Originally posted by: FlauntPessimism
Eklavya as a character never hit a cord with viewers. They tried to give him so much importance, initially as the only sane child in that madhouse (except Archita who no one knew ever existed), then as someone everyone feared. I mean why was Manthan required to be afraid of Eklavya? He cared about noone.
When that didnt work, they uselessly got him into Lakshya KT love story (if you watched the generation from start, it was pretty clear that Manthan was supposed to be the third angle in them, Manthan had issues with Lakshya and he and KT had huge differences), then made Eklavya as misunderstood just because of his face and finally turned him completely evil.
After marriage they tried to start post marriage love story for Eklavya KT, but that never hit a cord, so that was excused, next they tried to bring in sibling bond between Bhoomi and Eklavya, even that was hardly accepted as Bhoomi Manthan had already hit a connect with them so Eku seemed a third wheel even in this sibling bond.
When nothing worked they got Akashdeep in some other show (KIT) and ignored Eku..
In fact even the character of Shradha and Eklavya was definitely an afterthought, because Ansh always mentioned he was evil gangster since start
But still at that time getting back the biggest villain on ITV back as positive was still a good bet, maybe it backfired, but ok, ab to having 50+ year old playing 25 year old will seem so strange, and Ansh is no longer that much of craze either
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