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Despite stiff opposition from all quarters including the parent channel, Ekta Kapoor is going ahead with her serial Betaab Dil Ki Tamanna Hai based on the Shiney Ahuja incident.

Getting cold feet at the thought of recent headlines in a soap format Sony’s Vice President of Marketing Danish Khan says, “We do have problems with some aspects of Betaab Dil Ki Tamanna Hai. But nothing, that can’t be sorted out. It’s a serial that goes into the realistic space and we just need to cover our bases. Ekta is doing another serials for us, which are far larger-than-life in format.”
However channel sources insist the differences are far more serious than they are made out to be.
Ekta says angrily, “I will pull out the serial. But I won’t make any changes. Betaab Dil Ki Tamanna Hai was born from my genuine concern about the lives of the maidservants in Mumbai. What makes them vulnerable to sexual attack in a city that’s supposed to provide safety to women from all sections of society?”
Ekta says she has done extensive research on the subject. “And what I came to know shocked me. The Shiney Ahuja incident is not an isolated one. Men from the highest sections of society get sexually and emotionally attracted to their house help. I wanted to explore this fatal attraction.”
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