Originally posted by: -Yamz-
I'm going to be extremely honest here.
I have never watched PR when it first began, and im completely oblivious to the fact as to how Sushant & Ankita were as ArMan, so i can't comment on how good the show was back then, but i know for a fact that its ratings were beyond brilliant. But that was BECAUSE the show was fresh, its concept was fresh, the actors' chemistry was fresh, and the entire show basically. SO its very very obvious that the show was doing MUCH better than what it is doing today and there's no two opinions about it.
Sushant left the show, and its good he left it, because he's an actor with a great calibre, and he deserves to bigger and better stuff, now that he's coming in a film. Ankita decided to stay on, which is nice of her, but they HAD to replace the actor to play Manav's role, so its very very evident that more than half the audience couldn't except Hiten as Manav although he is a brilliant actor, because according to all of us only Sushant was perfect as Manav, then came te time to make CHANGES to the show, if Ekta wanted she could have just put a full stop to the show, but she didn't for audience's sake, so she brought in a LEAP.
Now in the leap, i would say all the actors are doing a great job, but Rithvik and Asha having the most fresh chemistry out of all the newcomers. And its SO obvious that people would want to see two strong characters together. So Ekta gave them a story which "NEW" audiences like me really loved and i still do, but has ANYBODY ever seen me or any ArVi fan badmouthing ArMan? EVER? i have never bashed them, because i have never watched them in the first place. IS it ArVi's fault that Ekta gave them a story very similar to ArMan's? Come on people. They are just doing their job, and lets not forget Arjun Purvi, Manav Archana are fictional characters. Why compare whose better and whose bad? None of them are. They are all awesome in their own place.
So its a request to everyone, lets NOT compare anyone, please let the new audience enjoy ArVi whereas the audience who still love ArMan can enjoy them. They are one team, and let us all try to be like them too 😳