I think when the promo aired, they meant all three to be a positive force each in the show, but some twisted circumstances and misplaced feelings wreaking havoc in their lives. The potrayal could have been so very different so that people could connect with Nandini as well. It shouldn't have been that hard for them you know. They overplayed this beautiful, pretty girl, with girlie qualities, dresses up in fineries etc. Nothing wrong in showing her beautiful or interested in jewellery or make up or in cooking. But they overdid it. And shifted their focus from what was to be to what it is.
There wasn't any depth in Kunal's feelings, watching her raindance one day cannot be the reason to fall out of love with your wife.
They could have made it slower. Showed the frivolities later.
If they wanted to show some actual feeling of love between these two, it should have been coz they are similar (I think they did that in the beginning I think when they became friends?), They understand each other, they share their issues with the other. And at the same time Kunal doesn't realise he's drifting away from his wife. If that had been the case, then this situation wouldn't have occurred.
I mean, EMA is still wrong, but as you said, their characters would resonate with the audience coz of the emotional connect. Physicality should have come in later. Physical intimacy should have come in later if they intended pure love.
When they brought intimacy in first with no proper basis for love, the writers themselves trivialised the whole EMA as something pleasure seeking. And no dialogues or innocent expressions can salvage that grave error. Or if they wanted to show physical attraction, frigging cut the crap, and show that and don't make these characters say they are in some divine love. You can't show attraction and expect people to believe it is love. However, they could have shown enough love and then shown attraction and made it relatable. But no, these people just ruined it.
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