The serial TRP dipped and it is at 5th position. Now onwards it will be a struggle. As Director himself had told a strong conflict is needed to keep serial moving..
Here neither really conflict with each other...
Imlie is always with Tripathi (Bahu then Beti)
Aryan hates Aditya for some fire done by someone else and not sure why he even purchased Bhaskar Times.. Most of his revenge is ended. Aditya and Tripathi family left with nothing. He didn't bother to pass on message during the marriage day to Imlie and he is these days more focused on Imlie and taking small revenges to support her. His sister surely has moved on and more comfortable with Sundar. Never was she too sad/traumatic due to her husband... Aryan was the one who seemed most effected. Not sure what Makers wished out of Arpita.. may be pitched in just for some romcom...
Malini /Anu kept moving the episode with their cunning approach. However audience wished PF. The director may never have anticipated that audience would love ADLIE (original couple) and this created all the more confusion with Aditya exiting...so they pitched in a hero.. To large extent it salvages situation too for few months but story got too deviated, absurd and story telling crashed.
If we remove Malini from the story... there is actually nothing left.. Here I agree with the Director. No strong conflict to push story line anywhere.. If Aryan marries Imlie actually there is no story left.
If Aditya leaves Malini too, no story left as the kid can be taken care now by so many family (Malini, Anu's family, Tripathi, Rathore or even Imlie herself)