Two of the biggest upcoming shows that are making waves these days are Salman Khan's Bigg Boss 12 and Ekta Kapoor's Kasautii Zindagii Kay Reboot. The original show that starred Shweta Tiwari and Cezanne Khan was a big hit among the audiences then. For the reboot, all we know is that Erica Fernandes is the lead, while the rest of the actors are still in speculative stage. There was also a report in Hindustan Times that Shweta Tiwari's daughter had been approached to play the role that her mother made iconic in the new series but she turned it down.

Several websites carried this story, however, Ekta Kapoor has denied any such development had happened. Retweeting a website that covered this story, Ekta tweeted, "Aaah reaaaaaly?????????? How come I don’t know (sic)".

Interestingly, Shweta Tiwari had confirmed that her daughter had been approached for Kasautii Zindagii Kay to HT. She had said. "Yes, I would have told her to go ahead and do it. In fact, everybody was saying, even from Balaji (production house) that she should do it. It was she who said ‘No Mom, I don’t think I can do a daily soap and work day in and day out. I cannot do that at this point in time’. And not only Kasautii, many other television shows were offered to her, she said no to every show. She said ‘Right now I don’t want to do it. Even if I have to do it, then I’ll do it later’."

So what's really going on here? Why would Shweta say that Balaji Telefilms had approached her daughter if there was no offer in the first place? Moreover, the question we all want to know the answer is - who is playing Komolika?

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