I am not in the LEAST bit surprised the TRP crashed this week. The show was awful to watch after Tuesday's episode. I would have done the following if I had been the creative director...
Wednesday and Thursday - Had Sugni enter into TVS mansion...shown Sugni learning how to live in the mansion...Her experiences such as the luxuries the mansion had to offer. TVS introducing her to the family at the dinner table...Sugni learning about the house, how it operates. Jiji showing her how things are done but very begrudingly. A happy TVS now that he has Sugni in the house... the family chatting at dinner. Sugni missing her family, her mother but excited that she is part of TVS life. Sugni sending a message to her mother through Chanda or Tinkle that she is safe. Conversations between her and Amrita - I found the one on Thursday very weakly done - kind of thrown in.
Friday - We then have our clif hanger of Reva escaping and TVS getting frantic...the quiet before the storm.
THEN, this week, we build up on the scenes of last week.
The creative team really f_ed up here (sorry but that is the best way I can say it). Instead of BUILDING and SHOCKING, they stayed stuck on the "revelation" of the previous week, but what the FAILED to see in that whole week was A LOT of Sugni and Vikram interaction and romance. The following week we had none...they thought MORE Gulabiya and VIkram and great ratings, more suspense.
Instead, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday's episodes were a BORE. I didn't even want to watch them. The show literally dragged and didn't seem to know where it wanted to go and I didn't even want to know what happened next.
Now what? I feel the show has lost focus, TVS has been butchered beyond recognition and the writers are now going throwing out the only trumph card they have left...a new Aditya and the Sugni-Aditya Jodi.
If that is the case, Adios folks. I love Varun as an actor; he is certainly one my favorites but if the show is going to commit hari kari (a form of Japanese suicide)...I for one am giong to have a HARD time watching.