I so want to give him grace. But I am not impressed at all. They did a poor job picking GMs replacement, which is a feat in itself, because I just don't think GM is replaceable. Period.
So, true, he has humongous shoes to fill. The entire look is wrong, his dialog delivery left a LOT to be desired, even his body language appears uncertain. I will concede the uncertain body language can be attributed to being new.
GM made you want to like and hate Aditya at the same time. It made you call him names and pity him at the same time. He reached in and pulled you into Adi's self-centered, egoistic, nacrcissistic world. I am sorry, but MV made me feel nothing. *Facepalm*
He is going to look insipid in front of the powerhouse that Aryan is and I feel bad for him.
FK on the other hand, I gotta give it to him. I had given up watching Imlie with the constant sautan drama and Imlie being treated like a doormat. In fact, I had watched his entry and had been impressed but not convinced enough to come back to watching it daily, until....I saw a clip where she is on the floor in his office and he offers her a hand and asks her if she was going to remain on the floor or touch the skies - something to that effect, before giving her her new ID as a featured writer. Something about that scene drew me in and the rest is history! FK truly had so much untapped potential and Gul got him as right as she has gotten MV wrong.
Maybe the PH had to scramble and could not rope in anyone else who could have been a decent replacement, so settled for MV.
I am just so very disappointed, because I was hoping for the continued fireworks between Aditya and Aryan.....not sure I will ever get them again......
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