New Delhi: Actress Ankita Lokhande, who played the character of Archana in Ekta Kapoor’s popular television show ‘Pavitra Rishta’, shared on Wednesday that she still feels linked to her “first baby” on the occasion of the iconic television series’ 14th anniversary.
‘Pavitra Rishta aired from June 2009 until October 2014. The television programme was adapted from Tamil series Thirumathi Selvam. The late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who played the charming Manav, appeared in the show alongside Ankita.
The series was rerun in the latter half of 2018 and again in 2020 after Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Ankita Lokhande reprised her role as Archana in the online series ‘Pavitra Rishta – Its Never Too Late,’ which premiered in September 2021 and starred Shaheer Sheikh as Manav.
Ankita Lokhande took to Instagram and shared a video which features all her looks from the show. Sharing the video, she wrote, “14 years of Pavitra rishta and still feels so fresh and connected with my first ever baby.. Thanku god for everything!!
And thanks you so much @ektarkapoor for always having that faith in me that I could be your archu and Thanku for giving me the new identity as Archana because the people who loved me during the show when they see or meet me now also ,the first name which comes in there mind is archu and I love it so much.. Thanku so much everyone around who has loved and watched this beautiful show called pavitra rishta with all there heart and soul .. I’m grateful forever❤️”
Check out Ankita Lokhande’s post here:
Fans took to the comment section and shared how much they miss Sushant Singh Rajput, who ventured into acting with the show.
One wrote: “Sushant u r missed every minute.” Another wrote: “Sushant Singh Rajput is missing your video plz one pic SSR.”
“If Sushant’s photos were posted, it would have been much better 🥺💖,” a user also commented.
Archana shared another post and used the lyrics of the serial’s title track as the caption. She wrote, “Aasman main jab tak stars rahenge hum ek dusre ke sahare rahenge, nazdikiyan ya ho duriyaan bas pyaar hi rahega darmiyan ❤️
Pavitra relationship with your husband ❤️
Sharing some beautiful memories of archana (archu)”
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Ankita Lokhande and alte actor Sushant Singh Rajput became household names with ‘Pavitra Rishta.’ The popular jodi was loved by all and went on to bag several awards for their chemistry.