forgot to say abt Akshay interview...
i agree with u all... its natural that viewers will be interested to see any one character or the leads, be it a tv show or film... but its upto the creatives to weave in other characters into the script n into the hearts of the viewers...
lets say, in Akaash's case, there was a lot of scope where his character could have been well utilised. when the kidnapping track was going on, the viewers lost interest, not because they didnt see "trip n fall" rabba ve, but because, mindless comedy, n detectivegiri was infused to it... n the show had no screen space for any other character other than "kushi". 99% of kushi+ 1% maami bond, at a time when the show's story is to be focussed on rescuing Arnav😆
Barun's absence isnt an excuse, as even during the month of April, they were wasting him with mindless swami track n later in the sep, oct with useless tracks.
in that kidnapping track, instead of kusi running around "ring a ringa roses" n screaming "eureka... i found my husband's / or the one whom i love's blood stains on a villain's shoes"... main kitni intelligent hoo..." kind of scenes, n NK brought into praise kushi, they could have used Aakash... a sensible search of his missing brother along with kushi, n even paayal could have been involved. mami bond can still be there with her fantastic one liners. she could spy on her son or this gang.
what we saw was "a supposedly heart broken woman, n an elder lady storming into Airport security system, n making a total mockery of "the missing, or feeling of concern". most of the times, the bg music n dialogues gave me the feeling i'm watching Nick or POGO...
n nothing is an excuse... because even in a track with no head n tail, i saw Arnav Aarav bond growing, while there wasnt an iota of any sort of bonding between kushi n Aarav... so it was all about misconcept, where the creatives thought the viewers are interested to see only one character, n the strange belief that people loved comedy.
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