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Today showed the the family ties that bound Michi. From Soumya's break down to Alaap not wanting to listen to their radio to Dadi questioning why she is still here and Prachi is gone, all showed the huge part family has always played in Michi's life. Michi probably would not even have the realtionship they do, if it had not been for their families. Even the Sukriti-Alaap drama brought Milind and Prachi closer when he saw that she always put his sister's welfare first. Sukriti and Ritwik taught Michi the most important lesson of their relationship - trust.This is not even taking into account Baba being instrumental in bringing Prachi back and ensuring she stayed with Milind after the first time she left home and where would Michi be without all of Premlata's good advice and help. And Prachi and Milind's individual relationships with their family members also formed an important part of the series initially. There was Milind's troubled relationship with his father and his protective one with Sukriti. And even though much focus wasn't paid to it, Prachi always seemed to have a warm relationship with Soumya and though she and Alaap had their differences, you sensed he always cared for her. He took her slapping him without protesting and he turned to her for help when he couldn't stand working for Milind.
After reading the article about the leap, I'm disappointed about the disapperance of these characters as I am about Neev and Ayesha's characters leaving. Michi wouldn't be Michi without them. It's going to be difficult to see Michi going through some crisis without any of these characters around to hold their hand or comfort them or look worried with them. They made Milind and Prachi more rounded, complete characters. KYM just would not be the same without them, even if lately they haven't done some much except contribute to the background scenery. But then the blame has to go to the creatives for that. They have botched every storyline involving these character. They probably had to bring about the leap because they don't know how to resolve the whole Saket-Sukriti-Alaap mess. They even aborted the Soumya-Ranvir storyline before giving it a proper chance. I'm willing to giving this new family a chance but I doubt they will bring the same warmth that the old Shah-Mishra clan brought.
