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I'm usually incredibly selective about the shows I watch. Often I find myself leaving a show midway when it fails to keep my interest. Gul Khan tends to make a good first 100-150 episodes and then her shows go downhill. I was a huge fan of her show Geet. I tried IPKKND but I just couldn't. There wasn't enough depth to the characters for me to enjoy it. There wasn't enough of a storyline and I need strong plots in my shows. I need an intriguing plot, a villain with shades. Not just evil for heck of it. Qubool hai was barely tolerable and Ishqbaaz was funny but that's all it was. Funny but not much of a story except that which had been recycled from her other shows (no offence to the fans as I am aware that IB has a huge fanbase and I admit that surbhi is a very good actress. This is solely my opinion). Given my history with Gul khan's shows I did not think I would ever watch this show. I remember coming across clips of the scene in which Rocky kidnaps happy. I was absolutely shocked and when I looked up the show and saw that it was a gul khan show, I resigned myself to steering clear of it (at this point I had seen nothing of the show other than the clips of that particular scene on IG). But the the Ian somerhalder similarities, the scene in jail where rocky thinks about revenge made me think oh what the heck. Plus I had exams and I needed something mindless to destress. I thought this would be the perfect show for this. Boy was I wrong about this show being simple.
First of all: Rocky. I don't know why but I see very little in the way of appreciating ansh and his performance. Might have missed those threads but all i see are threads applauding rohit and none on ansh who is doing an incredible job. Rocky is a very very difficult character to pull off. It is to Ansh's credit that he made us feel precisely what we are supposed to. I hated him initially. Then I wanted to get into the screen and shake some sense into him, and then he became this endearing character. The transition, the fact that I was able to like a character I hated, I must applaud the actor for his portrayal. He is definitely not the typical Gul khan male lead. He has so many dimensions, so many layers and the reason I can see those layers is because of the actor. The dance sequence (the first one at Anaya's birthday) was absolutely breath taking. Ansh has very expressive eyes and I almost cried in the scene kulwant revealed that he was not his son. The scene was beautifully done. And I like his portrayal of shaan. He went from a man who wore his emotions for all to see to a man who kept them muted. Its very well done on his part and the fact that he looks like Ian somerhalder is uncanny.😆
Coming to Happy. I love jasmine's portrayal. I always had an issue with gul khan's female protagonists forcing their opinion on the male protagonists as if their opinion is the only one that can be right (ahem khushi). Except for geet of course. Happy gives her opinions but she does it in such a way that it does not seem like she's hammering it on your head or trying to shove it down rocky's throat. She says what she thinks and then steps back and lets him think for himself. It's not about her being right or making sure things are her way. She actually listens to others. Admits when shes wrong uses logic. This is the original happy. And one that blossomed even more when she began working with rrocky. Their partnership is bebeautiful. The way both of them respected what the other had to say. The way they work together is brilliant. But what is even better is the fact that though they complement each other and have excellent teamwork, they are not wholly depending on each other. They are strong together yes but they retain their strength because the two of them have individuality.
My take on the post leap story is that happy becoming somewhat bland is intentional. We know what the RoHa combination does to the respective characters. And now we see that postleap happy is dependent on rv entirely. Happy aand rocky brought out the best in one another because they pushed each other in a way only they can. Rv makes happy weak and he is weak himself with her. They do not bring out the best in each other which is why I believe rv does not stand a chance. I would rather see the typical gul khan hero (RV) become the villain. The man was with anaya for crying out loud. He will dump happy without a thought for someone else too if this is how he treated someone he was with for years.
I do wish that rocky did not include happy in his revenge. I wish the writer could have shown him accepting that his past actions could not be so easily swept under a rug and forgotten by happy. I wish they could have shown him understanding that happy had a right to doubt him.
But i definitely don't think that rv will be the hero. His betrayal is too big. Kudos to rohit for doing justice to the character but I don't see him as anything but the villain. At least rocky was honest with happy be it his hatred or his friendhip. Also rocky never mollycoddled happy and she never did the same either. They are the true powerhouse couple in my opinion
First of all: Rocky. I don't know why but I see very little in the way of appreciating ansh and his performance. Might have missed those threads but all i see are threads applauding rohit and none on ansh who is doing an incredible job. Rocky is a very very difficult character to pull off. It is to Ansh's credit that he made us feel precisely what we are supposed to. I hated him initially. Then I wanted to get into the screen and shake some sense into him, and then he became this endearing character. The transition, the fact that I was able to like a character I hated, I must applaud the actor for his portrayal. He is definitely not the typical Gul khan male lead. He has so many dimensions, so many layers and the reason I can see those layers is because of the actor. The dance sequence (the first one at Anaya's birthday) was absolutely breath taking. Ansh has very expressive eyes and I almost cried in the scene kulwant revealed that he was not his son. The scene was beautifully done. And I like his portrayal of shaan. He went from a man who wore his emotions for all to see to a man who kept them muted. Its very well done on his part and the fact that he looks like Ian somerhalder is uncanny.😆
Coming to Happy. I love jasmine's portrayal. I always had an issue with gul khan's female protagonists forcing their opinion on the male protagonists as if their opinion is the only one that can be right (ahem khushi). Except for geet of course. Happy gives her opinions but she does it in such a way that it does not seem like she's hammering it on your head or trying to shove it down rocky's throat. She says what she thinks and then steps back and lets him think for himself. It's not about her being right or making sure things are her way. She actually listens to others. Admits when shes wrong uses logic. This is the original happy. And one that blossomed even more when she began working with rrocky. Their partnership is bebeautiful. The way both of them respected what the other had to say. The way they work together is brilliant. But what is even better is the fact that though they complement each other and have excellent teamwork, they are not wholly depending on each other. They are strong together yes but they retain their strength because the two of them have individuality.
Happy is wonderfully portrayed by jasmine. Every conflict happy feels can be read in the eyes because jasmine translates the emotions so well. She makes the character endearing whereas it might have been annoying and grating if done by someone else. Jasmine understands the character and hence it's done so well. I liked her acting in tashan e ishq too though I left that show pretty early.
Coming to RV. The character is grey like rocky. But rocky is what he is. While rv is someone who is a hypocrite. And yet rohit does so well that you feel his angst. But that still does not mean he is not a hypocrite. In terms of character, I feel rocky is better because people like rv are more dangerous. People like rv ensure that criminals run free. It starts with a family member and then it gets bigger and bigger. People like rv have a bigger responsibility because we depend on them to deliver justice to us.
Coming to RV. The character is grey like rocky. But rocky is what he is. While rv is someone who is a hypocrite. And yet rohit does so well that you feel his angst. But that still does not mean he is not a hypocrite. In terms of character, I feel rocky is better because people like rv are more dangerous. People like rv ensure that criminals run free. It starts with a family member and then it gets bigger and bigger. People like rv have a bigger responsibility because we depend on them to deliver justice to us.
My take on the post leap story is that happy becoming somewhat bland is intentional. We know what the RoHa combination does to the respective characters. And now we see that postleap happy is dependent on rv entirely. Happy aand rocky brought out the best in one another because they pushed each other in a way only they can. Rv makes happy weak and he is weak himself with her. They do not bring out the best in each other which is why I believe rv does not stand a chance. I would rather see the typical gul khan hero (RV) become the villain. The man was with anaya for crying out loud. He will dump happy without a thought for someone else too if this is how he treated someone he was with for years.
I do wish that rocky did not include happy in his revenge. I wish the writer could have shown him accepting that his past actions could not be so easily swept under a rug and forgotten by happy. I wish they could have shown him understanding that happy had a right to doubt him.
But i definitely don't think that rv will be the hero. His betrayal is too big. Kudos to rohit for doing justice to the character but I don't see him as anything but the villain. At least rocky was honest with happy be it his hatred or his friendhip. Also rocky never mollycoddled happy and she never did the same either. They are the true powerhouse couple in my opinion
And that's all!
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