Hey you are not annoying and I am definitely NOT downplaying. Your PS is what I was precisely getting at. He never had that craze like KSG or Barun Sobti or Rajeev Khandelwal nor his shows are even discussed on TV twitter nor his seamless transition from tv to bw was even celebrated as much as it should have been. People even remember shows like kahin toh hoga, Kzk, KGGK etc which predated Pavitra Rishta but not the latter which shocks me. Even if they do, the discussions revolves around Ashvik. I also feel RKR is a tad better than Sush and I don't think highly of AK, he doesn't become the characters that he inhabits. He just plays himself in all the movies.
Anyway you are preaching to the choir here. I agree he was relevant and gave hits and critically acclaimed performances but the online hype was lacking.
I agree and it was initially frustrating as a fan but online fandom isn't everything and shouldn't be considered as a parameter for success. Tbh I don't mind that he wasn't trending like national crush because he never fit into that category. Lol I even thought during Raabta promotions that he was trying to be someone he's actually not and I was kind of put off by it. Thankfully that phase didn't last long.
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