first a brief summary of the serial’s
story for the benefit of those who tuned in late to ‘Kora Kagaz’.
Mahesh(Amit Behl) who is in love with Shalini(Gurusha Kapoor) gets
married to Pooja(Renuka Shahane) against his wishes. On the wedding
night he confesses his love for Shalini to Pooja and leaves for
Bangalore with Shalini. Pooja decides to live in her in-laws’
house and gradually finds sympathy, understanding and love and attention
from her brother-in-law Ravi(Salil Ankola). Their fondness for each
other grows and five years later Mahesh returns home because of
his differences with Shalini. He starts developing a soft corner
for Pooja but she rejects his overtures and confesses her love for
Ravi. Meanwhile Ravi gets entangled in a triangle with the entry
of Neha in his life and later meets with an accident and loses his
memory.
Then Shalini
returns in Mahesh’s life and get married. Now Ravi who has
not got his memory back is no more in love with Pooja and his mother
is forcing him to marry Neha. So what happens now? Now that Mahesh
is married, will Pooja marry Ravi? Asha Parekh while admitting that
she is working on the most crucial and interesting segment of the
story which is about to wind up in another few weeks says viewers
are getting hyper to know what will happen to the relationship between
Pooja and Ravi. “Viewers are very keen that they should get
married,” discloses the producer-director quite proud of the
fact that ‘Kora Kagaz’ is the second longest weekly soap
on Star Plus. “But there are various possibilities. The marriage
may not happen. Ravi may get married to Neha or he may want to marry
Pooja but she refuses to marry him and instead opts to live on her
own as a single woman. The last possibility is that they may get
married as viewers want to see them happy and together.” But
if one goes by the serial’s title and theme song, Pooja should
not marry Ravi. “Well, I can’t say anything because we
are yet to decide the end,” says Asha Parekh with a diplomatic
smile and declines to reveal whether the serial will end as per
the wishes of the viewers.
But according
to Renuka Shahane, there are two possibilities – either Pooja
and Ravi get married or they don’t. “But the majority
of viewers want them to get married. And right now the way the story
is progressing, the end is open to both possibilities. But if Ashaji
sticks to the original end that she had narrated to me then Pooja
should marry Ravi,” smiles Renuka in her characteristic ear-to-ear
grin. So if one reads between the lines, there will be happy end
to ‘Kora Kagaz’ and Pooja who longed for love and affection
and marital bliss these past three years will have a big smile on
her face and viewers will be happy to see Pooja happy and content.
—A.L.
Chougule
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