Barun Sobti on Reuniting With IPKKND Co-star Sanaya Irani: ‘We Meet Once a Week Anyway’ | Exclusive – News18

Barun Sobti and Sanaya Irani shared screen space together for the first time in the television show Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon and became one of the most loved onscreen couples of the small screen. Fondly known as #SaRun or #ArShi, the duo as Arnav and Khushi garnered a massive fan base over the course of three seasons, leaving many heartbroken once the franchise came to an end. But recently, they found a reason to rejoice as Barun and Sanaya came together and shot for a commercial.

In an exclusive chat with News18 Showsha, Barun reacts to collaborating with Sanaya again after so many years and states that their equation remains the same. “It was nice. It was the same. Nothing has changed, which is great. We meet once a week anyway. We’re a group of friends and we catch up every now and then basis whoever’s free. Sometimes, we’re four people meeting and sometimes ten. Having said that, I’ve to admit that working together is a different ballgame, but that hasn’t changed. The dynamic between us is still the same. It’s a 50-50 deal with Sanaya,” he tells us.

As for Barun’s tryst with television, it came to an end in 2017 with the completion of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3. Thereafter he took a plunge to films and OTT and had often spoken about the discrimination that he faced much like many of his peers for being a TV face. So, those who had rejected him back in the day come back to him with offers in recent years? “I don’t keep credits like that (smiles). That’s a bad way of accounting,” he states.

While their words pinched him at that point in time, Barun remarks that it has taught him to not mete out the same treatment to others. “A good way of accounting is making the most of everything and not behave in the way with others how people behaved with you that made you feel that it was wrong. I’m happy that I don’t think like that. They’re happy in their space and I’m happy in mine. Mujhe toh yaad bhi nahi ki kitne logo ne aisa bola hoga. There must have been some 50-100 people who told me [that I can’t do a film because I was a TV actor]. I was definitely affected at that point in time,” he elaborates.

The actor points out that the perception against casting TV actors in films and web shows exists because studios feel that won’t be able to pull a project. “There are multiple corporate reasons involved. A lot of networks operate on the fact that everyone wants to get an approval. Their jobs are based on the suggestions they make. But a few of these audacious filmmakers, those that made Asur, Halal, Tu Hai Mera Sunday and Kohrra, stood against the networks and took the calls they wanted to and pulled together such a fabulous cast,” he explains.