Ever since they introduced Ishana's character on the show, I've been looking forward to watching her story unfold with Om. As time has passed, my looking-forward-to has gradually transformed into longing-for, followed by where I am now - absolutely, unutterably confused and suspended in mid air, not unlike IshKara themselves. Five episodes with zero Ishana, and zero hints towards what is intended for her as a character, and my heart has begun to sink more than a little. There was, and still is, SO much potential to her as a personality - she builds walls of lies all around her to conceal the devastating truth of her vulnerability and Om is probably the only one who sees through them all to rest his eyes on who she really is inside. My wait for their love story to begin is seemingly endless, though, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why.
My point is, if Ishana is not shown and if neither her character nor her storyline are developed, how can I even hope to connect with her as a viewer? How can anyone? There is so much scope for substance, and yet all we have seen of her so far has majorly involved comedies of errors and costume charades. How come? And now, with her having disappeared and Riddhima and Om being culled out, where is the continuity going to go? 🤔
I'm sorry to say that the writers are really doing a strange disservice to their own creation by not letting Ishana as a character unfold before us the way she needs to for us to be able to connect with her, and by not giving IshKara a foundation of continuity, coherence and emotional substance. What they're doing with them is coming off as random and directionless, and that is really breaking my heart. 💔
I wonder what they've planned for Ishana and IshKara, and why it is taking this long to manifest on screen.