Mihir’s death scene in ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’.
There was a time when ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ was the most popular show on TV. There was no break in its TRP. Viewers leave all their work and start watching this TV serial and even if they miss the show by mistake, people definitely watch it in repeat telecast. There were many twists and turns in this serial show that surprised people. Many marriages, many deaths, mourning and then suddenly someone coming alive was a common thing in this show, but it would not be wrong to say that even after this there was no dearth of people watching this show. Many people started treating its characters like family members and the fan following of its lead actors was so much that they were surrounded by crowds whenever they went out. Along with Smriti Irani, Amar Upadhyay was the lead actor in this show.
When the show took this turn…
Smriti Irani played the role of Tulsi Virani in ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’, while Amar Upadhyay played the role of Mihir in this show. The show took a turn when Mihir’s death was shown. Along with the mourning in the show, mourning also spread in the homes of the viewers. At that time, many people accepted this as a true incident and thought that Mihir had actually died. Now years after the end of the show, the lead hero of the show Amar Upadhyay talked about the show and also made many revelations related to it. He told that when his character ‘Mihir’ in ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ died, the entire nation was in shock and women came to his house to mourn.
Such a situation happened on Mihir’s death.
Talking about this in detail, he said, ‘Ekta had exaggerated the entire episode of Mihir’s death so much that when it finally happened, there was chaos everywhere. When this episode first aired I remember my mom crying watching it and I was like, ‘I’m alive, sitting next to you.’ Late at night I got a call from Balaji Telefilms that their email servers had crashed and telephone lines were jammed because there was a lot of uproar over Mihir’s death.
Women had gathered outside the house
The actor further said in this episode, ‘I woke up and the doorbell rang. There were 15-20 women standing outside my house, all of them were wearing white sarees. She was shocked as soon as she saw me. When my mother asked her why she had come, she said that she had come to mourn Mihir’s death. My mother became angry. They scolded him and chased him away. Well, this story will definitely sound funny after years.