Hi people, I do not have the intention to bash the show or the characters here because I am neither a fan of the actors or the show. However, i had the opportunity to watch a few episodes here and there, and all I could think was Kokila came back with less amount of facial makeup and a more urban environment but to do exactly the same thing, searching doormats for her Ahems (Read kunal and Abir), where both Kunal and Abir is somewhat jobless and stays at home unlike Ahem who at least went to office for somewhat 1 year of the show's initial run.
Coming to Gopi and Rashi, gopi was illiterate and an orphan and her decision to marry a wicked and sexist woman's only prince son even after knowing the doormat-ship she will have there was justified but here Mishti supposedly was brought up in Akshara's where she has freedom and men and women are equally respected, but she still chose to agree to go out with Kunal even after his mother being an outright loser and humiliating her sister Kuhu as an object who was rejected and not worthy of her son... Claps Claps and some more claps..
Coming to Kunal, his character is hardly given a thought process.. In a way which is good because he does not have the audacity to claim tall poetic justifications like Mishti and Abir and comes off as more real.
What can I say about Abir? Request him to not stay in the house all the freaking time or just threaten to leave again .. It is not even funny anymore.. Like his feelings for Mishti is visible, who is supposedly going out with his brother, and he will stay quiet and audience is supposed to feel bad for him? Why? it is not a sacrifice from any clear angle because neither mishti nor kunal has feelings for each other, it is not even a matter of being the wiser one and mature one and keeping quiet to do a greater good to the family, then what is it? Even in Ahem's case he was very much clear that he hated Gopi, atleast the male lead knew what he wants, over here the male lead does not know what he wants from life, and he is saoked up in some painful poetry and sulking upon his mother's hitler-ish lifestyle and then what? how is he helping others by doing this?
Last but not the least, Mishti.. she reminds me of a typical female lead, typical because she is Naira's sister but somehow she does not even have any philosophy in her life which she adapted by being the closest with Naira and karthik. Naira protested against her mother, left the house, returned, she was imperfect, then married into a sexist family and still doing great by managing their business, while Mishti does not have a life beyond what is called crying over her loser dad and thinking about how great a figure Rajeshwari is (Which she definitely is). I would be so glad if mishti would never agree to the marriage proposal of Kunal and instead tell Maheshwaris that she does not need to be chosen or rejected, she still need sto think about her future. And what about her career? Aren't we in 2019? Doesn't Mishti and Kuhu have anything to do other than being objects of marriage proposals and spies who can save ketki from the impossible mission of a lame fraud groom? Even Akshara was far more progressive back in 2009.
I am really sorry for the rant, but there was no point of this spin off because it does not offer anything new or anything interesting, even if the plot is wafer thin, the execution is also a big let down. Promos are all about Abir's mom and her plans, which does not help either. Also for some reason, I feel the lead pair lacks chemistry, I am talking about the characters of mishti and Abir and not the actors, because I believe actors can hardly do anything if the script is mediocre and still revolves around a future saas-bahu typo scenario.