I maybe in the minority here but i prefered anurag sid to anurag anupam. I dont know what is the reason they scrapped sid's character..
Just overnight they made anupam fill in side's role of anurag's confidant. While the scenes were nice and all my logical mind could never accept the development. Anurag never seemed much close to anupam initially nor it seemed like anupam cared about anybody.. he may not have been a bad person but he cared about money. There was a sudden change in his characterization.
Keeping sid they could have introduced a separate track of anupam nivi with both their individual characters changing leading to change in couple status.
The sid actor was also good. Better than the kjo duplicate and more handsome too. I would have liked him going against anurag and supporting prerna bcos he didnt like anurag's actions towards prerna.
I have never been able to completely warm upto anurag anupam bcos it was not seamless and convincing to me. But jab anurag ko hi butcher kiya beyond recognition ye to irrelevant hai