Originally posted by: EkPaheli
Karan was teased long before he was shown. We would get scenes of a random man's legs often weeks before he was even shown onscreen and later on when we finally get to see his face it was Karan but no one guessed it right away that they're meeting with Mihir's secret son with Mandira but wondered who he was and how had Saahil become a pawn in his scheme, because at that point all we knew was he was an enemy of the Viranis.
So Mihir having a secret child out of wedlock itself was a big revelation that wasn't about to be spoiled until they were ready. Even when Tulsi caught Mihir with Mandira in Australia, they were careful we didn't see a single picture in that place of anyone and so even though Tulsi knew that Mihir had an affair with Mandira she was still absolutely shaken to know they had a son too.
Karan was absolutely planned as was Nandini. Gauri is on record about how she was approached for Kyunki by Balaji at the same time as Hiten but she was under contract with Sony that prevented her from doing anything with any other channel, which is why Damini came in actually. Gauri did another show on Sony called Naam Gum Jaayega which ended a couple of months later and her contract elapsed with it and she was on Kyunki next day or week.
So Ekta pretty much planned this with her then CVs. Mandira has a whole fake pregnancy track before she even has a kid with him for real so I genuinely don't understand this comment.
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