Mehra lacks Spark and Charisma

I have been following kahaani for sometime, especially Mehra's character intially he was really good (When monish behl played it), but these days his scenes bore me to no end. He lacks spark, energy doesnt seem to have a distinctive style. There's absolutely no chem at all with him and Janki, even though there whole thing is supposedly coming to cliamax and Parvati will find out the truth..... but the character does not seem to convince you at all.

We have had older men love stories like Mr bajaj, and they have worked immensly, and his screen presence sparks magic, but mehra big time lacks screen presence.😕

Ekta really should consider changing the current actor, or leave it the way the story has been running for soo many years i.e. revolving around parvati/om. Thats seems alot more realistic and your feel the emotion parvati shows onscreen regarding Om.

These couple of weeks Mehra's character has become repititive with the dialogues, same expression with lack of conviction. You cant seem to relate to him at all, weirdly enough you can relate to Rajishwari and trishna much better (even though they are cold murderers) than Mehra🤢

Even when he has had alot of screen time he has lacked conviction big time, and lacks charisma and style, which is required from the character.

Originally posted by: c85rie

I have to disagree. It is deliberate IMO this lack of chemistry. I believe that Ekta wasn't bold enough to show a widowed Parvati in her late 40's,with grown-up children have any romantic inclinations towards another man. It would have raised a hue and cry if she would have moved on from Om. If I recall correctly, it was during the time of a possible remarriage scenario that Mohnish Behl walked out stating he was not willing to do such a role. It is possible that such feedback was generated from public as well, as Ekta quickly reverted the scenario with the whole Om murder track by Trishna and thus a divorce to the then married Suyash-Parvati.


Mr Bajaj and such other characters were from the start the romantic leads and their counterparts where young women with no such histories. Indian society would never accept such a bold move. They would find it scandalous. And that is why we have Suyash turn in a Devdas clone albeit without the drinking and with lots of a good samaritan tendencies.

Well I have to disagree, intially when the story was purely revolved on Parvati/suyesh and the intial stages of them getting together. Suyesh completely lacked spark and chem with parvati, ekta most probably was testing the story and wondering if it can work. You would need a certain magic onscreen to make it work but it didnt from the very beginning.

Thus I personally believe coz of the lack of magic or even the existence of Parvati's chem with Mehra, Ekta had to change the storyline to Om. Where atleast people could connect to Om and Paro coz its was beautifully shown. And it has proven that people rather watch a devoted Paro. Even the leap has been primarily linked to Om, and with Paro's devotion and her only mission to revenge Om's death and has done wonders for the show. I for one did not connect with the whole Paro/suyesh thing, it lacked chem and seemed unrealistic.

And if the suyesh doesnt work (which he doesnt) there should show him with more spine and stop moping around parvati when he clearly knows she only loves Om. It is really ruining his character. He should concentrate on his grankids and there marriages, not his personal obsession🤢

Originally posted by: c85rie

I have to disagree. It is deliberate IMO this lack of chemistry. I believe that Ekta wasn't bold enough to show a widowed Parvati in her late 40's,with grown-up children have any romantic inclinations towards another man. It would have raised a hue and cry if she would have moved on from Om. If I recall correctly, it was during the time of a possible remarriage scenario that Mohnish Behl walked out stating he was not willing to do such a role. It is possible that such feedback was generated from public as well, as Ekta quickly reverted the scenario with the whole Om murder track by Trishna and thus a divorce to the then married Suyash-Parvati.


Mr Bajaj and such other characters were from the start the romantic leads and their counterparts where young women with no such histories. Indian society would never accept such a bold move. They would find it scandalous. And that is why we have Suyash turn in a Devdas clone albeit without the drinking and with lots of a good samaritan tendencies.

If thats true, it's really very sad. I would have thought even people in India would now be ok with widows remarrying if they so wished, society has hopefully moved on to a level where they don't discriminate that much.

If in Ekta's shows she has shown people getting divorced and remarried repeatedly even when they are supposed to be 50something years old (eg Sam/Anu KZK) I'm sure that she wouldn't back away from the Parvati/Suyesh storyline. I can't see how being widowed, a circumstance she can have no contol over is really any less acceptable than being divorced (which I do think sometimes people have no choice about as well)

As it is, I thought Saakshi had fine chemistry with Monish but I really didn't feel anything with the new Suyesh. It's partly the actor and partly the fact that he is such a doormat. It's great he cares for her and wants to help but how exactly does that mean he needs to take so much abuse from her? He could just as easily tell her the truth and he'd have Narayani to back him, so Paro would eventually come round.