Shaheer Sheikh starrer Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke is going off air, however show began in March but it failed to get good numbers on the TRP charts. However, the lead couple Shaheer Sheikh and Rhea Sharma aka Abir and Mishti won hearts. They are one of the most popular on-screen jodi. Shaheer and Rhea were appreciated for their performance. Now, the show is going off-air and Devoleena Bhattacharjee’s Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2 will take its place. Shaheer Sheikh spoke about the show going off-air in an interview with Pinkvilla. He said, “It was a shock for me and all of us too, actually. Rajan Sir came to the set today towards the evening and he personally informed everyone and made a formal announcement too. It was a shock as I was not expecting that. I thought he has come to tell us that we have to give in little more and perform better and put in more hard work, that is what I thought but we were left surprised to put it mildly. ”
Shaheer Sheikh also shared whether Rajan Shahi spoke about the show getting any extension. He said, “He just said that this decision has been taken and that he was happy with the way the show has shaped in the last one and a half year and what we have been able to achieve and the response we got. Honestly speaking, it has been one of the best experiences for me as well, in terms of the relationship with the producer, and how he has dealt with challenges and things on the set on day to day basis. How transparent and smooth things were for the show and it was very well managed.” He also said that this has been an emotional moment for him and how close he was to his character, Abir. Shaheer said, “When I play a character, I live that character. In fact, I am that character. That character becomes a part of my life. As a team, we chill on the sets, talk to each other, there are so many fun moments, it consumes half of my day, 12 hours, sometimes 10 hours. I am there with these people, so of course, it is a big news for all of us.”
Shaheer was also asked about the date when they will wrap up the shoot. He said, “I think we will be shooting till this month-end. We are honestly still trying to digest the news. We didn’t even speak about all this. We knew the ratings have gone down a little but we were definitely not expecting this. Rajan Sir announced it himself, before that no one had a clue, so you can imagine. But, daily soaps are like that. You start living a life, living the character’s life. You become the character and then you do it on daily basis for months and months, and then knowingly or unknowingly you get attached to that character, and the atmosphere and people around it. So, yes I am going to miss the character so much.”
Shaheer also shared his favourite moment from Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke. He revealed, “What excites an actor is to be able to do something which he has not done before. In this show, we call it the ‘bekhayali’ phase because my director and I really enjoyed that track post leap where Abir was wearing shades, he was not expressing himself. He was very different and it was something that I had never done before. (Director) Ashish ji came up with the idea of keeping the shades on all the time to hide his emotions. We would play Bekhayali song every time, and would walk slow motion, I really liked that phase and would be very excited. I would suggest 10 things like a child, would want to do this or that. It was quite exciting. I even tried to style Abir’s look during that track. ”
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