Kiran Karmarkar roped in for Ekta Kapoor's next

Ekta Kapoor and

Sandeep Sickand

's upcoming 'fat' love story is being talked about and is creating a strong buzz in the industry. Earlier this week, actress

Mehezan Mazda

was locked in as the lead.

And now, veteran actor Kiran Karmarkar has been roped in for a pivotal role in the show. Kiran was last seen on Star Plus' Tamanna and this time Kiran will be playing the father of the male lead.

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Another name that has come is us

Benazir Shaikh

, who is currently seen in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. Word is that

Benazir

will be playing the second lead who would contradict Mehezan's character.