First off, hi everyone. My name is Shalini, I’m new here. Also, I need an outlet right about now cause I’ve hit the limit of my patience. Like what in the world is this show. Seriously. I’ve been a loyal follower of Harshad‘s since the day the first ep of Kis Desh hit my tv screen 14 years ago. This man worked so hard for 16 years to be recognised and taken seriously. And this show has made a whole damn joke out of him within 3 months. I don’t understand. I’m just going to be real here. It’s clear as day that Harshad and this show are a complete mismatch. Especially at this point in his career, with his calibre. I could understand if he was like a newbie actor taking on a lead role for the first time with this show. But he’s essentially a veteran now, an international level brand. This show is practically misusing him with their over-the-top, forced, ridiculous scenes. It pains me so hard to say, even his usually incredible acting is looking so bad here. Harshad once said in an IV for Bepannaah that he only does shows where there’s a need for Harshad, The Actor. I’ve yet to see anything in this show that specifically requires or properly utilises Harshad’s calibre. Maybe I’m missing something here. Can someone be so kind as to tell me how Harshad came to agree to do this show? Did he give any reasons for signing it in any IVs? I apologise if this hurts anyone. I really tried to keep my thoughts to myself. But after the whole saami fiasco, I’ve lost all patience. After reading some (incredibly funny) threads on this forum from likeminded users, I felt safe to vent here. I feel beyond frustrated for Harshad. The man already takes years’ long breaks between projects due to not getting suitable projects. Judging by the way this show is going, I’m afraid that it’ll make things worse for him in future with all of this going down in his portfolio. From what little knowledge I have of this show, it looks like they’ve basically repackaged the previous leads’ (Mohsin and Shivangi) story and are reselling it with new faces. And they’re doing this at Harshad’s expense, by taking advantage of and riding on Harshad’s growing popularity (stemming from his outstanding work in Bepannaah). Sure, they might be sweeping all the popularity awards and trp charts now. But once the “honeymoon” period gets over and people start looking closely at the story, which I think more and more people are already starting to do now, I worry so much about damage control for Harshad and his branding.
Also, I’ll probably get a ton of hate from shippers for this, but WHAT CHEMISTRY. I mean, sure. Harshad and Pranali do have chemistry. But I just don’t get romantic chemistry from their equation. I keep getting bhai-behen vibes from them and their interactions, both offscreen and onscreen. And the vibes keep getting stronger with every episode. And this has nothing to do with their real life age difference (I really liked the chemistry between Mohnish Behl and Kritika Kamra in Kuch Toh Log Kahenge despite their bigger age difference, fyi). I feel like the casting itself is a little forced. And to make up for it, they dress Pranali to look older and make Harshad say strange things in cringey tones to sound younger. It’s clearly not working either ways, and just plain awful to watch them keep trying. If you think about it, the whole older man-younger girl trope doesn’t actually have any real intended role/effect on the plot (what is the damn plot btw.). It was practically forced into the story just so the show makers could somehow fit Harshad and Pranali in the show. Again, I apologise if I hurt anyone with this. It’s not my intention at all to bash/spread any hate.
Veer Hanuman
Anupamaa
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
