Originally posted by: MJHTMonayaSajan
That's a great question Gags!! Even I haven't deeply thought about it but now that I come to think of it, I think several factors played a role, at least for me..
First of all, I am always, always, ALWAYS a "iss duniya me har kisi ke liye koi na koi banaya gaya hai" type person...and when you sell it to me that that person for Imlie is Agastya, I cannot and will not accept anyone else taking that place...Not to undermine anything, but I don't think its as much about Agastya or the show as it is about this core concept, even for ITV audiences...
They tried this long back in Bidaai with Sadhana and Ranveer's death and it didn't work then also...such a popular show was shut down soon after..
Ekta maiyya..jo dheet pan me Gul se jyada hai..had to bring back Mihir Virani...
Gul had to shut down Iss Pyaar Ko...
Hume bachpan se yahi sikhaya jata hai ki ek banda/bandi ke saath raho...at least that's what we expect in stories..you can't unlearn so much years of conditioning in just a couple of months...
I have also never been a fan of love triangles...I mean if a third angle is bought in just to create some jealousy or spice, that's ok...but full fledged love triangle where one heart is bound to get shattered is unfathomable for me...I never liked KKHH for that reason and I will never accept this for the same reason...post Agastya's death, there were always 3 people in that relationship- Agastya, Imlie and Surya...If CVs as much as Agastya ka baar baar reference bhi kam karte na, to bhi shayad mai digest kar leti par if you bring back Agastya, and with him all those memories, its hard to accept ki now the lead has new "the one"
I mean, I am not saying k aise shows hi matt banao jahan logon ko second chance mile..hell Sai's first show was all about moving on, wasn't it..par uska pitch hi wo tha..usme ye kabhi nahi kaha gaya k Mandar was the "one and only" of Pallavi and now Raghav Rao is the second "one and only"...it was always like haan, Pallavi was married to a person who unfortunately passed away and now she is trying to build a life for herself and finds true love in that journey...I think what also plays a factor is that in many such shows, the first person either never gets introduced to us or gets introduced much later when the lead pair has established a strong connection with the audience...they are never given that much importance...here, Agastya was the jaan of Imlie and the show...they were passionately and truly in love with each other and they deserved the happy ending...what also doesn't help is that "new" person is the same actor and a twin brother of her ex "one and only"...how do people move on?? They created an impossible situation for themselves...people can never stop wishing this was Agastya since its the same actors, similar chemistry, same show...just new character..
Aur yaar usase bhi basic...log TV shows kyun dekhte hai? To forget reality after a hard days work right? real life me hota bhi hoga aise unfair endings, tragedies etc but nobody likes to see it in stories na...real me control nahi kar sakte to at least reel me to control karo...jaan bujh ke koi DDP kyun hi dekhega...Personally, I was going through many things when all this Agastya death sequence happened...some happy, some sad...for sad days, I didn't want to watch the show and feel sadder...for happy days, I didn't want to watch the shows and ruin my mood..
Again referencing back to Sai's first show..despite her husband's demise, we were already in a timeframe when Pallavi had moved on from that incident in her life..I mean, sad hona is one thing but it wasn't so fresh k she would cry buckets of tears everyday...Imlie till almost the last episode, remembered Agastya soo passionately...I still remember that day when Surya threw her out of the house and then bought her back and in her sleep, she was talking to Agastya..how do I move on from that man??
Lastly, it was the hatt of the channel or the CVs, I don't know to not explore the memory loss track when they had everything in their hand..that felt like a betrayal after giving so many clues and uplifting my expectations that Surya is Agastya...
Sorry for the long post..but I think that's it...its like you give a kid a doll to play with..the kid starts playing with the doll for 6+ months and it becomes essential part of their life..then one day, you just randomly take it away and say, see this is another exactly same looking doll, now play with this..nope, doesn't work..in your head, you know its not the same doll...you miss those old clothes that had the stains from when you painted together, the new doll doesn't have that..it doesn't have your old rubberbands that you put on your old doll, the mole you made with a sketchpen, the jewelery you put in..its never just about the face, its all about the emotions and the memories...