Sorry to comment late on this post as I just came up on this..
but Yes I would definitely agree with you all that Kritika is the best Aarti..
I think the casting director has done an excellent job in selecting her as Aaarti...
She emotes the exact expressions and exact body language required for the role...
I was totally amazed at her portrayal of seducing Aarti with the scene with Prashant...
Yes she does great role as reserved Aarati who flinches and makes angry faces with the close body contact that was ok but when she did that scene her eyes... her facial expressions... her body language was just that a newly married woman in love who wants to be with her husband would have... she was definitely siren there...
and after that when Prashant left her she just bottled up all her wishes and desires and just became a perfect mom and a perfect DIL who had no other thoughts than to serve her son and her in-laws..
It was a great depth of emotions she portrayed and it was awesome...
Now as the character of current Aarti is a bit reserved... bit old fashioned... a woman with a perfect mother's heart who wants to give all to her child and let him live his younger age full of fun and masti... Well as an actress Kritika was able to produce the same emotions... expressions and body language..
She is doing a great job as an Aarti and Yes I will also say the same as you all that she is the best Aarti...
Aarti has that fire underneath but also the heart of a mother...
A loving heart who just cries out seeing anyone in pain whether it is a child or an adult..
She is adaptable and fuses with the people and environment easily. She has no demands of her but tries to accomodate all.
She also is not just a person who will blindly take everything but stands for what she believes and her ways are not manipulative but straight forward and truthful...
and I must say Kritika was able to project exactly the same and her great acting skills and her living the character to the T has made us believe in who Aarti is and how she is...
Kritika definitely lived in the skin of Aarti and made her alive for us that we all are in love with Aarti and her firey spirit and compassionate heart. and I personally also I just love Aarti..
I have never seen Kritika in any show but I really like and loved what she is doing in PV and I wish her huge success and fantastic career ahead...
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