*incoming thesis alert*
I only saw bits of the live and basing my comments on that only so please excuse me for my partial ignorance:
Do I like Sickand personally? No, because he first ruined KHKT which I really used to like for its meta humor and originality, and then when he couldn't do what he wanted to with MHRW, he went on to royally ignore the show for the longest time before pulling the plug (it could be SP too but all the same for me), a show that I've loved more than anything in the recent years mostly because of its lead pair. I usually get hooked to the story first and then the leads but it was the opposite for me with this show. I'm struggling everyday, and was actually this close to an emotional breakdown the other day. SKR is upset. Shivi is upset. We are all upset. Looking at the offscreen content nowadays makes me extremely sad, and I blame both SP for its God-knows-what strategy to getting more TRPs and SS for not being strategic with this beautiful cast and show, and being obsessive over his own ideas of tadka.
Strictly professionally speaking, I think Sickand is doing what any other creative in his place might do (especially when they're no longer invested in their own projects). There is this solo interview of Shivangi where she talks about her arguments with Sai in the initial days. She said something like: "I would call Sandiip sir and tell him that this is not working etc etc, and Sandiip sir told me, don't come complaining to me after you've fought, I'm not your mother that you'll do that. Next time it happens, let me know when you're having creative differences so I can do something about it". I thought Sandiip's comments to SKR today were similar. Sai is right to feel upset. He and Shivangi have both breathed life into RaghVi and lived these characters since day 1. I can't imagine dealing with that pain. Yes, I'd've liked it more had he been sympathetic and not so blunt (he could've articulated the same thing differently to appear more considerate) but that's not who he is from what I understood. SS is not that parent who blows on your wounds when you get hurt, he is the parent who will scold you 10x more because you were not careful and got hurt. More importantly, this is his business at the end of the day and having been in the industry for so long, he's not going to be sad over a show (especially a show where he doesn't get to do what he wants lol). We don't know if he was sad when he/SP decided to end the show. I agree with what some of you're saying: maybe he also didn't like the idea that RaghVi became bigger than the show and his own ideas for it, unlike KHKT (RoNakshi were popular but nowhere close to RaghVi). Fans bashing him and harassing him on his SM handles made the case worse IMO. I never understand why people need to go out of their ways to comment to/dm/tag the person they're bashing. If the show is ending today, then these people are partly responsible for it. SS seems to have a good rapport with many of the other ITV actors like Karan and Deepika compared to SaiShi but I've seen that with other creatives too. EK has a different equation with Hiten-Gauri, Ram-Sakshi, GK is buddies with Barun-Sanaya. BW and ITV is filled with nepotism and personal bias and we can't do anything about that. SaiShi might not get the same treatment maybe because they're newcomers or for some other reason (this is just me making assumptions). I wish SS acknowledges SaiShi at least after the show ends because these two could really use all the exposure they can get.
Note: Please know that I'm not defending SS. I could never, after the stress and mental pain MHRW has caused me. I am still not over it and don't think I will be😆 I'm only trying to look at it with my feelings out of the way.
SKR trying to hold it together in the live is extremely painful. Man I wish they both get better projects right after this, preferably together (although very less likely to happen given ITV's history). Even if it's an EK show, I'd sit through that just to support them both. Which makes me wonder: how do you reach out to different creatives in regards to casting a pair in their projects? Is it even doable?
No offense to anyone who has different views on this🤗 At the end of the day, I assume we are all more or less sad about the show's untimely departure and we all want SP's shows to flop royally in the TRP race for an indefinite period of time😆
Edited by rubys07 - 3 years ago