Smriti Irani on why 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2' is delayed: 'I got a call from Prime Minister's office and...'

‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2’ was all set to be on the cards but now the plans have been delayed. Actor and politician Smriti Irani has now revealed the reason behind the same.

The actress said in an interview, “If you look at the Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi journey in totality, the most well-kept secret about it was I had a contract to do it again in 2014, and I walked away from it because I had to serve in the Indian Parliament as a cabinet minister.”

She added, “The set was ready, but there was a phone call from the Prime Minister’s office that you have to take an oath.”

Ram Kapoor on the actress

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Ram Kapoor has had a tremendous journey towards his weight loss and he has spoken about it many times. He has now shed light on Smriti Irani’s weight loss as well in a recent interview.

The actor said, “When she started Kyunki Saas and when she ended, she was huge. Her logic was now I have played a character who has taken so many leaps. ‘Now I am playing a grandmother.’ So you see her in the first year of Kyunki to last year, you will notice that she is as big as I am. We were equally successful.”

He added, “I have even spoken to her about this. She was just staying true to her character. When she entered the series, she played just a wife, then she became a mother, then the show took several leaps in eight years of its run. She allowed herself to become bigger. If she would have continued in television, she would have probably much bigger than me. She left because she joined politics and she is doing great.”