BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Dr Punam Krishan's poignant promise to her parents

Strictly Come Dancing’s Dr Punam Krishan had invaluable lessons instilled successful her arsenic a kid which led to her occurrence aft keeping to and pursuing their guidance

Because she was raised successful Glasgow, Strictly prima Dr Punam Krishan’s mum and dada disquieted astir her increasing up successful a "wildly antithetic culture" but she ensured she wouldn’t fto them down.

TV medic Dr Punam Krishan is relishing her stint connected Strictly Come Dancing acknowledgment to her emotion of the programme and of dancing. She made past connected the BBC endowment show, partnered with Gorka Márquez, erstwhile the brace performed the series’ first-ever accepted Bollywood number. Punam and Gorka danced their Couple's Choice regular to Bole Chudiyan from the iconic Bollywood movie Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham for Movie Week.

Punam became affectional aft the show and told big Claudia Winkleman: "I consciousness similar I would person loved to person seen thing similar this erstwhile I was increasing up. And I conjecture you conscionable can’t beryllium what you can’t see." She aboriginal revealed however arrogant her parents were of her for the creation and said her dada cried aft watching the meaningful moment.

Punam was calved and raised successful Glasgow aft her parents relocated determination from Punjab, India successful the seventies. She is the oldest of 2 sisters and she has antecedently spoken astir their concerns implicit raising children successful a antithetic state and however important visits backmost to Punjab were. She told The Herald: "They would often interest astir my sister and I losing the transportation to our Indian practice arsenic we grew up successful Glasgow successful a wildly antithetic culture. Those trips would assistance crushed maine and I'd ever travel backmost location with a renewed position connected life."

She besides shared the values that were instilled by her parent and begetter and the value they placed connected however education: "It was ingrained successful america that acquisition was the cardinal to freedom. You were either going to beryllium a doctor, lawyer, accountant oregon a failure," she said. They needn’t person disquieted though due to the fact that Punam kept to her committedness to larn and gained her aesculapian grade from Glasgow University. She present practises arsenic a GP from Monday to Thursday mornings, dedicating the remainder of her clip to her different media commitments and appearances, including her stints connected BBC's Morning Live.

She surely showed her mum and dada that she hasn't mislaid interaction with her roots either with her Strictly Bollywood show and shared however blown distant her parents had been. Talking to Fleur East connected It Takes Two she said: "It was specified a 360 infinitesimal for my mum. Growing up, 1 of her biggest concerns was what if maine and my sister weren't connected to our civilization and the effect has been phenomenal."

She added: "There person been radical crossed the state who person ne'er heard of Bollywood that were watching and connected with the music, which is much than I could person ever asked for. It has been reported successful each of Indian property truthful for my mum she was like, 'My girl’s made it' truthful for her it was conscionable truly emotional, my dada was crying, my granny successful India watched it connected the tv there. It's been immense for my family. It truly was a peculiar moment."

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