I really doubt if the creatives,ph and lm really connected with the story like the fans did. If they knew Barun was there for one year only then why hire him in first place if they were willing to run ipk fr years like saas bahu serials.
Next IPk was always love story abt Arnav and Khushi and if they wanted to show Arnav getting killed to save his love Khushi why show divine interventions from the beginning of the show which always showed Arnav and Khushi meant for each other.Why fool ppl from the beginning? If u were so unsure abt Sobti's continuity u could hve introduced once mentioned Dhruv's character(according to one articles gul had mentioned Ipk abt Arnav-Khushi-Dhruv)
Lastly serials like Kyunki, Pavitra Rishta worked with replacements because they revolved around all the characters starting from the female lead-her children's love stories and their problems and her grandchildren were also involved. They were not love stories but Ipk was love story of Arnav and Khushi(ab to man jao).Ur supporting cast was reduced to wall papers.
The lousy tracks introduced in Ipk post kidnapping track but Ipkkndians still watched it to have their glimpse of beloved Arshi.
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