IPKNKD - Fall from Romance to Farce

I'm sure loads of folks are happy with the spate of comedy drowning our show---but this is what I had to say on Lalit Mohan's FB wall:

Dear Mr. Lalit Mohan,

Just watched the Monday episode, and the moment between Arnav and Khushi after Buaji leaves the room. It looked forced--and not due to the actors' fault. That scene was hurried, it needed time, and a bit of intensity/ poetry.

Yesterday, I was watching some of the earlier scenes between Arnav and Khushi, and their awareness of each other, physically as well as emotionally, in scenes such as the one where he untangled her from the Diwali lights or when her ear ring got stuck on his shirt...and there, the camera angles, the unhurried pace and the build-up of mutual awareness was staggering--

I just hope we're not given Rabba ve scenes for the sake of them---the declaration of war immediately after a small moment of closeness was rather sudden. We could have seen them get flustered by their nearness, and the anger at the kurta being torn could be laced with a degree of physical attraction/ tension--the way we saw during the first epi when Arnav ripped apart the dori of Khushi's Kameez.

I think the intensity of these scenes is reduced by the amount of comedy that has crept into the show, especially in Khushi's character. She was funny before, but now has become slightly joker-ish, bordering on irritating. Can we limit the comedy to NK and Mamiji, so the story between Arnav and Khushi can retain some of its dramatic intensity? Khushi, with her Yalgar dialogs, is behaving as she did during the episodes where she poured juice in Arnav's shoes etc. Much water has flown under the bridge since then, including Shyam's betrayal…I'm sure with an ill father, her sister getting married and no reliable source of income, Khushi has better things to worry about than a war with Arnav!

I've never watched a Hindi serial constantly before, yours is the first--the chemistry between your lead pair and the intensity of the story kept me hooked, but nowadays I'm more often disappointed than not. I hope the show keeps up the standards it has set for itself and does not devolve into a slap-stick farce.

u have portrayed my exact feelings in words yaar😊 hope the cvs and director listen to us and give us something bettter😊

great post👍🏼
agreed with u
more of comedy will ruin the show.now we hardly get proper arhi scenes😭
atleast now i want cvs 2 realise and bring back arhi magic that created before otherwise this show will lose its essence

I just hope they read it. You are much nicer than me. Does Gautam H. have a facebook or email??

Originally posted by: momma1128

I just hope they read it. You are much nicer than me. Does Gautam H. have a facebook or email??

Not sure...I only have the link to Lalit Mohan's wall. I wish they wouldn't ruin the show.

This is really well done. :D

Neemsundari - fantastic post!... I wish Lalit mohan fwds this to the creatives.

Fabulous post yaar. Well said 👏

Completely agree with you !!