The leads have ZERO chemistry

Zilch

Nothing happens when they are in the same frame

Sahir and Arzoo's first meeting on the plane was such a blah... In fact they both had better chemistry with the third passenger in their row LOL.

And I feel bad for Harshad Chopra, as he is the reason most of us are watching. I have been a huge fan since Kis Desh Me Hai... days (my first ever Indian show) and he was very good in Tere Liye.

Here, his character is falling flat.

I can't connect with Sahir in any way. Why did he burn down that factory? How can he live with that every day? There was no remorse. So weird. Maybe Harshad is just not portraying the character well enough (is it poor direction or way too much hair?)

As for the female lead, the actress is improving, but the character is just so annoying! She is so principled, so righteous, so strong, so opinionated, so goody goody (doing right by her family) etc etc that makes the character so fake! Her only flaw is she is emotional and loses her temper. Surely a young girl like her can be portrayed more realistically.

How old is she? 22 or so? Too young to hold my interest.

In fact the one character who does interest me is her mother - Nausheen. She is all too real. She is weak, gets taken advantage of, worries about her family, tries so hard to survive with dignity. A real woman, not a fake character. The show is so full of it - fakeness.

Note from mods: Please avoid making comparisons with other couples, shows, or characters. Removed that part.

I would give time for judging chemistry as there is not any scene yet.. There is not even one scene where its shown that they are attracted to each other.. The couples you mentioned, always had attraction from first scene.. Sahir-Arzoo story will be different IMO. Clearly, I can sense love triangle and probably halala nikal of Sahir-Arzoo. If they show chemistry and everythign now, people wont be able to accept any love triangle or what writers want to show. I am happy the way characters are being portrayed till now.

Kankabhor I agree with you about the character of Arzoo. In fact, that is one of the main reasons I continue to watch this show because the character isn't typical of Gul's previous female characters. The OTT super bubbly characters always put me off.

Personally,I am bored of standard formula where in shows ,at first meeting itself BANG!the hero & heroine are attracted.For a change we see two people meeting in normal circumstances and eventually we will see them falling in love.The slow ,a gradual process is what I am looking at.

SORRY ,BUT I DO NOT AGREE WITH U . WHEN QUBOOL HAI STARTED MANY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO CHEMISTRY BETWEEN ASAD AND ZOYA BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED LATER .

agreed 100%,HC is doing a great job no doubt but I don't not get why the factory was burnt? and all of a sudden that chapter got closed? unanswered:(.

You are correct,there's always"changari koi bharkay..."but there's no sign of chingari,chingari is a bit of angry passion,little attraction and a deep down feeling that"there's something about you"but I haven't seen anything like this so far b/w arzoo and sahir,I am watching it for HC only.

Btw, arzoo is looking better in open hair,that ponytail was too irritating.

I disagree. All the shows you spoke of were pretty much formulaic. And the attraction between the leads from Day 1 was pretty much based on physical appearances. I am speaking only for myself, and not others- but personally I am so tired of this instantaneous recognition of soul mates and the mandatory falling in the arms in the very first meeting that shows often depict. I am very pleased that this show is attempting something different.

wow there, thats just your opinion tbh, chemistry is subjective because for me i didnt feel that chemistry for khushi and arnav right from the beginning and quite frankly i didnt until like 1 to 2 months later and dont get me started on paro and ruda. also i dont like forced intimate scenes for no reason at all in the beginning where they dont even know each other, have no feelings ect, to much of it getts very desensitizing. i like slow burning romance and intimate scenes that come with it. i love arzoo and sahirs chemistry i see it, and arzoo has got to be one of the best heroine especially from 4lion, where most were so ott. she is flawed and is not perfect at all i dont know how you've been watching the show. but whatever. and really i agree with tech-tonic, with the whole bang, hair flying, long eye lock starting's. and also about more of a normal circumstance stuff. it was refreshing the plane convo and i loved it, change of pace and just different. and sahir character is interesting and is developing well, his not the typical angry man type, or abusive etc his more controlled and restrained in his emotions. dont get me started on the behaviors of the other male heroes you mentioned. both arzoos and sahirs characters are shaping up good, Harshad is doing a absolutly fine job and shivya has improved ten folds. plus the love story hasnt even started. full of fakeness... alright >_> -_-

^ Agree, ecrivain. Good to see you here:)