Originally posted by: inlieu
I was totally expecting her to disbelieve the watchman and Raghav from the get go. I never thought she'd accuse him or consider that he could even be guilty but was a bit anxious about how the confrontation scene would be executed since ITV can get OTT especially now with the TRP pressure. Thank goodness it didn't go that way and we got Shivangi knocking it out of the park with her totally believable performance today! Also they managed to avoid a cringeworthy kasam scene and dialogues. Phew! Only thing I didn't like was her saying ardhamainda, but I get why they had it in there.
How endearing was it to see each of them fight for the other person!
Yup, I think the fact that she wasn't going to fall for the bluff was super evident based on the build up of the last couple of weeks of episodes, but I guess we've all seen TV shows do ridiculous, senseless things once TRPs take a hit, so the anxiety makes sense. When it comes to going OTT here, because going OTT in some way or the other is inevitable, I like that the show does some dramatization of things but not at the cost of character- Pallavi's white sari, and today's endless, grating mantras come to mind. It's annoying, but it doesn't disconnect you from the characters.
The only ardhamainda I've liked is the one where she was drunk, because damn, that was adorable. Barring that, I don't think this is ever going to grow on me. 😆