Ever since I got to know that MHRW is actually a remake, I wanted to know the story of the original one. Last night, I found a thread on Twitter with the storyline of Gorintaku. It's as follows:
Episode 1 - 40: Revenge
Episode 41 - 72: ML in love & impresses FL
Episode 73 - 80: ML is guilty of making FL's cousin pregnant, agrees to marry but later truth is out
Episode 81 - 128: Aunt plots to delay engagement
Episode 129 - 157: ML proves that he did not kill FL's ex
Episode 158 - 190: Duplicate ex drama
Episode 191 - 220: Engagement done & broken
Episode 221 - 257: ML arrested for murder & released
Episode 258 - 271: Wedding
Episode 272 - 322: ML's family plots to get his wealth
Episode 323 - 360: FL reveals the truth
Episode 361 - 388: ML donates all his father's wealth to orphanage. ML's sister's marriage drama
Episode 389 - 409: FL's aunt gets someone killed & FL is jailed
Episode 410 - 415: FL is pregnant and given 14 years imprisonment, but reduced to 6 years because of good attitude
Episode 416 - 428: ML asks FL to give him the child but she refuses. ML never sees the FL ever since. FL is released from jail and stays alone with the child
Episode 429 - 444: ML meets a kid in school, not knowing that she's his daughter. Divorce drama.
Episode 445 - 446: THE END
Now, let's see what's different in MHRW....
1. ML married FL forcibly
2. Leads didn't love each other before marriage
3. Before the 150th episode, they were already married and in love
4. Ex is real
5. ML's family (i.e. Amma & Farhad) is supportive
6. Nikhil is MIA
7. Divorce drama is fake
....and the things which are similar to the original...
1. ML's sister's wedding drama
2. ML didn't kill the ex
3. Cousin's pregnancy drama i.e. Amruta's abortion drama
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall these happened in just 150 episodes!
Currently, the ex track is going on and as per the BTS, consummation is going to happen as well. With the sword of going off-air hanging over the show, I wonder how the consummation is going to fit in the on-going ex track. I just hope for the sake of TRPs they don't show Pallavi accidentally killing Mandar and going to jail for years where she gives birth like the original show𤢠Of course, a separation track will attract mainstream audience but it'll ruin the authenticity of MHRW. And, generally such young newbies like SaiShi don't play parents on their first show.
The original ran for 446 episodes, I really hope MHRW to run longer but without compromising the uniqueness (which is difficult given the TRP situationđ)