To be honest, this season is a sort of prequel to when it all began, how Naagin was created, how they became shapeshifters, how the concept of "Naagin's badla" came into existence. The first Naagin of the entire Sheshnag lineage. I know people will be feeling it is different when compared with other seasons, for a number of reasons:
This is just a tussle between supernatural creatures with few to no clueless humans in between - a tussle between two natural enemy clans - Cheel and Naag. Somewhat similar to Vampires vs Werewolves, where the Cheels have been given the vampire touch and feel, and Naags have been given the werewolves feel.
Secondly, neither hero is human. One is a Nag and the second is a Cheel. And there is only one Naagin, not two. So yes, we don't have a clueless human hero, but a rather clueless cheel and nag, as of now.
Villains have been reduced to just one clan, which is the Cheels, but I believe more fantasy villains can enter because EK loves limitless dragging in Naagin series for the heck of it.
From my POV, Season 1 was the best, because it was quite similar to the original Naagin story, and honestly, a clueless hero amongst villains ek baar hi achcha lagta hai, not all the time. They repeated it in Season 2 which was like a villain circus, then the same with Season 3. And most important for me, Season 2 onwards the Naagins were weak and irritating - Shivangi was annoying and Bela got defeated a couple of times, that too for a Nagrani who got manipulated rather easily. Season 4 was a disaster because Brinda was clueless about being a Naagin in the first place, what will she take revenge. And of the heroes, I till date only liked Ritwik. The rest were simply a rehash of Ritwik from Season 1 for me, nothing different. This is also one of the reasons that I am rooting for Veer, because he is despicable and honest at the same time, the grey hero. Jai is again like all the other normal heroes of Naagin series, nothing too different about him. He is just another Ritwik for me.
This season can go either way depending on the creatives. But I hope they will let go of a few repetitive rubbish they have been rinsing through all seasons. For once I would like to see that since the Naagin is the most powerful of the entire lot, should have an upper hand in terms of brain and stealth when dealing with her enemies. And just because she loves either of the two men, does not mean she should lose her marbles over them. Otherwise, as a neutral viewer, I would just stop watching midway.
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