Starry Tantrums

One of television's highly rated and longest-running shows 'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai' underwent many changes last year. After the leads Naitik (Karan Mehra) and Akshara (Hina Khan) quit in June and November respectively, a lot was speculated about their exit.
While producer Rajan Shahi has been a mentor to both Karan and Hina, their equation changed over the past few years. Now, in an online interview, the producer has opened up about the fallout. He said, "With due respect to both the actors, it is a fact that after Karan left, we could consolidate our position and the TRPs actually increased. After Hina's exit too, the show has grown. This is not to say that they did not contribute to the show, but we were not able to shoot when those two were a part of the show as they had so much baggage. There were just two-three hours of shooting with the lead actors. Now, even if we are given a choice, the writers wouldn't want Akshara back." BT spoke to Hina and Karan about Rajan's outburst and here's what they had to say. 😆