Word sis, a lotta people had the same thought at the IB forum. Though they were already disappointed with her choosing sanjeevani 2.0 and then naagin..they were all like ki anika ke baad all these roles..so stupid of sc, choose something that atleast matches anika's standard..
I didn't agree to their thinking though, 1st because unhone IB aur anika dono ko chane ke jhaad pr chada rakha tha..i mean IB did get badd soo badd after 250-300 episodes!! Khair rehne do!! Vhi raag alapne lgi hu mai fir se🤣
2nd Because ye itv hai, yha tum netflix ka level expect krke baithoge toh ho liye tum satisfied.
I'm glad she's proven people wrong and i will go ahead and say ki during redux in IB her acting went all blah..maybe the demand of that anika or maybe she herself was lossing interest.. don't know. But she came back with sanjeevani..vo baat alag hai ki sanjeevani mai uska character aadha time depressed tha 🤣 and then whatever might be n5 story, she's gone ahead and did wonders with her acting. (The whole robot and no emotions vale scenes in beginning i blame on script and story and mukta)
I can understand why she chose Sanjivani, it was a huge franchise and no one knew then the storyline would be so rubbish. But it was a good vehicle on a major channel to go for. Even with Naagin, tho I troll the franchise, the fact is, it's Balaji. And that would open doors for Surbhi so on that level I understood why she'd pick it.
Redux mein she and NM were both blah, I guess they'd lost interest by then and were going through the motions.
@bold - I blame the writing and direction here too. She must have been told to act that way, bc we know Surbhi can emote and add nuance even if not scripted. So the fact that she wasn't doing that at times felt deliberate, and a demand of the story for some reason.
At the end of the day, I'd say SC's gotten what she wanted out of N5 (and even Sanjivani where she's made friends and connections), and that's all that matters. Unka career hai, humari thodi that we should feel ashamed on their behalf for choosing something we personally wouldn't 🤣