I have been a reader of the forum those days when there was one person doing analysis and others engaging in that one post everyday, praising the show and actress, Mod also used to make an episode analysis post everyday which used to be quite fun with varied opinions welcome unlike the other post where only few people would engage or where there will be moral policing
Honestly I never followed offline life of these actors or the politics on sets etc though had come across one or two articles which stated about the cold war between leads etc but never felt the need to dig deep and know so much which I read recently in one of the threads, even now don’t feel like following any of these actors
I many times feel its the lead actress and her improvisation which makes us feel Anupama is faking love for CA, the accent and pronunciations, the overacting and expressions, difference in behaviour with Anuj and Shahs, that’s my critical view of the actress doesn’t mean I or anyone for that matter hates her or even cares what’s going on their sets and I feel that because Kanta who is much older and completely uneducated gives more natural expressions, pronunciations and even the accent overall
Similarly when someone loves a character for example Anuj got so much of love when he entered, doesn’t mean they love the actor or madly follow his offline life, atleast I don’t, ofcourse there are people who do and to each his own
That being said, it’s one’s choice to watch or not watch a show, if we have Hotstar subscription, which we have not taken only to watch Anupama, everyone watches many other shows and movies, if someone watches this show to troll or for entertainment or to hate it or voice their opinion on the wrong message sent to the society in the name of a progressive show, then it’s their choice
IF, and many other such platforms are open public forums, no one can claim their right on a forum or have only certain people be a part of that forum because their opinions are similar, no one can say that it became a negative place after certain people joined, there is an option to ignore and engage with like minded people and there is also an option to open your own private chat forum where you can discuss, neither forum nor the show belongs to anyone that they feel they can ask others to stop watching
Whatever I read in a certain thread is not only appalling but the Mod has been extremely nice to not trash the thread itself, generally such threads regarding discussion on members or personal life discussion of actors in other forums get trashed
Recently I noticed same thing by same folks on another forum which I followed reading silently and just posted once, and never felt like posting again because that is more like a one sided view or self appreciation post than the show analysis