Originally posted by: loonytunes
As someone else has already said, this is basically promoting the actor, not the character. Let's face it. The majority of the people wath KYPH because of Iqbal Khan. I'm sure there are Neha fans around but the USP of KYPH is Iqbal. People want to see him. He's got more value in the industry and in the show as he IS what people want to see.
Sony will obviously only promote those who they know are extremely popular with the public. And tha's Iqbal. From what I've been hearing and from what I see, there's a huge craze over him. True Prithvi adn kripa play vital roles in the soap, but the show rests manily on Iqbal's shoulders. Kripa and Iqbal may have equal roles but they don't have equal value. Primarily for two reasons : Iqbal is a better and more good-looking actor and because the majority of soap-opera viewers are female.
I know some of you might not agree with me but that's the truth. KYPH is what it is mainly because of Iqbal. Majority of people started watching it because of him and are still watching it for him. I'm not saying Neha and Amit haven't contributed at all, but their market value is definitely much lower than that of Iqbal's.
love,
LT
so how bout promoting them, interviewing them and increasing their market value!