I've watched a bit of season 1 of QH...there's a lot of similarities b/w Asad ke hang-ups about "tehzeeb", "tameez" and etiquette, the way he'd be snooty about it with regards to Zoya, the way he'd struggle to say a "sorry" or express remorse or affection...woh sab Shivaay mein bhi hai...yet somehow, his emotional struggles are more child-like, innocent, hence more endearing😆...also, they've kept his struggles more consistent over a sustained period of time...kept that front and center in terms of what his character is, thus making it a defining trait in a better form than previous iterations from Gul. The more I watch him, the more I have to agree...yeh sab NM ka hi input hai into Shivaay...anyone else playing him would have just made him the standard Gul hero...NM softens Shivaay.