Two Ekta Kapoor soap characters meet on special show ...

By Subhash K. Jha, Indo-Asian News Service

Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) Trust Ekta Kapoor to keep innovating in the most unexpected way. In her latest brainwave she brings together the characters from two of her favourite soaps on Star Plus - "Kavyanjali" and "Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki" - on a special show Monday.

The one-hour special episode will feature not only the entire cast of the two soaps, it will also have guest appearances by actors like Shweta Tiwari, Amna Sharif and Sai Deodhar who are not part of the two serials.

Reveals Ekta: "We've brought the two soaps together once before. I'd call it 'One Episode Two Dramas' special. The first drama will be when Parvati from 'Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki (KGGK)' will discover her husband Om's killer through Kayva (from 'Kavyanjali'). The other drama will be when Parvati will bring Anjali from 'Kavyanjali' face to face with her beloved Kavya's lookalike. It's a very carefully crafted episode."

Sandeep Sikand, the creative head of both the soaps, is working overtime to ensure the special fusion episode goes off without any confusion.

"Characters from both 'Kavyanjali' and 'KGGK' have to look as though they know each other and are comfortable with the problems in one another's life. The two soaps have to come together effortlessly for that one evening," says Sikand, who's also a theatre and film actor playing a key role in Mohit Suri's forthcoming "Who Lamhe" and the hit English-language play "Black With Equal".