Ok mine is gonne be a rather long reply. Was it just a show for me? NO, HELL NO!
When I started watching it, I did bcos I found the promo interesting, different and refreshing!! slowly I got hooked on to the serial! Initially I really liked Mayank and Nupur and also liked the rest. But with time I fell in love with Mayank and Nupur and the Mayur story!! I started watching MJHT only for the two of them and their story. An ordinary couple with an extraordinary story! I absolutely loved the way their characters were sketched out, their story, the acotrs, their acting skills and the chemistry, which I think is sizzling :P (Arjun and Rati only deserve that adjective)
Moreover I wou;ld watch certain Mayur scenes (like the ladki kyun song on the beach, the jungle, khuda jaane track, Nups locked in the library, Mayur salsa, Mayur confession, PBM etc etc ) on youtube! It was amazing it just made my day...even if I was watching it again! Everytime I was sad...wacthing them made me feel SO much better. I fell in love with and they bcame a part of my life.
But I have to agree that after MN got married, their screenspace went down, the storylines (baby track, Gunjan shot, Sajan love confession (OMG they spent one whole episode with G crying and S looking at her) were almost unbearable)). Still I contnued to watch it on and off only for my Mayur. I started watching it regularly again in May 2010 and I thought...hmm it looks a lil better and mebbe I should start watching it everyday and before I knew it they met with an accident and Nupur was KILLED!! It was such a shock,.,,I'm still recovering even after completely boycotting MJHT for over a month!!!
It pains me to think tht my memories of Mayur will always be marred by the accident, As cliche as it sounds they deserved a happy ending and now I will fight till they get one!!!
Mayur and MJHT bcos of Mayur has become a part of my life. I cried the day Nupur died. I could hardly think of nething else a week before they revealed who died. My family thought I was goin thru some sorta trauma and I can;t exactly tell them its MJHT and Nupur!!
To end this post, it was NOT just a show, it was much much more than just a show!
And this experience taught me never to get attached to anything (even a fictional character) this much ever again!!!