despite the sitcom's success, kaushik left the show in january 2013 to star in another sab tv sitcom "tota weds maina" opposite gaurav gera. the story focused on tota (gera) and maina (kaushik), and the situations that ensued when they mistakenly get married to one another. however, the show continually saw a dip in the "trps" and went off air in the april of the same year. during her time off "fir", the show took a 20-year leap with actor chitrashi rawat playing the role of "jawalamukhi chautala", chandramukhi's daughter. kaushik made a comeback in "fir" donning her previous role of chandramukhi chautala in july 2013 while rawat was asked to quit the show.