Actors Chetna Pande, Karan Kundra and Rithvik Dhanjani catch up on the latest in the city, with Lucknow Times. The trio were here to promote their show, Fanaah. Playing the perfect host to co-actors Rithvik Dhanjani and Chetna Pande in Lucknow was frequent visitor to the city, Karan Kundra, who was here only last week.
"The city keeps calling me back again and again," laughed Karan, adding, "I now have many friends here. And I know Lucknow so well, that on Wednesday evening when we landed in the city, I took Rithvik and Chetna for Lucknow darshan. The city looks so different during Ramadan, especially old Lucknow. Hum Tundey kebabs khane Nakkhas gaye thay."
ALSO READ: Karan Kundra: I didn't bite any girl Predictably, they loved the food. "Whenever I am here I gorge on the food. You just can't be on a diet when in this city. However, Rithvik is on a diet, and he was reluctant to have the kebabs and the orange roti (sheermaal), but once he tasted a bite of it, he didn't stop at all!"
Selfies and the city And what about Chetna? "Well, unfortunately, I am a vegetarian, but I was quite tempted by their food reviews. Itna sunne ke baad mera bhi bahut mann tha to taste Lakhnawi food, but Karan and Rithvik stopped me and mera dharam bhrasht nahi hua," she laughs.
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Same-same, but different Based on the popular US series, Vampire Diaries, Fanaah will have Karan and Rithvik playing vampire and werewolf, respectively. "We are just experimenting with this genre," says Rithvik, who has played a werewolf earlier as well, in Pyaar Kii Ek Kahaani. Drill him on that and he gets defensive and says, "Toh kya hua? Yes, I have played a werewolf in the past but if you see, all our daily shows are also the same na? Every story on TV today is the same and it is the treatment of the characters which is different. So, even if I have been part of such a show earlier, this one is quite different."
Budget highlights The hot topic of discussion for the three of them was the NDA government's budget, which was presented yesterday. "We have a lot of expectations from Narendra Modi and so we are definitely looking forward to the first budget under his leadership," said Karan and Rithvik, also revealing that they follow the PM quite diligently on Twitter.
Telling us what hopes they had with the budget, Rithvik, best known for his role in Pavitra Rishta and as the winner of dance reality show Nach Baliye 6, said he wanted petrol prices to come down. On the other hand Karan, who belongs to a business family, wanted the budget to focus on "industrial growth".
The trio clicked several selfies on their trip to Lucknow and posted them on Twitter. This one clicked at TundeyKebabs, was posted by Karan Kundra.
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