I am not a regular ITV watcher. I have watched IPPKND after it aired and then Rangrasiya for Sanaya and YRHPK at a friend's recommendation. After IPKKND I could not watch any of Gul's shows since they were all overdone for me. I chanced upon Imlie promo while watching cricket at home and started watching from Episode#1. I loved Sumbul and Gashmeer's subtle acting, the organic feel of the story and the fact that the costumes felt normal and not overdone. I absolutely loved this show till the Malini suicide track. Since then I have been watching ...but the show has never for me reached the heights it had prior to that - be it in story telling, dialogues, acting, continuity, consistency of characters, many areas. I liked the Imlie (English exam track) and even though there are still some pretty good scenes we get now and then - there is some element of the show that used to exist that does not anymore for me. I keep hoping - we'll get it back - and while some of the original feel has returned for me recently the show has not to date scaled to the earlier heights.
As we've all discussed many times,, my belief is that the change is on account of makers not knowing how to handle Malini and botching of her character has resulted in this level of impact on every aspect of the show. Even with today's episode - I enjoyed most of it but the show seemed to lack consistency - Adi says he loves Imlie more than anything, but he put her in a vulnerable place, stayed dumbstruck next to her while she was abused and then rushed out with Malini to ask for her help in getting his parents to approve Adilie. It did not make sense to me, after everything he said and did this week for Imlie - this inconsistency ruins the feel of the show for me. Furthermore wrt Imlie's character - while I do believe per current storyline its best she keeps quiet at this time - seeing her take in abuse day after day with no aspect of her original personality left - and her interactions with Adi have her like a lifeless doll...I'm kind of disappointed. Instead of being excited for each episode I'm actually worried whether they will ruin the story further :)
Here's hoping that either the makers get their act right or that I am able to get beyond my expectations and be able to enjoy watching the show as I used too.
Sorry Editz - this developed into a bit of a rant :)
Edited by PPak - 4 years ago