I hated this show's earlier concept when I saw the initial promo, how could people ship a girl with a man who was in love with someone else for 7 years? No amount of sita maiyya's blessings will convince me sorry. I am glad that shit of a storyline ended on a good note with ASR's entry. I never found any chemistry between ST and GM too, but I liked GM and MD (as in actor chemistry).
I have to applaud FK for taking this role just because he liked it, shows his love for the craft. He was not even aware about the future of his role and didn't care of the longetivity too unlike someone. He entered and changed the direction of storyline.. It rarely happens in ITV. I have always thought if ASR and Arylie didn't become popular they would have definitely casted a popular actor for Adi and made the other ship endgame and thank god it didn't happen.