Pinky...i know that you are joined by almost all the members of the forum in thinking this way..except of course for me !!!... honestly, i simply don't know where this idea comes from that 60 year olds cannot and do not have romantic sexual feelings absolutely no different than 30 year olds... it's a myth perpetrated by tv/movies and it looks like everyone here has bought into it...if one stays young in mind and body the feelings are just the same...!! honestly!! In the real world, this is true...why can't it be shown on the screen?
if Ekta can convince the viewers that it is not only realistic but a lot healthier, just as sweet and fun and exciting... then cheers to her. None of these feelings and encounters take away from maternal feelings.. as a matter of fact, children who watch their parents romantically expressive are statistically far far healthier than their counterparts who only see domesticity. I guess one can be old at 20 but this doesn't mean someone shouldnt' and can't be young at 60.
i know i stand alone on this forum on this subject...and i never thought i would be defending Ekta...😆 but there's a first for everything i guess.
PS...I think the issue is more what Poppy stated...that people don't want to see romance between Hiten and Ankita because the "romance" should be between Sushant and Ankita...they are willing to have a more mature Manav in Hiten but the romance should only be Sushita. I will bet dollars for doughnuts, that if Sushant were still playing Manav, and the 18 year separation happened, viewers would want and wait for the romance between Archu/Manav...in this way it's kind of like after a divorce, watching a parent romantic with a step-parent...that is very hard for kids to take sometimes... but let's not confuse this problem with age. 😉 😃
Hi Naava,
I agee with most of what you said.
I'm one of those who can't see any other actor (not just Hiten), as Manav.
Sushant played Manav for so long. He and Ankita blended so well, and when they became a real life couple, that helped the chemistry alot, and this cannot be replicated with any other actor.
Having said that, I still wouldn't want to see just romance between Arman (always Sushita) at 50+ years old.
What has happend in their relationship since this latest leap, changes how they should relate.
Even when Sushant was still there, in some episodes when romance was shown, it seemed out of place considering the other factors that were occuring in their lives at the time.
In the same way, with Hiten as Manav, them being apart for 18 years with no contact at all, to now show them as a very romantic couple seems out of place and unreal, with all the other things happening with their family at this time, especially Archana not asking about her daughters and neither Archana nor Manav talking about Soham. Romance in this context is very off-putting to me.
