Going to be very blunt here and am prepared to edit it out if I have to.
Shaheer wasn't as attached to Dev as we have built up in our heads. He did no qualms in changing the look of the original Dev to shoot his movie. The shabby version of him with the long hair that we hated was not 'Dev', and they tweaked the show around to fit his changing looks into the show post leap. And when he could do an intense love story in the form of his Indo movie while shooting for krpkab, why do we expect him not to take up another show immediately after. The season 2 of Krpkab, primarily suffered because Shaheer did not negotiate with Antv and wanted to do both. This isn't to say he is at blame here, he is an actor and has priorities set which is fine but Dev did not mean the world to him and he isn't as bothered about fans who are highly invested in Devakshi. The PH is just pleased that they have a very popular actor who is willing to work with them again and can carry the show on his shoulders without having to rope in other popular (read expensive) actors as well. How well this strategy of making the show a male centric one will work, time will tell since the tv industry audience is mainly comprised to woman and prefer stories revolving around the FL. So they are attempting something new here by focusing on him and hence Shaheer is overjoyed and very pleased to work with them. Erica cannot be his counterpart yet again in a show where her emotions and path are not chalked out and her acting skills are wasted just like S2 and yet has to put in more hours than him even if they are dating.
If Erica had gotten a part like this in a BD show we wouldn't have cribbed. Fact. Simply put, because she worked extremely hard, was accommodating, shined in a show with actors who are much older in age and experience and has stood up multiple times in lieu of Shaheer who has been in the industry for much longer without a twinge of care if she gets bashed or judged for it. And we can see how how he has gone from a khadoos, angry young man to a person who has so much patience and calmness in his demeanor. All this, while no one so far has stood up for her, or made her workload easier or have appreciation for her at the end of it all apart from Shaheer. And we have barely seen what she can do with a powerful script where she is the focal point. So if BD had given her a new show, I can say with surety, that I would have lapped it up.
Edited by Leviosa - 7 years ago