I agree the essence of the original is lost!
KD is about marriage and how husband and wife grow/fall in it. It dealt with all aspects in their relationship. Here they are made it more of a drama than focus on them. Unfortunately.
As msin said many times, their passionate side is compromised. But I still hope they will follow KD at some level. Again it is just my belief. I could go wrong. Ghum is still different from other regular shows.
For example: I dont watch any other show but saw imlie to know the conflict point of separation. That is not nomal what they show there. Here in KD, the conflict point is so real. Like a normal wife who is pissed off at being sidelined constantly. that is real conflict. The way Sai weaved webs in her mind till confession, the way Virat makes mistakes in his frustration. Those are real emotions that could happen with any body. Ofcourse they ruined RK and made Pakhi more extreme here. If they followed KD, dialogue by dialogue, though unpalatable you would connect so well with the characters. Here they make everything hunky dory or illegal or pendulum. đ¤