Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai ~•~ Episode Discussion Thread #3 - Page 22

I mean is that even Pakhi didi had redeeming qualities and knowing Rishta’s habit, they hired Niyati Joshi as Swarna when she was around same age as Kartik and younger than Abhimanyu and Armaan. They clearly hire young pretty actresses mostly to play moms. They ca hire Pakhi didi too in one of their generations. Manjiri actress of Gen3 was as old as Harshad and she was not only a great actress but also she was pretty. Heck she and Rupali should have been switched. She would have looked cute with GK. In start, both VV and Dragon Sa were written similarly. Actually VV wasn’t that vile and writers were planning to make her Ashwini Chavan2.O with her being a sort of pillar for Abhira while Dadisa antagonising both Abhimaan but dragon sa came off as smart and pragmatic. Dragon didn’t even actually like Armaan initially for a long time and barely tolerated him. She was orthodox but she never really had a psychological hold on him like Vidya did. Heck Vidya came off as malicious and entitled and classless due to Shruti’s portrayal. I joked that even Aish Sharma won’t be as vile as her. Dadisa got softened because her and Abhira had great chemistry as enemies and had potential to have great chemistry as each other’s greatest support system. That is why this character was redeemed while Vidya became worse. Heck Vidya might be the most evil character in YRKKH and even worse than vamps of Ektaverse

Imagine being so evil that even Pakhi Didi decides to go for become a Sanyaasi by looking at your antics

VV’s arc should have ended back when Shivani was revealed to be alive. Shivani should have been restored to her rightful place in Poddar house and it should have been revealed that Vidya was the one who split Madhav Sa and Shivani and not Dragon Sa. Heck Dragon should have herself been shown to believe Shivani was dead when Madhav and Vidya got married. When she discovered Shivani was alive, VV claimed she was preganant with Madhav Sa’s child while actually she wasn’t and it was Shivani who was pregnant with Madhav Sa’s second child but VV stole it and claimed it was her son. Dragon only agreed to help for Rohit’s sake else she too would have brought Shivani back in spite of her personal distaste for Shivani. Then Shivani should have still been killed off in a blast by VV which ends up with her in jail.

BTW in Poddar family accepting Mukti scene, it would have been a thrill to see Ruhi entering and asking her to call her Ruhi MaChi as she is her Maasi and Chachi and also like a second mom and a best friend to her. I miss my girl Ruhi.