Is this Anika really Khidkitod?

Since the first Shivika confrontation has happened today, I think it's fair game to give an estimation on how much this claim of "Khidkitod" Anika still being there holds.

For sure this Anika is not Khidakitoad... this Anika is bicharisi... majboor... halatoki mariii... but still sometimes she is Firm and yess someone who loves to speak SACH... but still hides the SACH from her own sister...

I haven't watched today's episode yet but after reading the spoilers, I was a little unhappy with how Anika's character is not being given any sparkle. I was hoping after Shivaay and Anika meet, their will be some change in this Anika. Hopefully Shivaay will be able to bring out some colour in Anika's interactions. Its really heart breaking to see Anika so silent in her fights.

Originally posted by: adnilover

I haven't watched today's episode yet but after reading the spoilers, I was a little unhappy with how Anika's character is not being given any sparkle. I was hoping after Shivaay and Anika meet, their will be some change in this Anika. Hopefully Shivaay will be able to bring out some colour in Anika's interactions. Its really heart breaking to see Anika so silent in her fights.

Originally posted by: adnilover

I haven't watched today's episode yet but after reading the spoilers, I was a little unhappy with how Anika's character is not being given any sparkle. I was hoping after Shivaay and Anika meet, their will be some change in this Anika. Hopefully Shivaay will be able to bring out some colour in Anika's interactions. Its really heart breaking to see Anika so silent in her fights.

^^^Oh my gawd, when it comes to characterization wrt this redux...the CRINGE is real...I haven't seen a single scene in its entirety of this new "khidkitod" Anika be it with her siblings (people say awwdorable, I say screechy as eff...bechara Sahil kahan phans gaya) and/or alone while moping around her thela (ok the 'DHOSA/DOHSA' 🤔scene gave me mild entertainment coz the BG score of a typical dukhiyari FL made me giggle).

This AU Anika is cliched TRP soap type lead. Khidkitod was the earlier Anika. She was unique. This one is run of the mill. This not to take away from SC's acting which has been the great but the way this AU character has been written. In trying to make her different everything that made her special seems to have been stripped off.

To be honest I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one. Or more accurately mood swings. I liked the first episode of the Redux because it intrigued me. I absolutely loved the Friday and Monday episodes but the rest have been disappointing. And I have some trepidation about what might be coming our way because so far it's beginning to look like very typical stuff with typical conflicts in typical story with leads with an angsty past. NKK was unique as a conflict in that respect. I am hoping that HS surprises me but today I am in a mood where I am not counting on it.

Originally posted by: Granbois

^^^Oh my gawd, when it comes to characterization wrt this redux...the CRINGE is real...I haven't seen a single scene in its entirety of this new "khidkitod" Anika be it with her siblings (people say awwdorable, I say screechy as eff...bechara Sahil kahan phans gaya) and/or alone while moping around her thela (ok the 'DHOSA/DOHSA' 🤔scene gave me mild entertainment coz the BG score of a typical dukhiyari FL made me giggle).

The highlight of pre-redux Anika's character sketch was her unpredictability...pataa nahin next minute uske munh se kya reaction ya dialogue nikle...this one seems to be like the copy/paste version of Indian tvs FL who is economically deficient, regularly injured, perpetually teary eyed but always adorned with water-proof mascara/eye liner and, is adept in the nervous one-step-forward-two-steps-backward tango with the ML.

Even today's episode's updates were such a phuski for me...it had nothing memorable in it...read the supposed repartee which I found to be utterly illogical...like be sir-pair ka gussa and baatein...and then saw the caps of that samajik atyachar over the poor abla, her absolute antithesis Gundi behen, and their handicapped brother. As i eventually watched the epi, I rolled my eyes almost to the back of my head and ended up forwarding half the episode. Not so optimistic about future epis also what with the news of the entry of unappetizing villains in the show carrying the whiff of a stale story.😕

Anyhoodle...commendable that the show got to journey for 2 whole years...cheers to that if nothing else...😊

Originally posted by: soapsuds

To be honest I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one. Or more accurately mood swings. I liked the first episode of the Redux because it intrigued me. I absolutely loved the Friday and Monday episodes but the rest have been disappointing. And I have some trepidation about what might be coming our way because so far it's beginning to look like very typical stuff with typical conflicts in typical story with leads with an angsty past. NKK was unique as a conflict in that respect. I am hoping that HS surprises me but today I am in a mood where I am not counting on it.

@AY: even with the cliched angsty past etc I was still expecting better because IB has been known to take standard soap tropes and turn them around. That's what made them different. So I guess I was expecting that even with the standard template the treatment would be different. But I was disappointed. I guess it's time to reset expectations before the disappointment becomes to much. Shivika have set the bar so high that I am struggling with dealing with cliched stuff.