Thank god you wrote the review Mais, I would have torn my hair out if you hadn't.
I know this episode is seen retrospectively with mixed emotion because of the precap but I'm quite happy in the knowledge that the Manik and Nandu are well written in relation to each other and not just individually.
I had read a book by Rafael Yglesias called "a happy marriage" and I thought it was on of the most romantic novels ever written. I feel like it might be Manik who would someday write a book like this for Nandu albeit the challenges will be different but the end would be an enduring love.
One of the lines that stands out in the novel is "happiness is banal real intimacy is not". Manik and Nandu are well capable of reaching that intimacy and I so want the writers to understand that we as an audience are thirsty for banal intimacy and for the everyday mundane of the first love. No OTT drama, just a battle within self to reach where we want to be finally.
Some of the scene writing should be crisper, I wish they would come and read some of the OS on the forum. There is a relatability with a good dose of fantasy and in literature and on screen we all need a bit of escapism otherwise it becomes a dull prose.
Mais don't give up on Navya , today's scene execution was poor but I really want you take time with her.