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Just finished watching the episode. And from whatever I could grasp with the end of this track was that CVs are trying to explore different phases of a few months old marriage - love confession, old-age insecurities and finally trust.
Good grasp if CVs had brainstormed those three elements to show as an after marriage build-up on many aspects of the journey
Love confession - absolutely loved Anika's, so did I for Shivay (except it was a little rushed, but the quality always wins over quantity. So the thoughts Shivay had put into it with those chocolate fountain and a shower of chocolates from above, and we as we all know that Shivay's actions speak louder than his voice, he used it in a way as an example to tell her his love will be showered in abundance until his last breath - Beautiful!
Old age insecurity -I probably won't be able to express in words how much I loved that tiny track. such a unique one (at least to me because otherwise all I have been seeing in other shows was high voltage drama). As much as I loved the comedy executed by the three obros (esp Shivay LOL, I still crack up whenever I watch those 'tie tie phiss...what the fish' and his broken punjabi) and Anika, it was well balanced with some good romance and most importantly an incredble message at the end when Shivay finally realized his mistake and went to Anika to apologize and pacify her. Not even joking, those promises by Shivay are still etched in my heart and that final hug followed by the tease - Just perfect!! That's the Shivika I have always known.
Trust track - That's where they tripped. And from what I could grasp after watching today's episode and connecting it back to Gul's comment a few weeks ago, is that they are terribly mistaken "family/Obro moment as a source of TRP" as giving the same kind of storyline and characterization to each and every lead on the show.
what I have noticed since everything went back to normal between Om and Gauri is that they made an Obro team and Obahu team as a WAY to show "family" moments and give equal screen space without realizing how that is affecting the potential to so many more features of these two couples. they brought Piya track as a way to show the strong faith the wives have on their husbands - great. The videos of Piya dancing with the Obros in that room didn't seem to bad in the episode to me - awesome! The only thing that had nagged me like anything was how CVs merged the three characters into one and destroyed the potential to show how differently Anika and Gauri handled the situation.
Many would argue that they all were together and fell into Piya's trap and so how different could it be? Either the wives would erupt like a volcano or have blind faith on their husbands like they did on the episode.
Well, To me, Gauri hasn't walked down the path that Anika has. Their background is poles apart to say the least. From being the annoying chatter box that Shivay used to think of Anika to her being his reason to breath everyday now, they have walked down such long path where they faced different obstacles and tackled them together, taking bullets for each other, elevating their trust in each other a notch higher as they would resolve every issue, while every new hurdle would smoothly scrape off a new kind of baggage they had between them until there was absolutely none, and they embraced each other wholeheartedly.
If you think about all those - Anika trusting Shivay blindly perfectly works for me.
Coming to gauri, yes that;s feasible too, However, the way of showing could have made the track so much more easy to digest and would have made sense. RiKara literally just started their marriage life. They're definitely not in the same phase as Shivika. I would love to seeing a fresh start on their marriage life. Right now, what looks like is that CV knocked on Rikara's door and was like : Yo guys, so like we need more obro and fmaily moments to increase the trp and so you guys need to skip a few stages of developing nice bonds and jump to where Shivika is right now. Don;t worry, no one would notice since shivika is the main couple...
like, Fhat the wuck?!
it's okay if Piya track was introduced - but all three brothers don't have to fall in the same trap, do they? I would have liked if it was just rudra and Shivay while they show us some fresh start of RiKara's newly marriage life. Just because Om has confessed his love for gauri and apologized doesn't mean he can't feel guilty for what he has done to her since day 1. that guilt can not be AND should not be wiped way so easily until he does some good redemption. It;s totally fine that gauri has forgiven her and she doesn;t hold grudges - perfect, causes that's how her character is. but Om? From the kind of person he is, his guilt shouldn't go away so easily, neither should his attempts on making gauri feel home at every step and that his happiness on getting her back. Take her out for dinner, show how these two slowly gets comfortable with each other as husband and wife and let this new marriage blossom. Because where they had left off, gauri should not have this level of comfort and be so casual with Om's attempts to romance. This way, they would keep the uniqueness of each couple's story and characterization consistent. Right now, RiKara are behaving like they have passed 5 years of their happy marriage life.
and BECAUSE they are so trying to fast forward rikara's marriage to give them the same pace as shivika, it sounds like they all are losing their essence.
Tuesday's little Shivika scene did the trick for me. That's what I was waiting for - Shivay handling this issue in his own way and getting some alone time to sort it out ON HIS OWN instead of biting his nails along with his brothers and taking every step as a team. yet I backed off on my word and shook my head in disappointment when all three characters of Obro were merged.
One thing I would really love to see on shivika before they move onto anything else is Anika trying to make everything normal between Shivay and Pinky. From the precap, it seemed like Pinky was happy that anika is "pregnant" and she's kind of really getting back to holding the same place in Shivika's life. And I would absolutely DREAD if that just happens without a proper closure on Shivay's grudges against his mother. Yes we had gotten some very nice scenes where shivay had taken proper stands for Anika but that shouldnt be it after what she had done to that poor girl. anika being the sweet being she is, would obviously try to make everything right and may be through that they could show a few fights between Shivika followed by him making her understand that it's not easy for him to do so after what she had done his wife - this would not only keep the track balanced in terms of the fact that it's not always "mushy gushy romance" yet those fights just tell how precious she has become to him that he's good to fight with Anika BECAUSE he doesn't want to forgive the person who has hurt his wife so much. Yes, we have gotten some vague scenes that has just touched the surface of it but I don't think that's enough for such a massive track like this.
Coming to Ruvya - honestly, Leenesh is SUCH a talented actor. He's literally the jaan of Ishqbaaaz, I don't know why he is given such crappy storyline and is only kept for comedy. I feel like he is being only used according to CV's benefit. It's okay if a lovestory is not preferred for him, but I would love to see some good friendship between Rudra and Bhavya. I felt the "stand on your own feet" triggered by bhavya had a great potential but they kind of left it off in the middle.
May be that strong friendship between bhavya and Rudra could help him see the real values of life. He has always been brought up in a rich family, never deprived of anything in life. If bhavya could share some of her own story or give him a reality check of how life is actually is and make him understand the meaning of living life , that would give a decent track to their story.
Whatever I have said above, are just my opinion and a few tracks I would probably like to see. Today's episode slightly scared me. The way they are playing this merging game is really and i mean REALLY affecting 1.5 year's built up of characters and plot. I am not even close to the field of TV industry and I know its always easier to be say than done, so , don't bash me that I have just jotted some ideas down on what i see potential in for the three couples.
Because it takes years to build something precious and takes only seconds to break. I do not want to see IB setting an example of this saying.
Feel free to share your thoughts. Please refrain bashing. Apologies in advance if any fans from Rikara, RuvYa or shivika felt offended. It was unintentional, and I was merely stating my views.
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