Star Plus Fiction Head Suzana Ghai talks on Barun Sobti quitting Iss Pyaar Ko…
Ever since we broke the news about Barun Sobti planning to quit Star Plus’ hit show Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon, the channel kept a mum on the issue. It was only the production house (IMRC Entertainment and 4 Lions Films) and the concerned actors who repeatedly kept issuing denials about the same. But eventually it was the channel which tweeted that Barun decided to quit for good. This timely declaration came after we again broke the news that Viraf Phiroze Patel might replace Barun as the new man in Khusi’s life (Sanaya Irani).
Later Barun did concede that he was leaving but again with a caveat that it was a long leave. In this scenario we spoke to Suzana Ghai, Head of Fiction – Programming, Star Plus, about the same and she said, “Barun has been extremely popular because of Iss Pyaar Ko, however the new actor may not necessarily replace him. We have a story planned and would wait for that to unfold on air.”
We then asked her about the possible impact on the show and its popularity post Barun quitting. Angry fans have threatened via mails (we also received similar mails) that they would stop watching the show if their favourite man leaves. They also want Star Plus to stop Barun from throwing in the towel. To which, Suzana replied, “We have always maintained that a character is bigger for us. An actor is important in setting up the character of course, but people connect and relate more to characters than only actors. ”
Her confidence may be stemming from the fact that even before the channel has successfully changed the lead actors of major shows, the most recent example being Devoleena Bhattacharjee who replaced Giaa Maanek in Saath Nibhana Saathiya. The show’s number actually went up post the change.
But the story does not end here for the buzz goes that the channel might use Viraf only as a stop gap arrangement before eventually pulling the plug on Iss Pyaar Ko. After a superb run its numbers has been dipping. Rumuors of the show shutting down have also been doing the rounds since a while. Suzana did not reply to our question on possibility of the same.
Let’s see what unfolds from here.
34 Comments
Hamza javaid
November 23, 10:45Plz don’t leave this show Barun
Hira javaid sarwar
November 23, 10:43Barun plz don’t leave this show
Hira javaid sarwar
November 23, 10:42Mai ye show sirf our sirf Barun Kay lia daikhti hoon agar Barun nai to ipkknd ka hona baifazool hay . Barun Kay baad is serial par producer ka paisay invest karna apnay pair par Khud kulhadi maarnay Kay brabar hay . Our Barun tum bhi aajeeb ho sanaya jaisi gorgeous Larki ko chor kar us ” churail , dayan , bhhotni ” Kay saath movie karnay ja rahay ho . I promised to you if you leave this show I don’t watch ipkknd any more.
ANITTA
November 20, 21:50plesae don leav the show or end it….
Jaw
November 20, 11:48Plz plz plz plz barun dont leave the show. the serial wil look entirely incomplete and bad widout u.so i request u and all others r also requesting.dont quit our favourite show IPKKND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nainaa
November 20, 04:17Barun plz dnt leav the show .. We love u..
Sumeet
November 19, 15:49Please Barun! IPKKND will not be the same without you! And nobody cares about Saath Nibhana Saathiya anymore! SNS is horrible without Giaa, and I am not watching that show anymore. The only shows I am watching is the best, IPKKND, EHMMBH, and Jeannie aur Juju for Giaa. Please Barun!! Don’t leave IPKKND! 🙁
meera
November 19, 14:16i bet , its a loss fr u barun, to dissappoint such huge fan following,dont quit ,at least wait till ur movie clicks…..plz,plz,plz….
Sg
November 19, 08:01Hey guys i don’t think v shld stop barun he’s having a strt in b’wood .
Iris
November 19, 06:26no barun u can’t quit d show…….. nd don’t compare barun wid jiya maneek she is no1 infront of him……… nd if d show is going offair den it must end wid barun…….. we won’t except any1 else in barun’s place
Sumeet
November 19, 15:49Agree fully with you!
vandana
November 21, 09:50Hi Iris, I too agree with you. Without Giaa, SNS is incomplete and without Barun, IPKKND will also become worhtless.
Dd
November 19, 06:01Wat the…. If u quit d show barun, i ll nt watch ur film
khusi rokx:-)
November 19, 04:22Guys plz don’t see ipkknd if barun leaves day show.
vrk
November 18, 11:32arshi fans do you agree with me
vrk
November 18, 11:33I aagre with you aimen
vrk
November 18, 11:30barun please dnt leave the show iss pyar ko kya naam doon because u r aarnav and no one can take your place
reddy
November 18, 10:45no barun pls dont quit the show if u quit d show then we quit to watch dis ipkknd..pls dont hurt fans k…
HEART+অর্ণব
November 18, 10:06I m scard, r they going to kill asr’s charctr? Nw, dey r making khushi self-dependd!! Is it a prepration 4 a rough & tough morrow witout ASR??? I wont b able 2 bear dis! I realy luv asr!
& I m waiting 4 a miracl, wat wil stop barun!
tn
November 18, 05:08pls barun dont quit the show. u hav as many many fans in south india also. after hearing tht u r quitting the show we really got upset and decided to not to see the show after u go. it is our promise to the show after barun goes will no see the show..sanaya pls bring barun back. we cant see raabave moment with out barun…. pls PH pls bring him back…….. plsssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss bring him back………… dont quit the show barun …………………………………………………….
Aimen
November 18, 09:50no barun no ipkknd
mannu
November 18, 04:10If Barun quit the show….I will stop watching the show
fan
November 18, 03:22plz dont quit arnav……otherwise tell your production house…to clos IPKKND……v cant imagine anyboby in your place……instead of breaking our hearts…..plz close the show with arnav…….only!!!!!!
IPKKND FAN
November 18, 01:21I’M THINKING ARNAV WONT LEAVE! THERE MAKING US MAD! THEN 4 THE STAR PARIVAR 2013, HE WILL BE OR NOT!
Sheldon Sidney
November 18, 01:19ithink its his choice at the end of the day…i respect his decision
scarlett
November 17, 22:52plz barun don’t leave the show
read somewhere that the show was gonna end in dec. or jan. so it’s only abt two or three mths
plzzzzzzzz don’t leave
Jainullabedeen
November 17, 22:43Please barun don’t quit the serial
POOJA55
November 17, 22:09Kisne kaha gopi replace hone ki baad v sns hit hai…jia was the best for gopi’s charecter…..main khud chor diya sns dekhna…or please kisi or ki sath barun sobti ki compare maat karna…..he is only 1….pahelei kaha dekh te jao barun leave karne k baad show ki popularity kaise rahete hai…Jo show der salo se no.1 hai bho show paheli bar no.2 pe chali gaye dtb pe…..aur v bohot kuch hogi barun leave karne k baad…..
Ek baat dhyan main rakhna hum kisi character ko barun ki place main accept nahi karenge…..yeh unbreakable hai….
Barun sobti is the best…..
S U M O N
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nami
November 17, 22:04please,barun don’t leave
tn
November 18, 03:54barun pls dont leave…… dont compare ipkknd with other show. ipkknd is best than any show.. we cant imagine the show without barun….. if barun goes pls stop the show…… already after hearing he is qutiing rating is going down… pls barun dont quit the show……
vrk
November 18, 11:39barun if u leave ipkknd then we will not watch your film main aur mr right and serial iss pyar ko kya naam doon
sweet39
November 17, 17:01yup i agree with you dear… i also dont wanna watch the show without barun and if only i watch it itwill be only for sanaya. she does a fabulous job. she puts the same efforts i the serial as barun.i wanna see sarun my favourite jodi in ipkknd and no one can replace barun.i dont agree with the suzane ghai that we stick to the character only, we love the actor and the character equally.the role of ASR is only made for barun sobti and no one else
siyaa
November 17, 15:58I dont understand but i dont want that barun quit the show when he leave the show from that time i stop watch this serial thats a promiss on the show and as a example is yeh risths kya kehlata hai that show its running now 4 years and about 1000 episode and succesful becoz no one quit the show or change only daddaji character but no one change thats best and not like this if everyone leaving and chaniging thats very worse