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I had loved the first couple of weeks of this show. I felt bad for Sharanya - the girl who felt suffocated and frustrated because she couldn't remember so many years of her life; I felt drawn to Vyom - the man with a secret who has waited so long for the love of his life to come back to him; I felt intrigued by Shiv - a presence who we knew nothing about and yet he weighed so heavily in the story.
EDT had everything going right to hook the audience. And then the next 50 episodes happened. Sharanya had nothing to do except scream at the ghost for everything gone wrong, Vyom seemed to have lost purpose after Sharanya decided to marry him, and Shiv was reduced to nothing more than a nuisance in Sharanya's life. THAT disappointed! So much promise from the three characters and this is what we got.
But in these last few episodes combined with future spoilers, I have felt the elements slowly come back. All these characters bring a different dynamic to the story that is essential for the viewers to know what actually happened in their lives. They took a really long time to finally show us Shiv's side of the story and that was their biggest mistake. While Vyom is certainly shady and for now seems to be the darkest of the three leads, I don't think he is in any way involved in Shiv's murder. It was clearly established in the PCs that none of the three leads are negative. So now we need to know how he fits in.
Shiv and Sharanya were definitely a much in love couple. Sharanya didn't feel anything for Vyom when she woke up from coma but one look at Shiv's dead body and she couldn't contain her anguish - this fact can't be ignored. However, I don't for one second believe that Vyom is lying about being a part of her life. Madhvi's flashback with Shiv is very telling and we need to know what made Shiv behave the way he did. There was definitely some kind of a love triangle before Sharanya's accident. THIS is the main puzzle and each character is a piece of it.
Nearly three months into the show and I feel no great compassion to either of the three leads. Sure, I felt something for them here and there or I won't be watching the show. But I know how easily and how much I get attached to fictional characters. EDT hasn't been able to do that for me yet.
Audience's connect to the characters is extremely important to keep a show going. While story is the king and there can't be any comprises there, but it is the characters which audiences grow to love. I can only hope that from now, the main focus of the writers would be on this. They've wasted enough time.
P.S. The precap looks gorgeous, visually as well as performance-wise. So intense!
Ufff Yeh Love Hai Mushkil
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