Originally posted by: Dreamygal301
Shiny,
Definitely the death of Rantara or the son was not planned from the beginning otherwise the promos would be different.
I did a post back in October where I said the promos are mini stories that tell the whole story in clips to viewers and it still is.
However the death and son is recent addition, probably when trps went down the moment we got whiff of their Satya/Antu marriage.
The word seems to be they love AD, I won't deny he is a good actor, and want more of him. In their mind, Rantara is not working so to keep the strands of the story to launch their newest version they brought in a son - I am sure for the first month or so, we will get flashback of Rantara scenes...it all depends on who raises the son.
If it is someone like Noor/Ruksana or MM...then they will narrate the love story so the son remembers it. I am sure he will walk through the basti and we will see flashes of Rantara scenes. If he is raised with strangers when he comes to the basti and meets someone (like Rukku, and et al) they will tell him the story, we will see Rantara meeting and etc...whichever way, I am sure there will be flashes, and this is a clever ploy on writer and PH's part...they want the viewers to remain and get hooked in the new story, which will probably mirror the old one to stay true to the title 'Do Dil Ek Jaan'...
Once the decision is made they just went ahead with it. Nothing to it, as you said they have banked episodes, just write the ending of Rantara - and guys I have noticed a lot of editing that shows some scenes have been added/redone later, in some you can see Raghu's new hair cut and then like yesterday he is back with old hair cut - hire out new actos and hey presto, got a new story...errr revamped one to start...