More than 35 years after appearing in a sensitive film MERE APNE (1971) which was directed by Gulzar, Vinod Khanna is getting back into limelight with a namesake project. The only difference here is that this time around MERE APNE would be for the small screen.

To be beamed on newly launched 9X channel, MERE APNE is a daily soap by Smriti Irani who is not just producing the show but also enacting a principal character. Vinod Khanna enacts the character of Kashinath Pandey which is quite strong and positive man. A man tied to his traditional roots, Vinod Khanna's character is said to be attached to the old Indian way of living who expects similar 'sanskaar' in his children as well.

MERE APNE is set in Banaras with a substantial portion shot in the city itself. Incidentally this is not the first time that Vinod Khanna would be acting for a television soap. Years back he has acted as Maharana Pratap for TV though the project didn't quite take off.