Neil Bhatt used to look so good as Abhi in this serial from the beginning till Anita-Anuj marriage. Actually when I think back, that is when, I as viewer thought that Abhi was somewhere around 24-25 yrs of age. After his age was made known (22yrs) (Abhi mentioning it to Guruji after Anita-Anuj's marriage) , there was an obvious attempt to make that character look younger to Simi by 8yrs by changing the hairstyle. In the new style his hair are short, hair is parted from the left instead of the right or no parting at all, hair thrown ruffled on the forehead. The new trend is most definitely used when Abhi and Simi are in the same scene since the age difference was made known.
I know ruffled hair is the new trend, but that can be used to make a character look nice too.
Earlier Neil had a bit lengthy hair which was nicely combed, parted from his right and forehead clean. The bit long hair when combed to a side, gives such a nice look, I would like to touch that.
Now the hairs are short, falling on the forehead (like the old sadhana cut), no parting or parting from the left.
I am not a fan of Neil Bhatt, but he is very good performer. Though he doesn't have the chocolatey good looks, his emoting skills make him one of the best on Zee TV currently.
Like I said before I do not like to comment on actor/character's look but I was so bugged with Abhi's deteriorated look that I had write this up.
When Neil Bhatt can look nice, why intentionally make him look bad is my point. Moreover the character he plays, Abhi, doesn't need to look bad(or have average looks) as part of the story.
And as far as looking young is concerned, Neil's Abhi anyway used to look younger to Smriti's Simi even in his earlier hairstyle.
Please creatives give us back that old Abhi.