Well the writers had a great story and plot with them but unfortunately have made a complete dog's breakfast of it. They could have easily stuck to showing Amrit, Vashma and Radha's story post partition, their evolution, how they deal with the circumstances and situations. How they cope with challenges and reach the other side. Amrit (with Farooq's tattoo), Vashma (being of a different religion) and Radha (a widow who now has to start from scratch). They could have added all the ITV tadka keeping these characters central, but for some reason they decided not to.
Even if they had decided just to focus on Amrit, they could have made it credible. Show how Amrit's perspective of life has changed, after the hardships. Constantly being taunted as a 'refugee', afraid that the tattoo would lead her family to trouble, not knowing when Randheer will come. So when the circumstances gave her a chance to atleast improve the lot of her family she took it and not due to some irrational 'vaada'. Ofcourse it is a bit different from the usual sacrificial ITV heroine, but everybody has a selfish streak inside. Love is the most powerful emotion, but life does not run on love and fresh air.
Now Amrit is Veer's lawfully wedded wife and as much as we want her to be back with Randheer, it is not going to be possible. Maybe the writers and producers wanted to compete with other prime time shows in the 9 pm slot and went for this drama. It's just a case now of what could have been.
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