Ankita Lokhande refuses to shoot ?Pavitra Rishta?

Have you caught the latest promos of Zee TV?s popular soap ?Pavitra Rishta? where it appears as if the ?ideal? daughter-in-law Archana pushes Savita Tai into their kitchen and bolts the door behind her?

Have you checked the sinister look on Archana?s face as the kitchen goes up in flames moments after as she steps out ??

Could this possibly be the unveiling of a new side of Archana?s personality?

Whatever the case be, actress Ankita Lokhande who plays the role of Archana was not in the least amused when she read the screenplay of this sequence at a recent shoot.

?Are you serious, guys? Archana is the epitome of everything the ideal Indian woman stands for. People have deep faith instilled in her. Women look up to her, admire her, emulate her. I am not about to let thousands of my fans down by shooting a sequence where I am seen to be pushing my mother-in-law into a burning kitchen!? said a worried Ankita.

She refused to shoot and reports have it that it took a lot of convincing by the director to finally have her shoot the scene.

While the channel and production house are tight-lipped about this mysterious promo, sources reveal that as per the current track of the show, Usha Nadkarni?s character Savita Tai has Alzheimer?s and is disoriented, suffering from acute depression and has lost the will to live.

As her caring, supportive bahu, Archana will be shortly seen stepping into her house and acting in a manner that will provoke and instigate her to bounce back and react in her typical, loud, brash manner.

It?s the methods adopted to bring back Savita Tai to normalcy that have Archana all worried about her image ?.