‘Shubharambh’ male lead, Akshit Sukhija, tests positive for COVID-19

Akshit Sukhija

, who plays the male lead in ‘

Shubharambh

’, tested positive for

COVID-19

today. The actor showed symptoms of coronavirus and immediately underwent a test. His reports came in today. Actress Mahima Makwana plays the protagonist in the show. It also features Zalak Desai, Shubhangi Latkar, Pallavi Rao, Jiten Lalwani, Rakesh Kukreti and Meghan Jadhav.

A unit hand informs us, “We are getting the entire cast and crew that was present on the set with him to test for coronavirus. In the meantime, the creative team is working out the story to accommodate his absence. Fortunately, we have a few episodes in the bank, so the story won’t be compromised.”

Despite repeated attempts, Akshit and producer

Sumeet Mittal

couldn’t be reached for comment.

Several TV actors have tested positive for coronavirus in the last few months. Parth Samthaan, who played the male lead, Anurag Basu, in the second edition of ‘Kasautii Zindagii Kay’, tested positive for coronavirus on July 12. Actress Shrenu Parikh tested COVID-19 positive on July 12, following which, the makers had to halt the shoot of her show for three days. More recently, Rrahul Sudhir aka Vansh of ‘Ishq Mein Marjawan 2’, Shweta Tiwari, who plays the protagonist in ‘Mere Dad Ki Dulhan’, veteran actress Himani Shivpuri (seen in ‘Happu Ki Ultan Paltan’) and Rajesh Kumar, who plays the male lead in ‘Excuse Me Maddam’, tested positive for COVID-19. Along with them, Sara Khan — the new Paulomi Devi — in ‘Santoshi Maa Sunaye Vrat Kathayein’, Sachin Tyagi, who is seen in ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’ and Rajeshwari Sachdev, who plays the protagonist in ‘Shaadi Mubarak’, tested positive, too.