Thanks Manita for this post!
I echo most of the sentiments all the forum members have made. Right from my childhood have watched TV shows (Yeh jo hain zindagi era ki baath kar rahi hoon) come and gone. But for some odd reason this is so DIFFERENT.
In fact being here in the US I could never bring myself to watch the daily Hindi soaps, I took the Hindi channel only when I had my mom visiting us. One evening had nothing better to do, all the family was out including my mom and I was just switching channels and this scene from Odhani was going on "The proposal" where unknowingly in the darkness Shaan gives the ring to Natasha. I swear throughout that whole scene where he is telling her how things have changed for him...was unable to change the channel on my remote. That scene totally captivated me. I realized this was defintely not run of the mill kind of drama and I WAS LITERALLY HOOKED.
Ever since then I managed to watch all the previous episodes of Odhani. This was a completely new revelation for me; saw tv buffs create nick names for the lead pairs. I would like to thank ShaNak/ Odhanian fans to have created videos on youtube for every scene, VMs etc. My husband till to this day does not know how deeply fascinated I am with this show and the characters (everyone to speak of...so very UNIQUE). Been a silent reader on this FORUM and though many of you may not know I seem to have become familiar with most of you. Sorry I have not connected with you all as I would have loved to, but this forum has been an addiction and will continue to dominate for a long time to come.
Thanks to Karan and Yashashree for portraying the characters and breathing life in to it. Even famous Hollywood/ Bollywood movies may fail in comparison...my perspective...guess they have touched my heart in a very special way.
Wishing the very best to the whole RBO team!!!!