Even ACP's kept a criminal in his house....that doesn't make one like or dislike you. Yes what you said above is true but then again, in your last line, you said Abhijit brought more 'life' to the show. I completely agree but then again, Ashutosh Gowarikar was never really faced with such a problem. Did anyone for example Fredericks, ACP,Daya etc.. die during his stay in CID? HE hasn't been faced with many adverse situations which is why we can't say for sure until we see the Missing Bullet episode and the first episode of CID.
I've seen Viren right from the beginning and also have seen his last episode.Just as Muskaan's last few episodes make us dislike her a bit(due to her attitude towards Divana), the same happened to me with Viren's last episode where he kept a criminal in his house.Well, that's no reason to dislike Viren in all his previous episodes.When someone leaves a serial, you start missing him. Even I missed him for a few months..Jayanth wasn't good at all...he was too dull. Till Abhijeet made his entry, I was missing Viren. After that Abhijeet gelled so well into the team that I completely forgot Viren.Just think Abhijeet leaves for a few days(I hope that never happens)...and they decide to continue CID without him and find someone to temporarily do his job. Suppose that person turns out to be so good that we stop missing Abhijeet altogether, you can imagine how good that person would be.That was the case with Viren at that time...he was not as dear to us as Abhijeet, but he suddenly dropped a bomb that he was going to leave CID to make a movie. CID was 2 yrs old at that time. People like me were sitting and discussing with friends as to what would happen to CID without Viren.Viren was good....no doubt about that....but Abhijeet is in a different league.He brought more 'life' into CID. That's why I love him more.
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