It's not a goodbye. It's a Thank you.Note-pg 11

Note page 11😊

I am using a certain word a lot since the last few days, surreal. That's how it feels like at the moment as the feeling of closure is yet to fully sink in. I guess it won't completely hit me until next Monday when I won't have to come to the forum to catch the live updates. I knew such a Monday would eventually come, but I never expected it to come this early and I never thought I won't even get a few weeks to prepare for it. But I guess IPKKND was a beautiful dream after all and all dreams, no matter how beautiful end at a wrong time and we wake up and wish it could go on. But for what it's worth, it has been a wonderful journey of 1.5 years and I will forever be grateful to the people associated with it for giving me so many beautiful memories to cherish.

Watching IPKKND was a preplanned decision but falling in love with every single thing related to it wasn't. But then all the little things collectively made IPKKND so special and I couldn't help but love all it all. Whether it's the actors and the characters they portrayed, the episodes and the offscreen segments, the one liners and the background scores, all these things touched me in some way.

Every single actor and the characters they portrayed are special in some way. That's why we loved them so much and they have a made a special place in our heart.

Akshay, Daljeet, Abhaas, Deepali, Jayshree, Karan, Utkarsha, Abha Parmar and the rest of the cast members all have done a wonderful job and touched us with performances and the offscreen segments.

Every deserving crew and cv members deserve an applause because they all worked relentlessly to give us 20-22 minutes of entertainment every day.

As for the two people who weaved magic on screen; Barun Sobti and Sanaya Irani. The two of them did something inexplicable on screen which left us mesmerized, they casted a spell and gave us some wonderful magical moments. Whether it's individually as Arnav and Khushi or jointly Arhi, the characters they portrayed on screen and love these two characters had for each other, touched us so deeply, that it often blurred the lines between reality and fiction and Arhi began to seem real to us. I am lifelong fan of both the actors, because they are indeed very, very special. They won our hearts with not just acting prowess but also with their lovable offscreen persona.

So it's not a goodbye. How can I say a goodbye when I know IPKKND, Arhi and everything attached to it will always be a part of me? I know I won't wait for the live updates or wait eagerly to watch the episodes anymore; I won't be restless every Tuesday night to find out the trps the next day, I won't get to watch the funny offscreens segment but I know I will always remember these moments with a smile. Maybe I will cry a little, but I will fondly remember these moments and watch them again and again.

I will fondly remember ASR, if I ever see any fictional character gardening. I will remember Khushi making a pile of jalebis, whenever I have them and remember the pom pom dresses when I see one. I will say Hello Hi Bye Bye when I talk to a fellow IPKKNDian, I will often say what the, instead of completing the whole phrase. I will hum all the different versions of rabba ve and maybe even daiyya ho. I will laugh when I remember Balwant Kaur and the funny way Akshay and Barun. I will laugh when I remember Sanaya signing the different versions of Mausam Hai Suhana and maybe I'll sing it too. Sometimes, I will even say cut it.

I always hoped for a happy ending of Arhi because that is the vision that I had when this journey began. But I never imagined the Happy Ending would come so quickly and their story would end abruptly. There are many things I wanted to see, but some of those wishes will remain unfulfilled. But the only relief is that somewhere in a fictional land, Arnav and Khushi would live happily ever after.

All thanks to IPKKND, I became a part of this forum and made some wonderful friends. I am not going take any names because there are too many friends to name. But thank you all. The forum became a part of my life too and I enjoyed every minute of it. I loved being a part of the celebrations when SaRun won awards, when they ranked 1 and 2 on IF and TRPs went up. I even enjoyed the debates and fights.

Thank you to entire team of IPKKND for this beautiful journey. I wish every deserving member from the team all very best in life and I sincerely hope all these people get the opportunity to do some amazing work in future. It's hard to see it come to an end. It's a bittersweet moment for all, the people who worked in front of the camera, the people of worked behind the camera and the people who watched the show and loved it. It's very difficult to let go and we are all with a heavy heart right now because we are all deeply attached. We are all in tears because it's closing time, but someday we will all smile because it happened.

I loved my journey as a fan of IPKKND and I don't regret any minute of it. I wish it could go on for longer but nevertheless, it has been a wonderful journey. So thank you all.

A sincere request to all. Forget everything else for the day and enjoy the last episode because you will never get it back.