I don't know if the CVs forgot that Kunwar chacha had been kidnapped and tortured supposedly the night before. 😆. There should have been some continuity to that sequence.
- The issue that they are bringing up is quite common in India, parents getting their gay child married off because they think just having a female around will 'cure' them!! Here,in the 1940s, Royal family etc, if we add the need for an heir, to lay claim to the throne, it gets uglier. I somehow felt Swarna's happiness was as misplaced as Gayatri's on her SR. She definitely knows his orientation, once she walked in on him flirting with his male servant and second, he was flirting at the party. i found it a bit odd that she did'nt have one bit of apprehension on her face. It was more happiness and anticipation. It is a serious matter, I do hope they treat it sensitively!
- Continuity was maintained beautifully in the RAGA sequence. 👏. Was there an inner conflict in Ranaji while he tended to her? I found his making the lep a bit odd, but then, in the dargah, the Fakir did tell him, he needs to bow down to the Almighty, so I'll take it, that he shed all his Royal attitude and ego, and he did it because he did not want Gayatri to bear the consequences of his insensitivity. Whether his misconceptions about her have been cleared up, I guess we will know soon. Conflict could be because he knows/feels he can never give her the love she deserves??
- Sid K was wonderful, and I do hope the serial does very well so that he gets his due. DD was excellent in her waking up scene...disbelief, love, wariness, all together.
- All in all, I hope the makers make good use of the leads, the characters, the various threads of stories that they can tell. That is my fear seeing that the competition has some serious high voltage drama, any compromise will dilute the serial.