Some thoughts on first episode of Fanaa... - Page 5

Originally posted by: Autumn09

Very well put. I think Durga was one of the best ITV characters I've seen and so was Sakshi Goenka. I mean these too ladies...what a class, elegance and sophistication they radiated. I don't know why ITV which is known for following formula of the previously successful shows didn't try something like Ek Haseena Thi again. In Sarvaguna Sampanna, if they had shown Shrenu paied opposite to Zayn from the beginning itself, there coming together later wouldn't leave such a bad taste. Naagin's Bani...I plodded through that show just because of Sharad's Veeranshu and then I promised myself I would never see that franchise again.

I stopped watching IMMJ1 after Arohi's plastic surgery. It became super stupid after that. In IMMJ2, I liked only the Vyom track. Right now, it feels like, everytime it's Agasthya who pulls the strings and saves Pakhi at every occasion. Normally in thrillers, women are seldom shown as weak or naive. And I'd have liked if this time in IMMJ3, they explore the femme fatale trope being Fanaa as a thriller because it is the only show where this can happen otherwise we are already used to perfect, too good to be true heroines in daily soaps.

Yeah I too am surprised that despite the mega success of ek haseena thi no producer ever tried to copy it's success by creating stories or characters similar to it. That show alongside iss pyaar ko kya naam doon 1 is itv's finest.

Agreed, that people may have accepted the shrenu-zain pairing more if it had been shown from the beginning, because for myself it is the story of a couple that matters and not just the pairing itself, and the history that shrenu-zain's characters had made their pairing later on in the story completely look forced, ridiculous and unpalatable.

When i saw the promo i thought she looks beautiful yes, but no match with Zain.

Her part is 😕, Zain hasn't got the sparkle with her. Their lovely ❤️moments are laughable. 🤪Don't feel it, no connection with them.

Missing Maya, Jennifer Winget she would have nailed it. Or someone else who is more mature.

Season 1 was 👏, loved Alisha. Season 2 was horrible, Vansh & Riddhima where painful to see. Even the bad guys where smart & genius.

I wished there where more bold FL, every show has a FL where they are weak, gullible, always pleasing others.

Originally posted by: Autumn09

I've watched Helly in Swaragini and Laal Ishq before. And Helly was literally good as a wronged, vengeful chudail in laal Ishq who lures and traps her husband's son by other marriage to take revenge. But her crying face and wide eyed expression in IMMJ2 got on my nerves. For Pakhi, I always root for anti-heroines or heroines who learn the rules of the game to fight back. But I don't have any hopes. The previous show from the production literally had Zain's character marry his sister-in-law who killed his father and it was not for revenge, it was to bring out the innocent girl buried inside the woman who killed his father, give his mother medicines to disturb mental balance and was married to his brother. I mean how can a man, that too a protagonist marry his sister in law and father's murderer.

Just a correction about Zain's previous show, his "SIL" did not kill his father. Although, she did attempt to kill him by burning the hut, the father was saved by Zain who understood her revenge. The father was instead killed when he was attempting to kill the "SIL" and got into a tussle with his son during which he fell of a cliff. It was justified in the end since she did not kill his father (attempted yes among other things but this is ITV lol) and her marriage to his brother was fake which made sense since she never allowed her "husband" to get close to her (they were husband wife in title only). Anyways, that was a twisted show and it was Zain and his SIL's characters who had the most SS so I always read them as the leads whether they ended up together or not didn't matter but was acceptable either way (dependent on the situation of course). Because it had many twists and turns, I accepted their marriage too as just another twist.

What would work for the IMMJ series is that the FL is given shades of grey too. Both the previous seasons and this one have these basic, innocent, naïve, mind-bogglingly clueless heroines while the ML(s) are doing the bulk of the work. The FLs are as good as a plank of wood in this series. They need to write better more layered FLs but for this specific season they need to replace Reem because it's too mature for her. I am with you, I love anti-heroines too and with a villain like Agastya, I want a FL like Durga (EHT) or Jhanvi/Pooja (EBSS) who can go up against him.

Originally posted by: canuck-umz

Just a correction about Zain's previous show, his "SIL" did not kill his father. Although, she did attempt to kill him by burning the hut, the father was saved by Zain who understood her revenge. The father was instead killed when he was attempting to kill the "SIL" and got into a tussle with his son during which he fell of a cliff. It was justified in the end since she did not kill his father (attempted yes among other things but this is ITV lol) and her marriage to his brother was fake which made sense since she never allowed her "husband" to get close to her (they were husband wife in title only). Anyways, that was a twisted show and it was Zain and his SIL's characters who had the most SS so I always read them as the leads whether they ended up together or not didn't matter but was acceptable either way (dependent on the situation of course). Because it had many twists and turns, I accepted their marriage too as just another twist.

What would work for the IMMJ series is that the FL is given shades of grey too. Both the previous seasons and this one have these basic, innocent, naïve, mind-bogglingly clueless heroines while the ML(s) are doing the bulk of the work. The FLs are as good as a plank of wood in this series. They need to write better more layered FLs but for this specific season they need to replace Reem because it's too mature for her. I am with you, I love anti-heroines too and with a villain like Agastya, I want a FL like Durga (EHT) or Jhanvi/Pooja (EBSS) who can go up against him.

I was just miffed at Zain being paired with Tanvi earlier and Shrenu with his brother. I only saw when Shrenu trapped Ayub in that burning Hut with that bgm playing. The problem with IMMJ heroines is that even Gopi Bahu 2.0 has got more sass than these. And one thing that made me partial for the thriller genre was the presence of cunning female leads. Alisha had some sass due to her acting but Reem seriously falls short in that department as Pakhi. I've always liked her in her previous shows but this show is a mismatch for her acting style I think.

Originally posted by: Autumn09

I was just miffed at Zain being paired with Tanvi earlier and Shrenu with his brother. I only saw when Shrenu trapped Ayub in that burning Hut with that bgm playing. The problem with IMMJ heroines is that even Gopi Bahu 2.0 has got more sass than these. And one thing that made me partial for the thriller genre was the presence of cunning female leads. Alisha had some sass due to her acting but Reem seriously falls short in that department as Pakhi. I've always liked her in her previous shows but this show is a mismatch for her acting style I think.

Yeah the writers dropped the ball there no doubt with the pairings. Like Shrenu was the anti-heroine and you can't help but sympathize with her since PK not only ruined her father's rep but burned him alive, left his daughters to die and killed 1000s of people thanks to bad medication. Tanvi was simply the foil to Shrenu's Jhanvi; like she was an afterthought or something. I actually really enjoyed that show because it was unique. I won't deny that I always assumed that either Shrenu and Zain would be paired together at some point in the story or she would remain aromantic thanks to how useless Dhruv and to an extent Kavya was lol but at the end of the day, I wasn't watching for the pairings or love story. Those two were given much more importance and SS than Tanvi or Ishaan. Most of all though, I was there for Jhanvi/Pooja's journey, the woman who was rightfully getting her revenge lol.

Lmao @ Gopi Bahu 2.0 and her sass 🤣. This is even funnier to me because I came across the most recent episode and watched it out of sheer boredom only to be surprised at how sassy she was being lol. I am with you all the way! Alisha's Tara had some sass but her Arohi was foolish just like the subsequent heroines in this series. This installment is partially produced by Dipti so she has the experience of writing strong FLs. There is still time for them to fix Paakhi. I like Reem too but yes, an older, more mature actress would have done wonders in this role. She mostly played her age in her previous show and according to the story was paired with an older man so it was believable. There were lots of romantic scenes but her ML made it work, likely because he made her comfortable but here, it's just not coming together. I frankly want Reem replaced, she is young, she will get many shows.

Originally posted by: Milalal27

When i saw the promo i thought she looks beautiful yes, but no match with Zain.

Her part is 😕, Zain hasn't got the sparkle with her. Their lovely ❤️moments are laughable. 🤪Don't feel it, no connection with them.

Missing Maya, Jennifer Winget she would have nailed it. Or someone else who is more mature.

Season 1 was 👏, loved Alisha. Season 2 was horrible, Vansh & Riddhima where painful to see. Even the bad guys where smart & genius.

I wished there where more bold FL, every show has a FL where they are weak, gullible, always pleasing others.

This season would have been significantly better with another more older looking actress opposite zain and a better written female lead, you know, one who doesn't believe in instant noodle love story jo 5 mins mein ban jaaye.