All this rushed love story and even tilak (precursor to wedding) just so they could set the stage up for Arohi to become a vamp?!
HC creates magic with his costars (still not over AdiYa) yet instead of using it to elongate the process of falling in love, the writers chose to straightway jump to the misunderstanding, potential-Akshu-tyaag-drama and Arohi becoming a cunning negative character.
The misunderstanding is in itself so juvenile. Moreso coz they had *multiple* opportunities to clear this silly name confusion. Is Mahima the only character with a little common sense? She understood everything in a sec.
The love story is so rushed, I dont feel much connect with it. I enjoy the occasional AbhiRa fall-and-catch scenes and like I said HC has good chemistry with his costars but is that enough to form the base of a solid relationship? Especially in a show that has given good couples like Naitik-Akshara and Kartik-Naira (initial days).
Arohi already dislikes Akshu. They could have easily shown her falling for Abhi in the hospital and her oblivious to AbhiRa romance blossoming. Then later when AbhiRa got together, Aaru could be shown as the future vamp (even though I dont like the idea of this sister vs sister over 1 guy or 2 women fighting over 1 male lead - which most SP shows now are.)🤢.
I would've preferred if they kept Arohi grey but let's face it, ITV shows cant/dont/wont do that. Surprising coz they are pretty good with grey male leads or male characters.
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