Originally posted by: RaniZelda
Oh, I 100% agree. Sahil aside, they were the only people who cared for her. Pinky we've discussed, she was always going to be more loyal to Shivaay. Her husband was literally useless and made a half-hearted "you're my daughter" gesture once and then ignored her for the rest of time. Jhanvi and Tej were on their own planet and Dadi...man she was adept at emotional manipulation. Even when Shivaay was being his worst self, she was all "hey, a wife's job is to maintain the relationship not fight on every little thing" sure Kalyani devi, whatever you say. Plus she had the most hilarious "Billu, mujhe kuch samajh nahi aa raha" expressions on her face at all times 🤣
And yeah, the Gauri thing was random and under-developed. The second the reveal happened, it was like "we've been besties for life". Even if you are real sisters, you've not lived together since childhood, there would naturally be some disconnect, but they never really explored that properly, and the whole thing just felt like they wanted to close off the loop on Anika's childhood.
In fact, and I could be in the minority here, but I would have preferred Anika never find out who her father was (conveniently she'd forgotten everything until one day she went to his house and remembered every last detail 🤔). It felt more natural and gave her story more pathos for her to always be "Sirf Anika" and for that mystery to never be resolved.