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Hey fellow Rishisians, Sumitians. Rickians
I know most of us have been truly disappointed with the curveball the story threw post the rape trial. Most of us were very happy to see the growth both physically as well as mentally in Rishi's charcater as he tackled taking on his family and getting justice for Mandira. Most of us had extremely high hopes when Rishi did the famous walk down the courtsteps. The story could have gone in so many interesting directions such as both Rishi and Indira growing, Indira coming to terms with his feelings, Rishi gaining a bit of perspective from being perpetually hostage to either guilt stemming from Vidith accident or love for his Indira. To see him doing something other than taking care of Sharma family would have been a treat. But really, most of all we needed to see both leads take some time off each other to come to terms with themselves - their real selves.
But our hopes got dashed and Rishi is back to being a slave to Sharma family, and loosing all the gravitas, not to mention good set of clothes as well as an adorable stubble😳
Matters were not helped by the fact that the storyline is back to the "marriage track" where the marriage happens, does not happen etcetra, etcetra, etcetra!
This has made some of the die-hard Rishi fans get extremely disappointed and a few have really turned anti-Rishi and anti-HD.
My plea is please come back
Perhaps we need to also gain some perspective and speculate at the many reasons this might be so.
- story arc.
There could be something that the writers want to achieve with the upcoming marriage. We can all now read between the lines and gather this past hastily put together Rishi-Indira marriage was due to IPL trp effects as well as huge rejection to the Rishi-Mandira marriage. Thus the purpose of this wedding was a few good Inshi scenes, Indira laughing etc...provide a positive interlude before something major happens - Rishi's growth, or lack thereof
One part is his taking on his family. Perhaps the PH does not have resources yet, or it is too early to move the story from SN to Diwan family and show Rishi taking on his family. There is also the issue of he alone cannot be shown dealing with his family. The show is HD. So Indira has to be with him, or somehow leading the charge. So the story has to follow this trajectory - Writers finding their feet with the recent turnaround
I stated somewhere that I really feel that someone set the PANIC button off when the rating took the hit with IPL and everybody rejected the big twist of Manshi. This must have created a huge gaping hole in the storyline that the writers now are trying to fill with another twist of that magnitude that can carry the show for at least 3 months or so. So we have to be patient
Please guys, lets come out of our rut of thinking of Rishi in a derogatory manner. It would be no different than people who quit HD because Sumit was not to their liking or did not accept him as Indira's lover.
HD is at a tenous moment right now as it is trying to regain its footing. Please have patience. Afterall this is the PH that brought us HD with its wonderful characters as well as took risk of casting SV, and staying true to that decision despite the continuous push to have him thrown out. Least we can do is lend our support while they find their bearings.
Pati Patni Aur Panga
Kumkum Bhagya
