Actor Amar Upadhyay, who made his stint as Mihir Virani in ' ' recalled the time his character died on the show. In the show, Amar was paired opposite actor-turned-politician Smriti Irani, who played Tulsi. In a recent interview, Amar opened up on how his fans reacted to the same, which also led to women gathering around his house in white sarees.
Telephone lines jammed, email servers crashed In an interview with ABP Live, Amar recalled, "Ektaa (Kapoor) had hyped the entire episode of Mihir dying so much that when it finally happened, it was chaos all over. When the episode first aired, I remember my mother watching it and crying and I was like, 'I am alive, sitting right next to you'. Late in the night, I got a call from Balaji Telefilms that their email servers had crashed and telephone lines were jammed as there was a massive outcry over Mihir's death.
” He added, "I went to their office at 2 am and answered multiple phone calls assuring people I was very much alive and it was only my character that had died. The next two days just passed by in a haze.” Women in white sarees gather outside Amar’s house Sharing another incident, Amar said, "I woke up and the doorbell rang.
15-20 women were standing outside my house, all dressed in white sarees. As they saw me, they were shocked. When my mother prodded them further, they said that they had come to mourn Mihir's death.
My mother was furious. She scolded them and shooed them away.” About 'Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'.