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Hello fellow IF-ers,
I am new to this amazing community and I am so excited to be here!
Coming straight to the point.
IKNMP is a show that started with a bang. I loved the fact that Indian television finally had a female lead in Ragini, who was strong, determined and flawed. (I have had enough of the abla naari shows 😕) Ragini and Nachiket (Please, no Neil-veel) form the heart of the show. Their chemistry to say the least, is crackling. Their flashback scenes (Not the overly shown Mere bache-tumhare bache ones, but the really cutesy ones, exploring their relationship) are the scenes which leave me wanting more.
And the kids. They should have been the supporting characters. (Instead we get stuck with Pam and Nivedita. Gosh!😡) When you introduce a show with a tagline of 'Talaak pati-patni ka hora hai, ma-baap ka nahi', I expect that you delve deeper into the tagline. But instead we get stuck with fake marriages and weird obsessive lovers. Anyway, my point being, five kids. Five kids and both sets of parents did a shoddy job. Nishi can't see beyond Jignesh. Aarav can't see beyond money and materialistic luxuries. Ranbir who cannot get over the hatred for his own mother. The only kids I like are Agam and Suhani because that's how a sibling relationship should be. I remember this one scene before the US Khanna's fly down for Nishi's wedding, where Suhani hugs Agam and it was so warm and endearing because that's the kind of relationship I have with my own brother. A relationship where you talk, fight and care about each other, all at the same time. So, yes it angers me when I see Ranbir be a complete douche to his brother. That is now how family behaves.
And another problem I have with the kids is their ungrateful nature. But that's a story for another post.😊
Yes. It's a TV show. They are supposed to be over-dramatic, for the sake of TRPs. But is it that difficult to make a show with it's heart in the right place? This show could have been amazing with just the central seven characters trying to explore the repercussions of a divorce and separation, trying to understand how the twisted relationships between them could work. For once, I wish this show would concentrate on being all heart rather than on trying to go down the same formulaic road.
Thanks for reading, peeps! Would love to hear your thoughts.😊
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