The PROBLEM(s) with this show! - Page 2

Originally posted by: Move_ON

I too think same points, serial is centralized around Big Ben planning/plotting and very slow pace with weak or no story.

Bang on 🥱

Originally posted by: -RD-

I think the makers prefer Meenakshi Parul ke ye rishte hain pyaar ke over Abeer Mishti and thats the main problem 😂😂

Peenakshi the real leads of this show

Mee-rul rule all the time

Originally posted by: Samanalyse

I think you are on the nose with your critique here. The thing I see with this show is that they are confused between being a TRP-puller and having deeper characterisation and a proper plot. On the one hand, they want to introduce all these complex plot elements like the rishta confusion, but on the other don't really want to spend time on characterisation, which makes all of these plot elements seem contrived and meaningless.

The safe, predictable and dependable-TRP-pulling plot we all suspected when the show started, and in the first few weeks, was that Kunal and Kuhu's rishta would be fixed in the good old fashioned way, but because bade-papa and Meenu wanted their older kids married first/on the same mandap, Mishti and Abir would be pressured to marry each other as well. Then Mishti would be torn between supporting her sister and wanting to know her potential partner before she decided to marry him. I still think that this would have been the smart way to do it. Is it cliched? Sure, but people love cliches (yours truly included!) if they are well-executed -- this is pretty much how the parent show has been so successful. That would have also kept the mystery and curiosity around Big Ben alive for when Mishti and Kuhu became her bahus -- by making her outwardly evil so early on, they have sacrificed months and months of potential drama and curiosity.

I could see this rishta drama working if it were in a finite format, but that is very far from the case here. The wait to see Misthi and Abir together seems interminable (knowing that they are the leads from the intro) and that will inevitably drive viewers away. In the end, they are neither catering to "mass" nor "class" audience, and have made a huge mess of what could have been a really sweet, fun, and relatively low-effort/high-return show. All is not lost, and they have a pretty great cast so they can turn this thing around if they act fast.

You articulated what I feel so well! 👏👏

@bold- THIS! They are confused. Just decide what you want to be already because you're not appealing to anyone by trying to appeal to everyone. I am sure there is a way to straddle the TRP junta and romance fans together but Indian TV CVs are not skilled enough to do it.

Yes, I thought the same- that KuKu's wedding would be arranged and MishBir's would follow because of circumstances. Well-executed cliches are everyone's favourites. The thing is their current approach isn't even 'revolutionary'. It's just cliches executed badly. 👎🏼They've made a potpourri of cliches- MIL vs DIL, modern vs traditional, family vs personal happiness etc. I too thought that Meenakshi's true colours would come out post the wedding but here, she is scheming against all and sundry. 🤷‍♀️

I watch a Korean show called What's Wrong With Secretary Kim and while it is chock full of cliches, it is well-executed thanks to the actors' chemistry, the cast's talent, snappy storytelling and fun plots. People don't wanna watch a poorly executed AND hackneyed plot. 😵

As you said, let's hope salvage operations at Rajan Shahi's office begin soon because they have all the ingredients for an entertaining show, they just have to put the right ingredients in the right dishes.

Originally posted by: clarity

You articulated what I feel so well! 👏👏

@bold- THIS! They are confused. Just decide what you want to be already because you're not appealing to anyone by trying to appeal to everyone. I am sure there is a way to straddle the TRP junta and romance fans together but Indian TV CVs are not skilled enough to do it.

Yes, I thought the same- that KuKu's wedding would be arranged and MishBir's would follow because of circumstances. Well-executed cliches are everyone's favourites. The thing is their current approach isn't even 'revolutionary'. It's just cliches executed badly. 👎🏼They've made a potpourri of cliches- MIL vs DIL, modern vs traditional, family vs personal happiness etc. I too thought that Meenakshi's true colours would come out post the wedding but here, she is scheming against all and sundry. 🤷‍♀️

I watch a Korean show called What's Wrong With Secretary Kim and while it is chock full of cliches, it is well-executed thanks to the actors' chemistry, the cast's talent, snappy storytelling and fun plots. People don't wanna watch a poorly executed AND hackneyed plot. 😵

As you said, let's hope salvage operations at Rajan Shahi's office begin soon because they have all the ingredients for an entertaining show, they just have to put the right ingredients in the right dishes.

Haha Ingredients 😆.Exactly, they have the right ingredients. They need to add right ingredient at the right time. Hope Rajan Shahi will take all the feedback and work on it soon.