Laado reaches top, completes 200 episodes; makers, cast rejoice

The Naa Aana Iss Des Laado team is beaming these days. The serial has not only completed two hundred episodes but it also has topped the TRP chart last fortnight with 7.70 ratings. Meghna Malik who plays Ammaji says, "I think viewers were waiting for Ammaji's comeback in the show and they have played that track beautifully and dramatically. The viewers were little upset with her death. I think it is our team work that paid off, especially the creative team, writers, screenplay writers they are the real brains behind all this. Then come the actors and directors, we all enjoy our work here and I think that is the key to a successful show. We recently completed 200 episodes. Initially people said that it won't work because of its 10.30 pm slot but the viewers proved them wrong." Aditya Redij who plays Raghav from the show says, "People watch a show only if they connect with it. The success we are enjoying is the result of our team's hard work. We are getting a nice feedback to Raghav and Sia's love story. All shows have a love story but it is important how you present it. The credit goes to the creative team, director Dinesh and the writers. There is no shortcut for hard work. Now we will work harder to keep our show at number one." Natasha Sharma aka Sia says, "The credit goes to both the creative, production team and the channel team. On February 1 we completed one year to our show, last year we had started shooting on this date. We had a blast celebrating 200 episodes. People like the romantic sequences between Raghav and Sia and I think they are interested in watching Raghav turning positive. They were also very curious about Ammaji, whether she is dead or not. Last week, the viewers were excited to know who was coming in to create rift between Raghav and Sia. These little high points helped us to secure the top position which we were sharing with Uttaran last week." Shyamsis of Shakuntalam Productions says, "The first reason why we are number one is because we have a very good male audience, which is very interesting. Ammaji's popularity is another reason; her comeback in the show got us high TRPs; that sequence really worked for us. The third thing is the way we are writing the story; Ammaji's character is such that she does not even think twice to whip a male of the family. Now we have started playing with the Raghav-Sia love story and hope this track too will be well accepted by our male audience. However since Ammaji is also playing important role in this love triangle, the drama element will continue to be there."