Like I've said before, I think Smriti will be back. That's my gut feeling. Ekta is a shrewd businesswoman, she knows very well that ppl identify Kyunki with Smriti. She knows that it is not a good idea to replace the lead actor in her no 1 soap after 7 long years. It's bad for TRPs and Ekta has only 1 thing on her mind: TRPs. 😆
I'm fairly certain Ekta will bring Smriti back. The only question is how? It'd be pretty typical of her to simply recycle the Swati Dixit storyline from KGGK. 😆 But it seems that the writers are portraying the current Tulsi as the real deal. It can't be Kesar (why would she suddenly get all cosy with Mihir?) and I don't think Mandira has anything to do with this. Or Meera for that matter. No it'll be something different (and silly I'm sure). Who knows, maybe Ekta will go for a reverse plastic surgery like Aroona Irani did in Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand. Or maybe Tulsi will one day wake up and find out that it's all a dream: she never escaped from the asylum at all. 🤣
I'd feel bad for Gautami if she's just thrown out like that. She's doing an excellent job IMHO, esp considering the less-than-stellar material she has to work with. The funny thing is, a softer, slower, mellowed down Tulsi is the way you'd reasonably expect her to be at this stage of her life (she's nearly 70). I mean, no matter how strong she was earlier, age does catch up you know. Anyway, let's see what nonsense they manage to come up with for us. 😃
Edited by Kal El - 18 years ago