Originally posted by: AreYaar
Hey Borna, fancy seeing you here😆
I'm watching this too but the last few epis have fallen a bit flat for me...these cliched lame angles of "Romantic Rajni" drag the show down IMO.
Otherwise I am liking Riddhima and Karan's acting...actually I really like Papaji too...he's adorable😆...and Shaan's mega Bengali mom Surili has her amusing moments too.
The initial epis were quite good as they built up Rajni, showed some of the conflict b/w man and machine when Shaan banishes her...but the recent epis have been the typical soap fare of cliched romance dikhaao etc. etc.
Riddhima is good but they can do better than simply objectifying her for the sake of gimmicks...like these random item numbers they make her do and even when they are attempting to satirize soap cliches, they don't always succeed...I find her acting faltering a bit in such OTT bits.
Oh hello, Anu! What a surprise to see you here! 😆
I really loved the first two weeks of the show. The man vs machine issue, what it means to be "human", and whether we can really create a perfect humanoid being that is completely devoid of emotions - those are things that I am really hoping will be explored more.
I mentioned how memorable that banishment scene was for me - I hadn't been expecting the scenario to take that kind of turn at all. The brokenness and loneliness of a robot...Ridhima conveyed that very well through her body language. It reminded me of Frankenstein's monster and the haunting melancholy of that creature. And then Rajni objectively observing that she can't become a mother, which probably led to everyone thinking that she was abandoned by Shaan because of that very reason...that was another unexpected little thing that I liked. I was also pleasantly surprised by the way Rajni used her logic to draw conclusions about being abandoned by Shaan and then questioned him about it later. Those little moments of subtle sensitivity are so refreshing amid the craziness of the rest of the show, so I'm holding out for more of that...
The stock characters and soap scenarios that I wanted to run away from have unfortunately started to manifest in the form of the two bahus and the cartoon...I hope the former find something better to do with their time and I want the latter to leave ASAP! Romantic Rajni is a bit much sometimes, I agree - at least Shaan is there to mirror my own "What are you even doing?!" reactions to those situations, haha. I liked a few of the moments where Rajni was like her normal robotic self, with a more subdued sweetness. Somehow that seems to come out more naturally when she's around Shaan.
I'm sticking around for Karan and Ridhima, hoping that they'll get a chance to take Shaan and Rajni through a more natural, gradual progression as far as their relationship goes. They're both very endearing and I like the rapport that they've built up, so I'm staying put for a while! I absolutely adore Amrish, yaar! He's so funny and so sweet! Surili has her moments, too. I like seeing her interact with Amrish on a one-on-one basis, since it presents a different, softer side of her personality. I am also obviously interested in seeing how she gradually comes around regarding having Rajni as Shaan's wife...
Okay, so I accidentally rambled on and on...Oops. That's a few weeks' worth of thoughts right there.
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