Ru, long time no see! 🤗
Bit undecided on BALH 2 tbh!
I thought Priya's character appears a little too bitter and grumpy so far- there may be a justifiable backstory to it, but it feels like too much negativity at times. Some of the points she puts across are true, but it can get a bit killjoyish at times, if I could put it that way.
Hopefully the writers make her transition into a more happy character.
I'm also not too sold on Nakul being chosen for a character that is shown to eat all the time. CID Pankaj is here as his best friend, but his wife and he aren't quite as good as Jai Kalra and Tarana from S1. Param's friend Abhinav Kapoor is playing a small role here too.
The ensemble cast, especially on Priya's side has some potential- Kamleshwari from S9MK is her mother. Shrishti from Kundali Bhagya is her younger sister, while Alefia Kapadia plays her elder sis.
If it goes the same way as S1 (evil step mom, bratty sister, villainous step bro etc), I'll probably just fast forward for the scenes between the main leads, and then take a call!
At this moment, it's probably hovering between 2.5 and 3 out of 5 for me. MHRW, the other serial I follow, is probably a 3.5 for me (although most of it is down to the lead pair of Raghav and Pallavi)
Thanks for the detailing🤗
Jai Kalra is a good actor IMO, he's done a great job with all the supporting characters I've seen him playing.
I also saw Utkarsh (he was in KY2) too in the trailer Esprit shared. The supporting cast (at least on Nakuul's family's side) seems meh from whatever I could notice. Disha still looks somewhat convincing as a Priya. Ram Kapoor is perhaps the only male lead on ITV who can be physically heavy and still manage to look better than many younger/fitter actors on tv/in whichever character he is playing. I'm doubtful whether Nakuul's physique and his epiglottis wali dialogue delivery will manage to impress me but we'll see😆
I don't know how Nakuul can pull off the whole obsessing-over-parathe-with-buckets-full-of-ghee as the original Ram. Since it's a reboot, comparisons are bound to happen. These two have such big shoes to fill.
I only watch that show for Raghav and Pallavi tbh--Raghav's broken Hindi is a treat and gives such an original touch to his character, rest is too ott drama for me😆 My aankhon ka sukoon are especially all those scenes where Pallavi gets angry and starts beating Raghav, and he desperately tries to save his life😆 Like this one🤣