Umm earlier Rishabh was shown to be slightly grey in nature, because he entrapped the FL and played love games with her,though he had his reasons but he actually had a spine. Later they made him kinda useless, I stopped watching in between because the show became absolutely pathetic. Now even if some of Rishabh's doings are questionable, he is canonically supposed to be a good hearted guy, afterall he is the ML, they cannot show him negative or even more on the gray side because that's how most of the Indian serials are lol. Especially with Shakti now in the picture, we can see the contrast between the two guys, earlier Rishabh was supposed to be more clever than the simple and sweet Ritesh, now he is literally an angel in front of his evil minded twin, there's no comparison IMO. I didn't understand when Shakti said that he never got love from his father and brother, I can still understand the daddy issues because maybe his father preferred Rishabh more, because of Shakti's unconventional nature, but Rishabh always loved and supported him 🤔 Even before Seema started fanning the fire, there were already seeds of evil in Shakti, as Urvashi described,he thought differently. I am sure they would give an explanation for Rishabh's leaving the army, doing corrupt business and marrying Mahek, however lame it may sound. And no I am sure Rishabh joined the army after his sheer love for his country and there was no other motive, he is supposed to be an honest guy and wouldn't have indulged in his father's illegal activities. Rishabh might loathe Pratha atm, but he still thinks about her so it's pretty obvious that he is still in love with her. One thing that I never got to understand about Prarish was that how the hell did they even develop any trust in each other in the first place, their love story was so poorly executed, it had no head and tail, everything happened out of the blue.
Yes I liked the Shakti character too.His sudden act of fake cry for his foster mom Seema then laughing like some possessed maniac at the end of the serial was noteworthy to say the least.Simba's character Shakti has somewhat improved his Screen Presence by leaps and bounds.
But even Rishabh is not that much different from his evil twin Shakti.He spiked Ritiesh's drink was almost two-timing with Reem and Pratha.If Shakti killed Siya and was the one responsible for destroying Pratha's marital life due to the fake SR promise of Mehak why did Rishabh marry Mehak and why he was doing that SR scene with her?
Shakti's character is understandable bcoz he was made evil under Seema's influence but what is Rishabh's character then? He has suddenly left the Army and is now doing Corrupt Business deals which could have been executed by Shakti bcoz we all thought that the one locked in the basement was Rishabh.
The eye-color of Rishabh and Shakti are different-one with normal brown eyes while the other with Blue eyes.Shakti could serve as the perfect foil for Pratha/Kiara.But he should not be shown as some Maniac person only-If he gets some of the traits like Agastya then perhaps it could further enhance his character like some Mini-Mastermind.
Shakti could be shown as assuming the mantle of the Asur Organization after Seema bcoz after all both were evil right.He could become the new leader and execute new plans against the country along with Seema and Mehak which would always get foiled due to the timely action of Pratha/Kiara.
The makers need to bring back the list of 20 Demons and show Urvashi/Mehak and Shakti as the rest of the Demons.
Hope the CV's give more SS to Shakti and balance out Rishabh's character too.If he's good then why did he leave the Army(though he was doing nothing there anyway) and start doing unethical Business Deals? If the CV's want to show Rishabh as some Grey character with Shakti being the evil one then the CV's need to specify the same.Pratha's Fake Betrayal cannot be the excuse for Rishabh's sudden Money-Maker Avatar.
I don't mind Rishabh being a Grey character but if he's doing Corrupt deals now then it needs to be backed by some sound logic.Why does he hate Pratha so much now? Why did he ignore all the Intel he received from his Chief? Does he know about the Naagin or did he already know the Naagin secrets of both Mehak/Hina and Pratha?
Rishabh did not like Pratha's closeness with that RSP guy so why he did not believe Pratha's truth about Samaira then? How can he be shown as still being in love with Pratha when he's also somewhat indirectly responsible for her present condition on the basis of some CCTV footage where Pratha was shown as taking the knife out of Samaira's stomach?
The CV's have left a loophole by introducing that CCTV concept? If there was any CCTV in that remote Jungle area then Rishabh should have known the whole truth by now bcoz the CCTV itself would have captured all the events right from Mehak's betrayal to her murder of Samaira right?
Even if Shakti is evil Rishabh's character is still untrustworthy though we might like the Prarish scenes.He has suddenly become corrupt now so what if there is a possibility that he joined the Army itself as some informer for his father Lalit? It would make sense as to why he was ignoring all the Intel and was keeping Pratha under constant observation though he might not have spoiled Pratha's life directly.
Both the brothers might be different as Chalk and Cheese but one might be somewhat Grey with the other one being Pure-Evil.
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