Demise of a sweet show

I've been quite inactive on this forum since Virat's entry and him being this mega bad guy who apparently sets out to ruin Sangeeta and Vikram's lives as he wasn't able to get his way with Sangeeta's friend.

As APHG comes to an end - I wanted to share some parting thoughts.

APHG was a very sweet, idealistic show at its conception. The process of finding a true soul mate/partner getting to know them, falling in love and then identifying those amorous feelings and confessing them was actually fairly well depicted. Post confession is where I felt the plot started to lose momentum and eventually went on a downward spiral that just could not be overcome.

There was SO much potential for this show - even post confession, where the focus was on breaking down the barriers of orthodox thinking and being able to express what you want and fighting for it. They showed Raj working hard to win over Avni's family but the same was not shown for Avni - she had about a week's worth of screen time stressing over winning over Raj's mom and it happened.

I really wanted to see Raj and Avni going through trials and tribulations that couples their age face - battling conflicting ideologies, generation gap, learning about each other thus learning about yourself more and growing as people. There was no focus what so ever on Avni's career aspirations - only a bit after the one month leap where she became "unemotional, hard hearted" and submerging herself in her father's business. Once she went to Umadgaon and met Raj again - i don't see her doing anything to take that project forward or working in general. She turned into a typical housewife - which if that is what she wants - nothing wrong with that - I just don't appreciate how tv shows will depict a girl's career aspirations as secondary to marriage or as a avenue to keep busy with till marriage/love strikes.

On a nicer note - APHG gave us Raj and his unwavering devotion to Avni and always looking for ways to keep her happy. Raj is most certainly a gem of a guy and every girl's dream - thanks to APHG the bar has been raised for boyfriends/lovers/husbands.

Hopefully moms can somewhat train their son's to grow up to be men like Raj.