Mandar's track was going fine as per my opinion. They just did not have to make Pallavi dumb, that's all. Raghav's breakdown and insecurities was nice, Pallavi pining for Raghav was nice and there was a great potential for these two to grow in their relationship once Raghav was done with his sulking mode and Pallavi by then would have figured out that Mandar is a weird man.
Second, they shouldn't have shown Mandar as the evil one immediately. He should not have challenged Raghav immediately. If I was executing this I would introduce Mandar as the man who's nice, well pretending to be nice, Pallavi who genuinely feels that she owes it to him, and Raghav whose sixth sense tells him something is wrong. Pallavi to be stuck at the D's house is something I would have skipped.
Then gradually, a few cracks appear between Pallavi and Raghav because their love is so new, and to make it worse, Pallavi spends a lot of time healing Mandar. Raghav gets jealous but Pallavi cannot see his jealousy because he hides it well. His sixth sense leads him to conduct a few investigations which lead him to the truth of Mandar and he tries to persuade Pallavi. She initially feels that Raghav is speaking out of jealousy but she later gets convinced after Aai's "sudden accident".
At this point, Mandar is revealed as evil. Then the challenge can begin and he can confront Raghav that he will take away Pallavi. Little does he know, Pallavi already knows he's evil.
What this would have done is that the fans would have remained a bit calm, but here, sab kuch ulta hogaya, they were forced to change because they could not see Raghav in such a state. If they mixed Raghav's state with pain, angst, jealousy but he's still his old self - sharp and resourceful, doing something about the situation, then the balance would have made fans relax. What happened here was that Raghav did not even get a chance to step up...... Pallavi's initial dedication (not blind) would not have been taken in bad light, but they decided to dumb her down completely.
I just feel overall, the Mandar track did not get them what they wanted because they introduced him as the villain too soon. That is where things went south.
Originally posted by: DaffodilsNew
Can give the show a fresh life.
But didnt we expect dt from Mandar track too ? Ki if well executed the track could do wonders.