Originally posted by: mango.falooda
yes I enjoyed it -- like all ITV, the first season was done well. then it went downhill. 😂. then ratings fell and they wrapped it up quickly but at least everything made sense. I did recommend it to a few non-desi online drama friends (from kdrama circle) and they also enjoyed it. I think it depends on your taste. it is one of the few ITV dramas I have re-watched. bepannah really was raw in terms of the characters finding out they were cheated on and how they deal with the aftermath. and the confusion of being the only two who get each other. ❤️
what I loved about the story was that zoya and aditya loved passionately but they were a bit of a failure when it came to being a good spouse though neither was aware of it till after. so those are not the type of themes you would see in ITV -- to acknowledge that FL and ML are not mahaan and suck? that itself is unusual if you think about it.
otherwise, ITV tends to glorify these characters and never acknowledge their flaws. in most dramas, the cheaters are always shown as negative and bepannah tried to be more humane and show that marriage is a complicated dynamic and it is not black and white when it comes to a breakdown in relationships. so lots of things that were different and still feel fresh in some ways.
it was also mature FL and ML -- neither are in their early 20s and being silly. they had already lived a life and then we meet them at their very lowest. normally it is about the ML resuing the FL from some sort of misery. here, both are swirling in a storm when they meet. so yea lots of stuff I really enjoyed; the chemistry was superb! 🥰
in terms of the viewing experience, it was my first IF drama forum and I had a real blast. we laughed a lot, trolled away, dissected and simply swooned at other times. so that made it that much more enjoyable.