Shruti Panwar enters 'Punyashlok Ahilyabai'

Sony Entertainment Television’s magnum opus Punyashlok Ahilyabai is set for an eight-year leap. While actors Aetashaa Sansgiri, Rajesh Shringarpore and Gaurav Amlani will continue to essay the roles of Ahilya Bai, Malhar Rao Holkar and Khanderao Holkar after the leap, the show-makers have roped in the eminent actress Shruti Panwar as the new Gautama Bai, the wife of Malhar Rao Holkar and Ahilyabai’s mother-in-law.

Says Shruti, “After doing a number of notable historical shows earlier in my career, I am glad to have bagged the role of Gautama Bai. Ahilyabai has been an inspiration to many and playing a pivotal part in telling her story is going to be challenging, yet exciting. As I have joined the show in the middle and as the character of Gautama Bai is already established.”