It’s to be believed that makers erased irrelevant characters lekin halat toh dekho yeh rishta uttaran bann gayaOriginally posted by: Manny_123
It is to be believed that makers erased irrelevant characters. But that very purge of irrelevant characters made a big void in the story lol. Maheshwari family gradually dissapeared in Jr. Ak's journey because they always showed FL's paternal family in every gen. So it did not have much impact on the story. But this time legacy FL has no paternal family as ML had no family. They removed the basic element of Rishta in gen 4, keeping the maternal family. One of the reasons why people feel disconnected to the show.
story ghum 1 ka laana pada uski uttaran, hashtag season 3 leads ka uttaran, bgms previous seasons ki uttaran 
Kya karna iska jaha khud ka kuch hai he nahi, sab uttaran he uttaran
Lol itni uttarans ke baad writers ke paas itra ne ki koi wajah bachi nahi hai for season 4 
DKp really lost loyal fan base

,but I just saw Abheemanyu being claimed as the legacy of S3.and when it comes to Abhinav narratives change as usual . In ristha universe it’s always the girl child who carry’s the legacy so Akshara Sharma is the Lead of S3 and all other characters supported her. And Abhira Sharma is the lead of S4 , only that matters now and rest all is unwanted .
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