Sushpective 2: (update pg 4) View of IPK from a casual TRP viewer - Page 4

Shush, long time no see and good to read your post! I agree totally. I am not a TRP audience member and I don't know anyone personally in India to ask their opinion. (Other than I.F members). But my aunt watches Hotstar like me and we both watched IPK1. So I told her to check this out. If she was from India she would be considered a TRP Aunty. She watched the first two episodes and refused to watch. She has watched Geet, IPK and IB/DBO. All on HS. So she is familiar with Gul shows. But this one she refused to follow. She said she finds nothing appealing about the characters and the whole premise of the story is overley theatrical and makes no sense.Reluctantly I had to agree with her. I even told her that some of the later episodes are better. But she was like Na..done with it. Won't waste my time. She is not hormonal enough to watch this show just for ML's hotness! Painful fact! Lol

Despite my partiality to Barun I have struggled to connect to this story and characters. Chandani was shown totally differently to the way she is being shown now. I preferred her more reserved avatar. This behaviour with a total stranger is totally unbelievable from a girl who refused to leave her house for 1 year after being kidnapped and tortured. Now she is just indulging in Tashan with a man who continouesly invades her personal space! This is simply terrrible writing without a head or a tail!

By ALL means Mikku / Veer and his family are the only people I really like on this show. Him and Shika look like a Takkar Ki Jodi. Sorry to say Advay and Chandani are not. Now I read somewhere that Advay is going to think Chandani slept with PP? Sounds like something I saw around 10 months ago on Gul's other show. Something I have seen in many of her shows. ML thinks FL is characterless and won't hesistate to say so! Can Gul ever graduate from this mediocre theme? At this point this does not feel like a revenge drama. That scene with the magnetic soles and CGI Tea cups was like the end of my rope for me! I have not even seen the pegion episode but will, coz I have got to see what everyone is on about!

If people like this show, they are most welcome to! But I can see why this is not working with the general audience!

HI Darcyfan and other posters,

Originally posted by: JaiJaiIraniMata

advay was a kid then...he isn't one now...don't you think he should be shown to introspect at least once...didn't he for once think that chandni was a naive,bit outspoken kid back then?...in Raanjhana,zoya goes after kundan after his actions led to abhay deol's character's death...but the difference is that kundan was an adult who consciously did something and must have had some idea about what his actions would lead to...but chandni was a kid who believed in absolute truth and only seemed to answer whatever was asked and had no idea of the repurcussions.

Well I think you missed reading the bold part...
But still as a kid he is not completely blaming Chandni as he knows and have that little common sense ki many people are in this plotting game, and he needs to find them out, and for that he needs to be close to Chandni's family through Chandni...
I will add a little to this, he is not blaming Chandni alone..ok. DO WATCH PROPERLY ...otherwise you will miss such crucial details...

Originally posted by: aviation-ca

I have TRP aunty (my mom) right here with me... again she watches all the TRP top shows, watched IPK1, which is how I started watching the show, as I would catch it in passing & then got hooked into it.. finally binge watching on Youtube (this was prior to removal by Star India)...

Even though I record on DVR & watch it in family room, she won't join me.. the main reason is she didn't like the promos, that burning her saree, putting her in path of falling Ravana etc.. she was really really put off those promos... oh plus she absolutely detested Daddi wala Barun...

As you said, even though I told her it has improved.. she will not start as she says she already watches 5 shows.. I think the new upcoming one with Daughter/Mother one she might watch.. more her cup of tea..

I personally think why first worked & this one isn't with TRP aunties is that first one romance came later on.. if you think about it.. initial was full on family drama.. usual Dowry issue for low middle class family.. FL trying to save family.. intense romance started much later.. & believe me aunties are very uncomfortable with it..

I agree with this. Indian TV audience are still not matured to watch a Romantic show on prime time. They will stick to mindbogglingly senseless kitchen politics wala shows

The reason this show didnt work for me was because nothing about this was spectacular. The romance is okay-ish. Their chemistry is nothing compared to what im used to seeing. even comedy scenes are not funny.

I think people still prefer to see more of saas bahu dramas

@Angles11 & Paytonlee:

S1 probably also worked because they showed a very beautiful bond between Anjali and Arnav.

@Arshika_Arshi - ok through words he might be blaming others too but has he actually tried harming them in any way possible?or is all the torture and sexual intimidation reserved for chandni?