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So after watching a disastrous "first date" I've been sulking around all day. Haven't things been depressing off late? Sometimes I think I'll stop watching the series altogether but then I see a new promo or a spoiler news and like a fish-to-a-bait I come back. Just some things that aren't really working for me
1. Sense of humor? Go went gone...
I remember watching Khushi puncture ASR's car, put juice in his shoes, turn off the water whilst he was bathing and many more to my heart's content. Khushi was synonymous with crazy, hillarious but not downright stupid. Umm, there seems to be a meteoric shift in the sense of humor of the CVs. "jokes" don't get us cracking anymore. Do you remember Khushi shifting the trunk on their SR epi? I'm still thinking how was that supposed to be funny. Or well more recently, her antics on the date. Don't bash me up, we all know it is true.
2. Kahani mein kahani, kahani mein kahani.
I've seen so many people on IF reminiscing about Lalit Mohan's days as director when the simple story line endeared us all to Arshi's budding romance. Even Shyam's appearances were well timed (Khushi's engagement to Shyam and then breaking it up) and things had a logical flow. Messing around with the main storyline is never a good idea. Sidelines are good because the other characters also vie for screen time but they are good as long as they get wrapped up properly. Currently there are so many side tracks going on that it is hard to keep track if this is Didi-ki-saut story or Dadi-Garima faceoff or Arshi's romance that is the main point of the series. Side tracks overpowering the main storyline is probably the worst mistake story-writers can make.
3. Memory loss?
With the changes in the Creative team (dunno what kind of creativity we are talking about here), they seem to be forgetting things. There are just too many lose ends that the writers never managed to tie up. Arnav's track of repentance, his following up of Shyam's motives for his abduction, the financial implications of the forged will documents amongst many other. Are CVs suffering from short term memory loss? Well the viewers do not!
4. Character assasination.
Fangirls absolutely adore Barun. Even if he doesn't bat an eyelid or even say a single line in an entire episode we'd still have posts proclaiming hotwa, deadwa, faintwa and what not. Please do not get me wrong, I love him too. But the problem starts when characters start getting hazy. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ASR's character; call it "having a thing for bad guys". Him changing for Khushi might be called his way of amending his past wrong doings but why butcher the ASR side of him? Where is the angry young man whom we all went ga-ga for. Why didn't his shrewdness or "shatir dimag" be more alert about the lecherous Shyam? Why does the devil-may-care side come up when dadiji rebuked khushi but not when mamiji has been doing so since the day Khushi entered RM?
5. You've lost that loving feeling!
Has anyone noticed the Rabba Ve's these past few months? Do you get a feeling of repeatedness? or that a Rabba Ve is being forced just to kill the time slot of few minutes? I don't feel goosebumps when I watch the recent ones, my heart doesn't get racing as it used to, my mouth doesn't spring open and go gasp, I don't feel electrified!!! is it just me?
6. People don't mature, but love does.
A friend once remarked to me why she doesn't like watching IPK (needless to say I bashed her up nice and proper that time), "the scenarios are too unrealistic to be true". When we fall in love with someone, there are facets to get to know each other, spend time with each other, get to know their likes and dislikes. We came to know Arnav's favourite restaurant is PO after a year?? He didn't know what kind of a bag Khushi prefers so he bought her an outrageously expensive one for her birthday? Does Khushi know what kind of music ASR listens to (or if he listens to music at all)? Where has Khushi studied? Why can't there be more revelations about each other and small storylines attached with it? After a year of Arshi's love, we would appreciate a maturer side of their love being shown.
I appreciate the Creative Team's efforts (what else can I do?) but they need to pull up their socks if they wish to recreate the charm.
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