Yet again we are served with the same old story. Nothing new other than bringing new leads. I just don't understand why ITV shows degrade women so much that too for a man. Seriously bring something new other than stupid love triangles. Let's not forget the FL has to be the mahaan abala nari and the parallel lead has to be a biiiiiotch whose only job is to conspire against the lead, or else how will we understand the FL's mahantaa. Can we stop embellishing the idea that women are women's worst enemy and focus on universal sisterhood? Yeh Rishta only says one thing, and that is women have no substance without a man. Aarohi who is so highly educated and is a doctor is gonna sideline everything to only conspire against her sister. Aakshara who is a great singer will also sacrifice everything for her sister. And then at the end when the next generation on Yeh Rishta (which will be another 5-6 years) will start, Aarohi will understand her mistake and seek forgiveness, and our mahaan FL will forget everything and forgive her.
I would have liked if they actually showed some genuine love and affection between both the sister despite knowing that they don't share the same mother. There are already so many cultural stigmas associated with half and step-siblings, and rather than trying to remove such thoughts, they are feeding more of its existence into the audiences' heads. Utterly disappointed and all my excitement for this show is gone in an instance of a couple of episodes.
I never watched Yeh Rishta first and 2nd generation, but since they started a new story, I thought I would give it a try, but alas it was just another love triangle. Apologies to anyone who are a fan of the show...my intention was not to be negative but to vent out some frustration for a show that I was half excited for.