Thats a very mature and interesting way of looking at it - I agree completely. People may get used to Vikas as Prem (I won't be watching, but others), but as you said, there are certain roles that are made for certain people: Manoj MADE UD. Many times there have been articles that tell us that everything - from UD's look, his bling, his mannerisms, even his way of saying "goodbye" - all of these things were worked on by Manoj, not by the writers or creative team. Manoj has said time and again that Ekta gave him a lot of creative freedom to play the character the way he wanted, and that he worked hard on every aspect of it. So the character of UD or Prem IS Manoj, because he is the one who created it. He took a few lines from a sheet of paper and breathed life into them to make a real 3D, flawed and HUMAN character. Everything that we love about him is thanks to MB's hard work, and for that reason alone, we will never like another actor playing Prem, no matter how good the actor is.
Even when RR replaced Amar as Mihir in Kyunki, RR played the char in his own way, not mimicking Amar. The char was also 20 years older, so it was easier to mould him. That's why RR as Mihir worked. If Vikas comtinues to play Prem by mimicking MB, it will never work.
yea exactly..u r so right,pswayer..manoj made the character by himself..so i dunt understand how any1 else can play tt character besides manoj himself! i really think ekta shud hv jus ENDED d whole show...i dunt knw wat dragging it is gonna bring d whole show to..widout d real actors tt ppl like us love to watch...vikas certainly cant act like prem/ud..after seeing d 2nd episode of him as ud as well..i just cant accept him..its no fun watching ud parts anymore😕😕