Honestly, I am quite enjoying Akshan post leap. Their chemistry is more magnified and palpable then it ever really has been. Are the imperfections? Yes. Many. The cast support is barely used. They need small side stories. Also pace really needs to pick up but man are Akshan scenes on fire since leap.
I also don’t really get the out cry on Guddan self respect. It’s not like she’s begging Aj to take her back. She just wants her former family to be happy. And that does not include just AJ. The bahus and Dadi are suffering too. Their happiness is tied to aJ. How can you fault Guddan for caring? She’s not a robot that she can easily just forget loving some one. She hasn’t forgotten what AJ did but to save his life she is willing to take on the pain. Once truth comes out it will affect Aj to the core.
In any case. To me chemistry is everything on a show and Akshan have it in spades post leap. I’m not watching this show to give lessons on female empowerment. If that was the case we should just stop watching most tv. To me As long as Guddans self respect is in tact and she’s isn’t begging Aj to take her back given what happened, it’s all good.
My only loss of patience is with antara and the truth. But again not the end of the world.
As for future, it should be interesting how dynamic shifts in the house. I truly am enjoying Akshan scenes lately and they’ve picked up Airtime post leap vs pre leap. Also there has been less antara on my screen, which also changed. Aj's treatment of her post leap is the best. Look he may use her to make guddan hurt but that anger and need to hurt guddan is coming out of misunderstanding not because he doesn't love her. It warms my hear to to see him rebuff antara's every touch, even as simply trying to help him up from the floor vs guddan. He accepts every touch of hers ...his hate is fake and it shows every time guddan gets close to him. He gladly accepts her closeness.