I guess the cvs have to start building RG's love story somehow and soon too which is why I am assuming they started off with this. because before this scene - RG has never been this close.
however, I didn't find anything wrong with this scene. 😕 , any guy, not just rudra would have been appalled by gauri's beauty today. I mean, haven't you ever seen a guy compliment a girl? rudra did the same but in a more dazed state. - remember, they both have these feelings for each other hidden very, very very deeeeep and going to take time to come out. so I wasn't surprised by rudra as he didn't feel love for her there...maybe just attraction. I think whatever he said today was nice - no he didn't say it as he was in love with her. just complimented her. like rach said, today rudra made gauri feel like an actual girl. otherwise all these days, he considered her as a buddy.
and gauri too, was definitely shy. as she never got a compliment on her physical appearance. at least not from a guy. and which is one of the reasons I think, gauri never believed in love. because no one ever gave her a reason to feel attracted, infatuated or even love someone.
the closeness where rudra came near gauri's neck...I did find it weird as they are just friends, but then again nothing happened there either. like I said, the cvs need to start off the love story from somewhere. and they are starting off with this incident as this will surface some feelings for rudra from gauri. then, they can carry it on from there.