Mrunal Thakur aka Bulbul of Kumkum Bhagya will not be seen from January onwards. She already shot her last sequel and directors have planned a dramatic sequence for her exit. If we believe to the reports then she will meet with an accident on her wedding reception when she will overhear that someone is planning to kill her sister Pragya. During the function, a chandlier will catch a fire and come crashing down on Pragya and when Bulbul will  notice she will push Pragya away and it will crash on Bulbul's face. She will be rushed to hospital for plastic surgery and it will mark the Mrunal's exit and entry of the new Bulbul. 

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