Originally posted by: IFLove
Sarcy🤗 I love you because u correctly understand why I recommend u some show n u like it exactly for the same reasons😆
The acting department and the thehrav in the story is what makes me love this show. At least in this initial phase, the story neither is dragged nor is rushed. They give u just enough background and necessary aftermath scenes to feel what just happened. Previously, hotstar description of yhm used to be something like - A mature take on complex relationship of Raman n ishita who are brought together by destiny and Raman's daughter Ruhi. And the show perfectly stood by this...various complex relationships and their mature journey. Not just ishita-raman-ruhi, but each n every character has a journey in this show. Even cheapda romi will get better with time😆 The journey of all the relationships is good too. It's not sudden like Shaadi ho gayi toh tu humare ghar ki beti types😆 Nor there's typical saas bahu drama where bahu has to prove herself at every given instance n saas keeps plotting against her. One stanza of the title track goes like -
Yeh khatti meethi
Takraar hai ya pyaar
Yeh rootha roothi
Yeh khatti meethi
Sath sath rehna hai
Roothna manaana hai
Yeh kaisi hai ladaai
Ek dor kheeche hai
Ek dor baandhe hai
Hoti nahi hai judaai
Ek duje we hain shikaayatein
Fir bhi sang hai yeh hai mohabbatein
...and that's exactly how the bonds in this show r created. There is nothing sugar sweet nor dramatically bitter. All of them regularly have their share of arguments, but they know how to reconcile smoothly. Toshi-ishita r one of the best saas bahu duos on itv I have watched. Toshi initially doesn't like ishita, yet gives her a respect that Ruhi's mother deserves, gradually they both start liking each other, then toshi stands by Ishita's side when she's right n if required, gives her right advices. Ishita is no super bahu from the beginning. Along with Ruhi's love, Toshi's teachings have made ishita real ishimaa.
Ashok was a funny villain😆 Wait for some more episodes, ull love watching him with Raman😆 Raman n his chhe foot do inch are eternal love🤣 Asli kameena villain of yhm is Param. He is one leech and gives u creeps. The one who played Mahesh in khkt is ashok's brother in yhm...he is one intelligent classy guy too. Shagun is one headache Sayantani was supposed to play shagun? I never knew that. Thank god it didn't happen, I can't really imagine her as shagun...she is too intense to play a role as shallow as shagun. Waise no worries about neela maa, had someone else than Anita played shagun, the role would have ended way back in 2015😆
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Anu, I love you for sharing recommendations that are so in sync with my tastes and being so enthusiastic about discussing them. 😆 It is definitely so much more fun when I have someone to discuss a show that I'm thoroughly enjoying - that's another thing that I haven't been doing that regularly for YHM yet. 🤣
I absolutely enjoyed the slow progression of relationships in the fam as well as emotions in IshRaRu. Given how chaotic it got every time the families clashed, it was pleasantly surprising to see how beautifully their relationships improved over time. The fact that neither was everything sugary sweet nor excessively bitter gave it a very realistic feel. Often times in life we can't stand people due to their nature or because we didn't start on the right note, but there are always those moments when we'd agree with them or stand up for them because it is the right thing to do, keeping our grudges aside for a moment but at the same time, we don't become BFFs suddenly due to that - and that is something that has been portrayed in pretty much every relationship here - be it IshRa, Toshi-Ishita or Simi-Ishita, and even Madhavi-Toshi for that matter.
Raman's character is perfectly and realistically flawed. He's not just another guy with anger issues - but rather these issues are deep-rooted in all the solid heartbreak of his past. The flashbacks help us see how he was and contrast that to how he is now and at the same time, see what caused him to become what he is today. And those odd moments with Ishita (even before the wedding - helping her from the goons, offering her his coat during the rain, helping her with the bonnet of her car), his fierce protectiveness of Mihir, his lonely moments with his daughter, his tears when he is alone are times when his human side buried beneath the layers of arrogance, ruthlessness, indifference and pain peek out and help you see that he isn't a bad person, per se.
Like you said, no excessive bahu-beti drama has kept it balanced. Toshi comes as close to saasu ma goals on itv as can be! 😆I've enjoyed their interactions quite a bit, especially given how she used to constantly fight with the Iyers before IshRa marriage, I expected her to be another unreasonable, plotting saasu ma. But what I loved the BEST about her is even the times when she was upset with Ishita in the initial days, she never held it as a grudge to her heart. For ex, if she would not like what Ishita did, or agree to it, she'd still brush it off because her son was okay with it and happier than before. THAT is the attitude that people should ideally have with regards to family relationships but I've hardly ever seen something like that in itv saasu maas much. It's either my bahu is the best and can't do anything wrong, or woh mere bete ko mujhse dur kar degi. And let's not forget her comic timing. 😆Her random Oye!s can jolt people out of their sleep. 🤣
As to Ashok-Raman, I'm sorely missing Raman's che foot do inch love since Ashok and Shagun split. 🤣Kya mazaa aata tha - especially because since IshRa fell for each other, Raman's sarcastic dialogues with Ishita reduced comparatively. I also enjoyed Ashok-Mihika's marriage while it lasted. I felt Ashok's character could have had an arc during his marriage track instead of making him an extreme villian - his love for Mihika could have been real (he'd become so sweet and almost docile during Mihika's fake pregnancy 😆) and coupled with his hatred of Raman, it would have been an interesting track without taking off Ashok as a villian.
Param is literally a kameena. Will comment on him when I get to commenting on that track. Sooraj was interesting to watch - especially how he saw through Shagun each time. 😆 Shagun is one screechy woman - sometimes I feel I need to pull out my ear plugs to save my ears. 😆
Interestingly, Sayantani's Neela ma and Anita's Shagun were completely opposite characters. One loved another woman's child to bits while the other didn't hesitate to use her own children to get even with another woman. Though, why would Shagun's character have ended in 2015 if someone other than Anita had played it? Did the audience love Shagun so much? Or are you saying so because of Anita and Ekta's rapport?
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