Smriti Irani lends voice for radio drama on Krishna

New Delhi, Aug 18 : Actress Smriti Irani is set to turn narrator for new radio drama " Bal Gopal", which will showcase various aspects of Lord Krishna's personality, be it a child, a son, a friend or a lover.

The actress, who rose to fame as Tulsi of " Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi", is happy to be part of the project.

"It is wonderful to narrate the childhood story of Lord Krishna through a convenient yet powerful medium - radio. Tales of Krishna are popularly associated with boy child, but through this series we wanted to give equal importance and respect to girl child, which, I am happy, is reflected through various episodes," Smriti said in a statement.

"It has truly been a challenging experience to communicate the emotions and create a real life audio environment for radio listeners. ' Bal Gopal' is also my radio debut and I am very excited about it," she added.

" Bal Gopal" is a two-month long series and will go on air from Monday on Fever 104 FM.

"We have always believed in offering differentiated product to our listeners and ' Bal Gopal' is an attempt to introduce our culture to the current generation and has been done is a very youthful and contemporary manner," Harshad Jain, business head of radio and entertainment, HT Media, said in a statement.

"Packaged with modern sound, simple language and a popular celebrity association, the series is such that everyone, from a grandson to grandfather, will be able to relate to it," he added.

©IANS