(24 January 2005 6:00 pm)
Mandira to enter Sarabhai home next week

By AB

The lady who gave the noodle strap industry in India a boost is returning to woo fans, this time on Star One.

In a special episode, Mandira Bedi will don the avatar of, not a cricket commentator, but a Bollywood actress who seduces the patriarch of the Sarabhai household. Indravadan, played by Satish Shah, will fall for the charms of Cookie, the film actress, and invite her home for a romantic dinner, at the same time trying to keep wifey Maya at bay.

Maya in turn discovers a jar of cookies in the kitchen and supposes that her husband is cheating on her, by wolfing down forbidden sweets. Her confrontation with Indu is tempered by Indu's own revelation - Cookie during the dinner, says he reminds her of her father.

The confusion over the 'cookie' ends by Indu admitting that his fling with Cookie was only to win Maya's attention.