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CVs haven't let us down yet. They handled the marriage track very well. They handled everything post the leap well. I just sort of some problems with the track. I'm going to point them out, and you can agree with me if they annoy you too, or you can disagree with me and can tell me why I have it wrong.
a) Neela and Avni's relationship.
Neela is a great mother. There is no doubt about it. It's great that she likes Neel, and her relationship with Neel is shaping up great. But where this mother-in-law & son-in-law relationship flourishing, her own relationship with Avni is dwindling.
I understand why Neela is doing what she's doing. We see her inner conflict too. But we aren't seeing Avni's confusion, scepticism and inner conflict with Neela's actions at all. After everything, Avni knows that Neela can go above and beyond anything to do something good for Avni. We know she thinks Neela did everything because Neela didn't want to her to become a murderer. But she should still be thinking more on why Neela is forcing her to maintain the marriage with Neel. She doesn't have to understand it or agree with Neela but atleast Avni should talk to herself about the concept or marriage. And although, Avni is going back into Neel's house for Neela, I felt like we didn't see that shared love bond. It seemed more like Avni was doing a favour for a favour rather than her doing something for the love she has for her mother.
Also this might just be me, but I don't think we saw Avni trying to tackle Neela's coldness enough. Avni lost Ayesha. She wouldn't want to do anything to lose Neela too. Although Neela hasn't replaced Ayesha in Avni's eyes, Neela has become her other mother. Avni wouldn't stay quiet after Neela's actions. She'll go back to her again and again, she'll say "mujko apne aap se door nah karo, ma. Ma sehen nahi sakoo gi," that she wouldn't be able to handle it.
b) Ali and Neel.
So with Ali, I understand he doesn't want the Avneil marriage to be continue. He's in love with Avni and will do everything she tells him to do (which as the viewer is something that distinguishes Ali's love for Avni to Neel's potential love). But he apparently was Neel's best friend. Why has that become irrelevant now? Why would Ali go to Neel and ask him why he's doing all this? Why won't he try and talking Neel out of it, rather than just making plans with Avni.
WIth Neel, why doesn't Neel remember that Ali was in love with Avni ever since a kid? Also he hasn't utilized Ali at all for finding out Avni's truth like he first said he would.
c) Avni running away from marriage right after the first ritual
Again I understand the emotions behind it, but I feel the way she's tackling the forced marriage scenario isn't true to herself as a character. Like her calling Ali, and him coming up of a way, rather than her trying to do it actively herself already. Also, I would have imagined her reasoning/arguing with Neel a lot more first before taking that step to run away. Like if she does it again its actually understandable now, because Neel is basically threatening her.
Other than that, please don't get me wrong, I'm still enjoying the show immensely.
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