Sudhanshu Pandey QUITS Rupali Ganguly starrer Anupamaa; apologises for making ‘sudden decision’ to not play Vanraj anymore

Actor Sudhanshu Pandey, who is known for essaying the role of Vanraj Shah in the Star Plus family drama, Anupamaa, is no longer part of the show. The actor – who is also part of the boy band, Band of Boys, interacted with his fans earlier today and informed fans of his decision to quit the Rupali Ganguly-Gaurav Khanna starrer. Scroll below to see what he said.

Sudhanshu Pandey quits Rupali Ganguly

At 5:30 pm today, Sudhanshu Pandey hosted an Insta Live session and informed his fans of no longer being part of Rupali Ganguly starrer Anupamaa. The actor – in the video now captioned ‘Important announcement’ said, “Mai pichle chaar saal se roj pahuch raha hun apke ghar ek daily soap ke jariye, ek kirdar play kar raha hu jiske liye mujhe bahut sara pyar or narazgi mili, but wo narazgi bhi ek tarike se pyar hi raha hai. Agar aap naraz na hote mere character dekh kar to mujhe lagta mai sahi tarike se nibha nahi pa raha hoon.

(For the last four years, I have been coming to your house every day through a daily soap, playing a character for which I have got a lot of love and resentment, but that resentment is also love in a way. If you had not been angry after seeing my character, I would have felt that I was not able to play it properly.)”

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Pandey: I apologise for taking this sudden decision

He continued, “I want to tell all of you with a heavy heart that I am now not a part of ‘Anupamaa show. Raksha Bandhan episode se mai show ka hissa nahi hoon, par itne din beet gaye the or meri audience mujhse naraz na ho ki ye bina bataye kaise chala gaya toh mujhe laga ye meri zimmedari hai ki mai ye baat bataun aap sab ko. (I want to tell all of you with a heavy heart that I am now not a part of ‘Anupamaa show. I have not been a part of the show since the Raksha Bandhan episode, but after so many days, my audience was not angry with me that it went on without telling me, so I felt it was my responsibility to tell this to you all.)”

Sudhanshu Pandey further added, “I am not playing Vanraj Shah anymore in the show ‘Anupamaa’. I am thankful for all the love, respect, and support. I apologise for taking this sudden decision. Par hame jeevan me aage badhna hi padta hai to I want you all to keep loving me always in my future works.” He concluded by saying, “I will play various new characters, and will not bore you in one role. Please keep supporting me in the future.”

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Fans React

Reacting to the news, a user wrote, “Vanraj Shah was such a stellar character and you played him brilliantly. one of the few characters on tv I loved to hate. Such a pleasure to see your brilliant acting on Anupamaa and sad to see you go. No doubt the show will not be the same without you. All the best in everything you do.” Another added, “Good you left the show Anupama….. It is as it is going nowhere! Stopped watching the serial for the last couple of months! Hope to see you in different shows”

Anupamaa is produced by Rajan Shahi and Deepa Shahi under the banner of Director’s Kut Productions. It stars Rupali Ganguly, Madalsa Sharma, and Gaurav Khanna in the lead roles and airs daily on Star Plus.

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