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I started following the show on a regular basis after Dev's love confession and watched all the previous episodes in one go...and really liked how they were treating a common subject in a unique way...
The maturity yet the simplicity...the understanding yet the subtlety...the freshness yet the normal love story of Dev & Sonakshi, made me an ardent fan of this show.
But the track post the Havan episode, is really getting irritating. Ishwari's character sketch is being drawn like any other over possessive mother, we have seen in all those tried & tested serials from the EK factory over the years.
Right from the beginning Ishwari was shown as a possessive mother...in one of the episodes, Neha says "Ladke ko ghodi chadne ke liye maa ki godi se utarna padta hai. Aur maa ne apne aur bhai ke beech apni betiyon ko nahin aane diya...toh doosre ki beti ko kaise aane degi"...and her turmoil during Natasha episode and her relief after Dev breaks his engagement, which showed her possessive nature, but then it was handled well.
There was subtlety and maturity in the way Ishwari's character was handled. But not anymore...her character is turning out to be the irritating Saas from any other saas-bahu saaga...
Again, Sonakshi's independent character was something which endeared every viewer to the character of Dr. Bose. Her elegance, her self-respecting nature yet her adjustment to handle Ishwari was shown well, but now she is like any other bechaari bahu in front of Maamiji...atleast in the beginning she used to correct Maami...but now the originality of her character has lost.
Regarding Dev, a person who was so sharp and claims to know what his mother thinks without her telling him...isn't able to see the turmoil and the reason behind her changed nature. Or is he in denial mode...I guess, he not able to accept his relationship with Sonakshi in front of his mother is because, he is aware of her possessive and obsessive nature, but is not ready to accept the flaw in his mother's nature. His character of being a righteous person, when Maami treated Sonakshi like a maid and he stood up for Sonakshi is lost, when Maami was abusing Sonakshi in front his eyes, when he was sick...his character is also loosing its sheen of that being a strong and righteous person...
I just hope the show retains its uniqueness that it started with by keeping the characters true to their nature that was at the beginning of the show and then weave a story around it. Like they said, its a common story told in a different way, but now I am finding it to be a common story told in a common way...
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