Ekta , of all people, never cared for an actors popularity and replaced them in a jiffy , no matter how high the show was on trp charts..its history how she replaced mihir in ksbkbt and sujal in kth and many more..Anurag also I guess , in kzk1. Recently she replaced dhiraj dhoopar in Kundali.
Audience will.keep watching the show if it's interesting enuf for them..the actor who will replace will also have some standing. Fans must come out of delusion that their fav actors and chemistry runs the show. It's not them alone , it's how they are presented , how well the tracks r written for them...kyy1 was cult but kyy2 was a disaster with the same actors. Ipk 1 started To go off track , it was the same actors as before so what changed ? Glad they ended it soon at least we had a show to cherish for like 90% duration.
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In 2008 when Ekta produced Kis desh, it wasn't iconic like the others, neither she wanted the show to hit bullseye. Ek signed HC only for 100 episodes, the moment he left as per contract trps went haywire. Maybe the story along with leads hit a chord with the audiences.
After KZK, Balaji faced a cash crunch, KDMHMD was doing good, the production house did not want to let go a show which was running on a low budget with high returns.
She brought HC back, signed SSR for PV.
I am just citing one example. It does happen in rare cases.
Post kis desh none of HC's shows really worked
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