Actor Amar Upadhyay, who made his stint as Mihir Virani in 'Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi' 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.”