Are you enjoying IPK? Honest opinions plz *Edited*

• What is Shyam's main motive?
• How can Shyam freely roam around RM as if he owns it, quite unrealistic!
• When will Arnav tell Shyam's truth to Anjali? (I'm talking about the terrace scene & all)
• Why can't Garima confront khushi before confronting Dadi?
• Why is Dadi suddenly so worried about Anjali & Damadji?

Originally posted by: Jayne

What is there to enjoy?

- Anjuli weeping all the time?

- Shyaam plotting and no one being the wiser? Really? After over a year?

- Daadi plotting and no one trying to find out the real reason she is trying to rule roost in a home that is not her's - it is the Raizada mansion, not the Mallik mansion

- Arnav reduced to being an Ayah for Anjuli - 'here's a hanky...here's your meds... are you ok?...oops, you fell, let me carry you..."?

- Khushi being dumbed down to taking part in this farce of a re-marriage while having conveniently lost any brains she had after the first marriage?

- The story that turned out to be a 'different' love story?
It's a love-story, all right, albeit between Anjuli and Aranv, i..e sibling love. Not what we signed on for (we wanted romantic love); and certainly not this level of sickening sibling love.
Frankly, in more enlightened cultures, this is called incest.

What is left?
No one has any dignity and self-respect in the show. Not even Arnav.
Everyone at RM mooches off Arnav.
I have never understood the local practice of living off one's children. For shame.

Arnav is tied to Anjuli's apron strings.
Khushi is the doormat and punching bag for all.

There is no chemistry left between the leads.
Sanaya Irani looks uncomfortable and Barun Sobti looks bored as hell all the time.

What is left to enjoy?
I don't find enjoyment in misery, especially other people's.

Jayne
P.S. And no, none of this is 'bashing'. I'm calling it as I see it.

Originally posted by: CeruleanSky

Oh, it's going to take quite a while to answer this question 😆 To start off, I don't quite agree with the people who think that it's been dragging - I think the pace the episodes are proceeding at right now is just fine, and I definitely prefer it to that period when things were going sofast - Dadi's entry, Arnav's sudden zeal for having a suhaag raat, etc etc- I thought maybe all these half-baked stories about the show going off air were perhaps true, because the show was going SO FAST 😆 So while I'm actually fine with the pace they've set right now, there have been things about the Shyam track which have been bugging me - one, what exactly is he trying to do? Kill/harm Anjali again, or harm someone else to worm his way back into the house? :S Also, I don't understand Anjali's behaviour - on one hand, she's perfectly cordial and friendly towards Khushi, and on the other, she's just as devoted to Shyam as before - so I really don't understand how she reconciles the two in her own mind. I mean, if your husband has been kicked out of the house by your brother for attempting to murder the brother and for lusting after the brother's wife, you'll surely blame one party or the other, right? :S I wonder what made-up story Shyam's fed her to make her think that both parties have had a misunderstanding - how gullible can someone be?! And I wish Arnav would tell everyone in the family, everyone about how he saw Shyam and Khushi on the terrace, about the confrontations he had with Shyam after that...that would go a long way towards clearing everyone's doubts about this entire messed-up affair :-/

edit:

having said all that however, I did quite like today's Arnav-Khushi scenes :) Loved the way today's was done without any dialogues, except Khushi's 'Kya hua?' - I thought Barun was very good today, with his expressions et al. I just wish, along with the glimpses of the ASR during Payal's wedding which we get now and then, we'd also get glimpses of the shrewd businessman he's supposed to be: I find it very difficult to believe that someone who's supposed to have so much business acumen will think that just turning Shyam out of the house will get rid of him, it's really surprising how Arnav doesn't seem to have made any follow up inquiries about what the creep's doing 🤢

Originally posted by: --Archana--

Ok i'll list my set of problems here

• Major problem is the EXECUTION sucks .
• Lack of logic and truck loads of loopholes .
• CryAnj-That woman irritates the hell out of me.And i want to see minimum of her in each episode.The less she is shown the better for my mental health.
• Inconsistencies and bloopers
• Leads styling and costumes
• Messed up tracks.There are multiple tracks running and viewers are geting confused.
• A lack of intensity and emotions most of the time.As a result viewers are failing to connect with the characters and the circumstances (I guess this one also comes in execution)
• But what irritates me most is the PH&CV's uncaring attitude and their tendency to take the viewers for granted i can add more and more points but i am a little occupied with my work and these are the things came to me suddenly.I guess others will be able to point out things more effectively than i did

So Your question is Whether i am enjoying or not: The honest answer is i dont know.One thing is for sure that i am getting detached and becoming an indifferent viewer.

Originally posted by: bong.girl

No I am not! I think the story is boring and predictable. i am tired of watching Shyam and Anjali love story. When I started watching the show, i started it because I wanted to watch the sizzling romance between Aranv and Khushi. I understand it is not possible to show the romance 24x7. And i am ready to watch the stories of the side characters provided they have an interesting story to tell.

I am tired of the same old track of Shyam conniving and Anjali blindly believing him. There was no confrontation between them. She didn't even doubt him, not even once.Her dearest brother accuses her husband of homicide and she didn't even confront/ doubt that man. Her idol worshiping is sickening and is getting on my nerves. As an independent modern woman of 21st century , I would rather see a woman stand up after she had been knocked off her feet and make a new life and craete a niche for herself, a new identity who is stronger both physically, mentally and emotionally. I would stand up and cheer for her for not letting her life going down the dumps.

It is never easy rebuilding your life after life had given yu some hard knocks, but it isn't impossible either. I would have loved to see Anjali picking up the pieces of her life and turning into a independent confident woman who has the world at her feet and is no longer at the mercy of men, any man for that matter- neither Arnav her brother nor her hsuband, Shyam.

As for the romance between Arnav and Khushi. There is something missing now. the magic is lost. I used to spend hours thinking , analyzing, re watching a scene before marriage track, now I don't even feel the inclination of watching it again. In fact the story has lost all charm for me. There is nothing to "give me a fit". The indifference of the Cvs is clearly obvious in the show. Dekhan hai to Dekho attitude would only alienate the audience. The audience is alienated. The audience is left in dark. We don't know what's happening in the show anymore. The inconsistencies are taking a toll on our nerves.

We love BS and SI. They are undoubtedly the best looking / hottest couple on TV right now. But as an audience we want more than just pretty faces. If the Cvs think we are ready to overlook their lackluster / incoherent/illogical story/ tracks, with a dose of Arnav and Khushi romance, they are out of their minds.

You can't have biryani everyday. It is bound to take a toll on your heath and you have to resort to healthy diet sooner or later. So the party is over, please give us something sensible. And for heaven's sake stop dragging. Build the climax , sure, but don't drag it. It loses it effect after a while.

P.S This is not "bashing". This is the rant of an irritated IPK fan who had been taken for a ride for too long now.

Originally posted by: Risha_ipkknd

Hey Doc! :D Was on for a few minutes in here and thank God I came upon this post :) I skimmed through the replies so I won't be able to quote the eloquently worded answers here but I will just put it in one simple word- NO.

Maybe it is due to exam pressure and when I realise I have a life apart from ipkknd or the show which I watch purely because I have to take a break from Physics Chem Maths and History :| I remember when I grew obsessed with ipkknd,something which made me write or made me join IF and meet up wonderful people like you.I rememebr when Rabba veys sent flutters down my heart and I literally jumped up with excitement on listening to the tune.Sadly,it sounds like a distant memory now.And this comes not from a so labelled Basher or Negative person but rather a frustrated viewer or rather a fan.

I don't know why I watch it now.Because I can't give up on it?Because I used to love it once upon a time?

Shyam's stupid failed tricks leave me wanting to kick my television screen.The Dadi Garima and Past angle isn't as enticing as it seemed before-it just seems yet another storyline going the usual way.

They are showing a wedding and yet I feel so laid back.I used to love celebrations in ipkknd ala Diwali Holi and Payash Wedding.Today it is just a crappy kind of chalta hai Rabba vey.It almost seems like after twenty minutes of boredom they are placing a half melted ice cream as a dessert ie Rabba vey so that I will shut up and come again to watch them :|

I never thought I would say this but I don't feel the intensity now even after telling that its just me who is going pessimistic.

I don't know...I just think I am not going to get back the show which I once went mad with.

Good things and bad things don't stay for long?

*sigh*

Oh and I hate Anjali.Hate is a strong word but that is all I can come up with.Guess I just turned out to be a frustrated student trying to find solace and entertainment in reel life.But unfortuantely the reel world is too messed up for the simple romance I want :P