As an intro I have been a silent reader in this forum since the show started and I am mainly a Nandini shipper so it never mattered to me with whom she would hook up eventually...
But your topic has compelled me to post lolz...first of all as comparisons wid Bof go...den I think d cvs have made it clear that it's not going the Bof way...from what I have read abt Bof ...none of the characters of ky2 r similar to the original show...esp dhruv of Bof I am sure doesnot suffer any attacks ...and therein lies the main diff...for manik dhruv will always be no. 1 and deir bond though beautiful is not of equals...manik has all dis guilt trip reg dhruv and with him knowing abt dhruv's attraction towards nandini...stops him from going all out for nandini d way u want him to do...he has already mistakenly linked dhruv's attack outside cafe to nandini ...that's why he rushed to dhruv's house after the store room incident to clear any misunderstanding that mite arise between the two...i feel manik is already sacrificing or suppressing his feelings towards nandini for dhruv...
As for dhruv nandini then again nothing has been shown so far for them to be considered as soul mates..if u forget Bof for a minute then it really seems to be some teenage crush between the two...more from dhruv's side..notwithstanding that they really look cute together but still ders nothing there yet
As for manan..den weirdly it was the store room scene for me which made me see d unique ness in them...I thought it will be a typical eye lock intense scene but the convo between the two really got me...for me dem trying to get out of the room through the window was totally original he he..I have never seen any TV couple trying to get out of the mess so soon after getting into one...deir whole convo abt manan's fear for darkness was also so so special..
And the sham song with the brilliant exp of manan just had me..ya d scenes today were bit clichd wid nandini being d damsel in distress more times than one...but still manan def has potential...esp d redemption of manik in nandini's eyes and his own will be sum thing to watch out for...and even if I decide to let go off the show someday the sham seq will def remain wid me for a long long time
As for manik...kudos to parth for making me like manik inspire of him being such an ass most of the time...beauty and the beast has always been my fav fairy tale...manan def come close with nandini saving the beast from himself