Article--Mere Apne to End

A fter their daily comedies except for Remote Con- trol were yanked off air, it is learnt that 9X plans to wrap up its flagship dailies Jiya Jale and Mere Apne. Nothing has been finalised though. Siddhartha Basu — producer of Jiya Jale — claims it is too prema- ture to talk about the issue. He adds that 9X plans to overhaul its primetime band. A source from the sets says that the story of Jiya Jale is being stretched and it loses direction at times. It is learnt that Saurabh Pandey who plays the lead, didn't click with the viewers. Yasir Shah was roped in as a parallel lead but that isn't working either. Details about the end of Mere Apne aren't clear. The dai- ly is produced by Smriti Iraani. Gauri Nirudkar who plays Vrinda says she has heard rumours. Nothing offi- cial has been told to the actors yet. A representative from the channel however, argues that it was announced at the launch that most shows would have a certain number of episodes.. and not more.