Suneel Puranik returns to TV with new serial

Television actor, director and producer

Suneel Puranik

is back on small screen with the new serial

Manasare

, directed by

Ravikishore

. Suneel, who is currently serving as the chairman of the

Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy

, will play a loving father in the show that will go on air soon. The serial also has Priyanka Chincholi, Yamuna Srinidhi, Swathi and Prakruthi in significant roles.
Speaking to us, Suneel says, “I had taken a break of nearly one-and-a-half years from acting, as I was concentrating on directing a film. When the offer for this serial came to me, I couldn’t reject it, as I felt the role is quite challenging. In Manasare, my character has two distinct shades. Initially, I will be playing an exuberant 25-year-old guy with a don’t care attitude. But over the years, maturity sets in and he becomes a responsible and caring father who firmly believes in family values. The bond between a father and daughter, which is very rarely touched upon on for the small screen will be one of the main highlights of the serial.”
Director Ravikishore lets us in on a little more about the show. He says, “This is a story about a father who hates his elder daughter, but loves the younger one more than his own life. Deprived of her father’s affection, the older one finds solace in the unconditional love from her stepmother. This forms the crux of the narrative.”