Saturday, December 29, 2018

EXCLUSIVE! Shaheer Sheikh's Dastaan-E-Mohabbat: Salim Anarkali to go off-air

BollywoodLife has exclusively heard that Colors' popular show Dastaan-E-Mohabbat: Salim Anarkali is all set to bid adieu to its fans. The historical saga was expected to break all the TRP records since its announcement. With a promising cast comprising of TV's most popular heartthrob Shaheer Sheikh playing a historical character as iconic as Prince Salim, the viewers were in for something big on screens. However, the show fizzled in its initial few days itself. The series was expected to open with record-breaking ratings, however, it didn't. Soon the channel started interfering with the production house and the producer. The issue became so big that the network even decided to take the step of changing the production house from Writers' Galaxy to Contiloe. Anirudh Pathak, the head honcho of Writers' Galaxy tried his best to retain the show and he was successful in doing so. However, sadly, the loyal fans of the show won't be able to see it anymore, as the daily is all set to shut down.

A reliable source reveals to BollywoodLife that after a lot of brief meetings and discussion, the GEC has decided to pull the heavy budgeted show off air. Apparently, the channel is not impressed with the declining TRPs of the show and as a result are in no mood to even give a chance to the producer. "The slot of the show has been changed to 11.30 from December 31, due to the release of new shows. However, BollywoodLife has learnt that after airing for four days on the 11.30 sot, the show will shut down. December 4 is the final day of the telecast for the series.

Despite repeated attempts showrunner, Anirudh Pathak didn't revert to our messages and calls.

The two shows replacing Dastaan-E-Mohabbat: Salim Anarkali are Gathbandhan and Kesari Nandan. Well, it is quite shocking to know the show getting axed as it was garnering better ratings than the recently launched supernatural dramas Tantra and Sitara.

Dastaan-E-Mohabbat: Salim Anarkali, was the fictional tale of Salim and Anarkali played by Shaheer Sheikh and Sonarika Bhadoria.

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