My goodness... its like a hurricane had just swept through this forum... Haila...
I can tell why... but to be giving my honest opinion, we're taking this way to seriously too quickly!!... Guys, remember this is an Ekta Kapoor serial, virtually anything is possible... People backstab, murder their own loved ones, come back from the dead... Anything, anyone comes and goes!! So first of all, this kind of this is to be expected. Plus, many of you had already predicted this kind of mishap, so you had a hunch...
Lets think that perhaps it could be a nightmare... a dream sequence of Ishpi's as she is the one who loves him, but he doesn't... Also, I still don't think this is the actual other half of the damn raaz... It doesn't seem too convincing for some reason... The way Shiv talks, acts and all, I highly doubt he loves Ishpi... He has claimed so many times that he has yet to discover what "love" is... Remember when he was giving that live interview when they opened that new project and Ishpi asked him if he's missing Gauri and he ruthlessly said "yes"... He obviously has feelings beyond his imagination for this "stranger" whom he shares a room with... And remember when during Dada Daadi's marriage anniversary Anupam asked Shiv to talk to Ishpi, he said "Anupam Dada se keh kyun nahin deti?" He said it so casually and didn't even seem to care about anything... She replied because "mein usse pyar nahin karti"... She clearly has illegitimate feelings (I say illegitimate as he is already Gauri's) for him, not him... He is clearly confused or in denial... Remember in that same scene he explained that he only loves the girl in the portrait and what he feels for Gauri is something he does not know himself... Isn't that what love is supposed to be like... It like that you don't even know what happened... And he has mentioned this more than once... So think positive!!
I know you're all upset with Shiv but I'm not completely convinced of this Isphi affair yet... But I give credit to the man for trying to tell her so many times... But you can't fight against your fate. As we all know, they are destined to be one, and thus they will...
Ekta has alot of unanswered questions under her belt which she needs to quickly address... Please guys, don't all leave. Lets just give it a little more time. Have faith... I know its hard with Ekta... but if the lady gives us all these good moments (and you gotta admit she does... ps, I can't believe I'm saying this but she is pretty good) she has her moments as well... We just have to somehow make her realize them!
So hold onto your hearts and faith and do stay here and wait!! (Hey it rhymes!! lol...)
Cheers,
dc