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Chicky and I are on a warpath. In spite of being neck deep in work, instead of doing that, we decided to say HALLA BOL to the bloody CVs. We've posted a diluted version of this post on the IPK official page. It's time to make some noise since the CVs seem to be deaf. So, if you guys do have time, let's please make a dhamaaka.
There is no nice and subtle way to say this - the new director of IPK needs to be changed or helped, at the very least. We can be ostriches with our heads stuck in the sand and blame the low TRPs and fans' frustration on the misunderstanding or IPL. Or, we can man up and face the fact that where Lalit Mohan used to create magic on-screen with the lamest situations, the new director is killing the most magical situations with his shoddy direction. There are too many examples, the latest being the difference between the Rangoli fall and the recent fall from the ladder. The actors and the CVs are the same - but the direction has gone to hell.
Some things that IPK championed in, but completely lacks now:
- closing loops (examples: Khushi's bangles sold for Arnav's plants, Khushi's fear of the dark, Khushi's momentary realization that Arnav may know about Shyam, NK's whereabouts, it's going to be a year - Khushi's parents' barsi or Arnav/Khushi's birthdays?)
- intensity and character assassination (the real Arnav-Khushi are the ones in the guesthouse sequence, the character dheela sequence, the resignation sequence - not Arnav falling in cow-dung or Khushi bathing him in public).
- attention to detail (the feelings of the characters are no longer shown, even their expressions aren't shown leave alone their thoughts: in the recent ladder sequence, the kids and the ladder and the basket got more screen time than Arnav and Khushi).
- moments (or lack thereof. Lalit Mohan made Arnav and Khushi burn up the screen from two ends of the room during the jaadu sequence. Now, in spite of being on the same damn bed, there is no awareness).
- inconsistency (Arnav's transformation back into ASR mode during Akash-Payal wedding made us expect real torture and angst for Khushi. This whole Khushi acting juvenile and Arnav joining her in comedy leaves a lot to be desired. The new director has steered an intense hate marriage right back into his favorite genre - mindless comedy).
Here is a marriage between two people who were on the verge of confessing their love to each other after months of toil only to think that the girl is cheating and scheming and the guy is heartless and cruel. Intense pain, intense confrontations, intense hatred - that is what this marriage should be about. Not Arnav and Khushi re-living their childhood as overgrown juveniles.
Everything else about IPK remains the same except the direction, which is now pathetic. IPK is Gul and Nissar's baby. If Nissar or Lalit cannot direct it themselves, can they please at least mentor and coach this new person who obviously needs it?
Edit:
One point that was raised multiple times on this thread was about the rain hug and the Holi week. Chicky and I went back and checked (and also confirmed in the credits for the specific episodes) and, with the deepest regret, have to break it to everyone that the one thing we thought the new director had to his credit (the Holi week), isn't his either. The rain hug (this most of us knew already) and the Holi week had Lalit Mohan. From the very next episode, it's only the new director (when the Swami comedy started). So there. Sigh.
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