Nah, I don't think he was a catalyst for real for real. But we'll never know for sure 😉. In general, I think Saishi are just much more comfortable, open with each other now than ever before. I think they're good friends/coworkers now and so they're more comfortable sharing/liking each other's things on insta.
Fria what I meant was may be Sai felt more territorial after Ashok came in the picture.
I don't know if the guy is married or not but both Ashok and Shivi are Maharashtrian. They posted some pics with each other and off late have a lot of scenes together... It's possible that both realised bow much they enjoyed each other's company (I mean Saishi)