Avni and Neil's story has been different. They weren't in love before marriage and they only had this oodles and oodles of "tashan" between them.
Post marriage, They started respecting each other first, then liking and finally loving each other, confession came much much later. The pre-ketki era of naamkarann was more than beautiful. The transformation of hate to friendship to love was so smooth and shown in an exceptional way. You could actually see the characters grow. The core behind each character remained the same with no sudden change in their personalities. Those were the days, I guess. The negatives and positves were balanced. Characters like dd and shweta and even diksha and madhvi tai added a comic element. Bebe and shweta's fights were endearing and ali and neela, even nanno played a strong support system on which Avni and Neil's relationship grew.
Then ketki happened. Now I haven't seen even a single episode of the mehak show but things on NK began changing. There were a lot of drastic character changes. Especially the leads. They were frankly shown to be dumbed down. Which was never the case earlier. The evil was bigger, badder and frankly their flopest of flop plans succeeded. The drag was intolerable and the support system and the comic element was all lost. Loopholes began and several questions remained unanswered. They are still unanswered. Turnig juhi from positive to negative and introduction of vidyut seemed premature and early than expected. There was no relief offered between the dvm, rangmahal and juhi f/b mishti track.
I personally had a lot of hope from the jail track. Though personally I was all against the leap, which again seemed premature for a couple who had just confessed their feelings for each other and were struggling with the consequences of their confessions, but still the jail track looked promising, never seen before and the promos were lit AF. But, I think it was never executed the way it was imagined in the beginning and I, personally again, have no idea what did they achieve showing the jail track, except for fit looking Vidyut having a deteriorating kidney and mishti back. The track was changed mid way. The characters introduced never fully utilized, drastic character changes from one scene to another and so many loopholes, that if I start listing them it will take me an hour to type. A full potential track didn't even achieve 10% of its potential. And though the pace was amazing, thank goodness, it was one big blurr of a track.
Now we have had four episodes of good family time, but this is being overshadowed by impending death of Neela. A character, which thankfully ketki could never touch. A strong, intelligent and biggest support in avni's life. Infact, she was such a big character that Neil, went to her, instead of his own mother( i have nothing against shweta, love her to bits) with his problems.I don't know how her death is going to strengthen Avni and Neil's relationship, which is already so strong now. I mean, they have already achieved strength. And if this is for an impending separation, then why didn't they show whatever they had to show, in the previous track itself, where they were living sepeartely?? Still I am willing to see thisbtrack, in anticipation that this might work, yet again hoping that this track has potential just because ,a part of me wants to continue to be attached to avneil, and the other part somehow knows, ketki is no more here to butcher the show further.
ps; Sorry for the long rant. Don't know with what thought I began commenting on this post and what it ultimatey lead to. LOL. But now I do know what cvs must be feeling post jail track.☺️
Edited by Globetrotter_me - 7 years ago