The mass hysteria over Mihir's death remains untouched. Star TV executives fondly remember how mail boxes crashed, thanks to the number of requests from all over the country, wanting Mihir to return.

Newspapers carried articles on how the nation would deal with a tragedy of the magnitude of Mihir Virani's death. The rating of the serial touched an all-time-high of 22.4 when Mihir returned home -- just in time to stop Tulsi (Smriti Irani) from getting married to Mandira's brother.