I personally did not find him captivating on screen. Initially he was given screen space but even after the pardafash, his apology scene with imlie was without any impact. That should have been totally his scene.
Instead of that scene people remember the arylie scene that came immediately afterwards where aryan is taking care of her.
I haven't watched the show from the beginning but the 'titli' sequence between GM and FK was electric. They both acted so amazingly in that scene. I looked forward to such show downs but it never left the same impact with MV.
I 2nd u ... I am watching the old episodes.. GM is a terrific actor and his eyes portrays half of the emotions before saying a word. My mom also checking out the older episodes with me and after ages she is also into an itv serial.. she didn't like the new Adi much as he is not much expressive and comes off strong with his trying to portray the character. It's like he don't want to get inside this character to act it or own the character to reach the audience
My dear this is what it's called Not Being the Character