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It's rare for a week old show to hook me the way EDT has. My main reason for giving this a shot was because I have liked both the male actors' work in their previous shows last year and I wanted to see what they would bring next. But I am not the kind who can stick to a show just for the cast and like has happened so many times in the past with other actors I have admired, I quickly lose interest in their subsequent works. However, EDT has really managed to hold my interest for the week and actually make me look forward to Monday.
The aspects which has really stood out for me is the way the narrative has emphasised on the character elements mentioned in the title of this post.
It's all in the Heart: This is what Sharanya is telling everyone who is confused as to why she is not drawn to someone like Vyom and how she could forget their entire love story. Unlike her initial outburst in the hospital, Sharanya is now kinder to Vyom's presence around her and in her family. But while he is visibly a nice person, she just doesn't feel the connection, the attraction or even the interest she should have towards someone she apparently loves so much. In fact what really stands out is how she seems mildly repulsed to the idea of a romantic relationship with him. Is this only because her heart refuses to believe that they were once lovers? Or is something subconsciously preventing her from moving forward with him?
A Thousand Times Over: Vyom's demeanor is nothing short of unsettling. But amongst all the apprehensions regarding the truth to his story, one thing we cannot doubt is his commitment towards Sharanya. Call it love or call it obsession but he is someone who has been around the family of a comatose girl, waiting years for her to wake up and believing that she would so one day. It's hard not to root for a character like that despite the shadiness. It has been said that no character is outright negative so I am waiting to see if whatever Vyom has been hiding can justify his character as one the audience can sympathise with.
In Life and In Death: We don't know anything about Shiv. The two lines at the end of each episode gives us an insight into some of his thoughts. We don't know where those thoughts have come from. Here and there, we have been given 'wink and miss' glimpses of him. But where he really weighed as heavy as those we could see on screen was his constant presence as an undercurrent in the scenes. This may sound strange but every Vyom and/or Sharanya scene which I saw, together or separately, I felt like I was seeing from Shiv's eyes. Like the lens of the camera were the eyes of this man who has left the mortal life yet returned from the heavens above for reasons we can only guess right now.
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