Congratulations for the rise in TRPs. Shorter, crisper episodes and promos help. Had good sense prevailed earlier, we would have been spared from months of heartache (and headache). The plot remains as mindless as ever, but dwindling figures would have meant the clock would start ticking and I doubt any of us were really ready to let go. I only speak for us fans here. Hopefully, this bought us some time.
As viewers, all of us have some expectations from the show and two of them include the OBros sticking together no matter what and the other is too keep the purity among our beloved couples. Logic be damned. By purity I mean the sanctity of their relationship, and not putting a chastity belt on them and keeping them virgins or born again virgins for life. Thankfully, the OBros are as thick as ever and I have enjoyed the OBro goodness we have getting lately.
For someone who was initially not a regular viewer, the Obros and Shivika eventually pulled me in. When the other two leading ladies were introduced midway, I came to like the new pairings too. I am happy with the progress Rikara have made and I have became tired of ranting about the ridiculous tracks for Ruvya. But this post is mostly not about them, It is about our eldest couple, both age wise and duration wise, the couple that was there from the very first episode and till the 403 episode we saw last night.
What I saw from the beginning was the journey of two people with different life views come together. The two of them met and it was fate. They clashed but eventually came together despite all odds. Their journey was not easy and after all that they went through over the course of 1.5 months, they deserved a happy, hindrance free second wedding which we didn't get. What matters is Shivika are together, right? So we swallowed that too. Since it's too early to consummate for two people who have been together for long, we have interruptions with the names Abhay and Tanya, followed by the bizarre airport track and mission rescue Gauri (which I am okay with). Nope, I am not dying to see their SR but it's a natural progression of a relationship and you seem to be going out of your way to prevent this.
Two people who just got remarried didn't even get to do any post marriage rasams. One of them turned overly understanding and the other turning insensitive during the Tanya fiasco and in the last one, Shivaay ended up taking his role as Sardaar way too seriously and ended up upsetting Annika once again. What we saw in between were a few lollipops thrown in the form of meaningful conversations and underwhelming ILUs. But we have to lap it up as Shivika have been reduced to caricatures and the main purpose is to provide comic relief. I would have been more understanding if this was just the case.
Shivaay has been given a whole new persona as a ladies' man that has nothing to do with his original characterization and the upcoming Goa track just takes the cringe factor to a whole new level.
There is dancing and then there is dirty dancing. It's fine as the people involved in it are single and ready to mingle, but not when someone is committed because then it enters the murky territory of infidelity. Had Shivika been in an open relationship, I would have been totally fine with it. But they are fully committed to each other.
Is this supposed to be DCH or something? If I remember it correctly, all three guys were single at that point and here we have two married brothers. Oh the horror. This is bad for Rikara too. This reminds me of tacky comedies like Masti, No entry and other such movies where men decide to have fun on the side. Being drunk is no excuse. I know the sequence has not aired but it just looks wrong...so wrong that I could not even watch the full segment.
This is not me bashing Shivika or Shivaay or OBros, but expressing my utter shock at our Ishqbaaz's being reduced this and not to mention, a beloved couple not getting the treatment they deserve. If you don't know what to do with them, just let them act as supporting characters for the time being, minus the butchering. We don't need them either romancing or bickering all the time. They can just be.
In real life, marriage is a new beginning, but in Shivika's case in the fictional world, it seems like the end. All I see now is Shivika being slowly killed with every new track. And if this is the case then let Shivika have their SR and ride off into the sunset. After 400+ episodes of their journey, they certainly deserve this and so do we.
The TRP definitely calls for a celebration but mind you, this is just one week. Take all the credit you want for the time being but make sure to take the blame the next time it goes down. But who am I kidding? I am sure that won't happen. The tune changes every time and had the TRPs remained low, we would have heard a different tune.
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