first of let all me tell you i am not a teenage girl and am not exclusive Manik or MaNan fan..i love the show for its content and characters...
I disagree with majority of ur points...
and I mainly do not appreciate the way you have presented or rather criticized the show
it seems like u are criticizing the show based on what u see in the forum and its fan base..why not criticize it just as a show??..understand the characters keeping aside what is happening in the forum or what kind of fanbase it has...if fanbase is teenage gals how does that matter in characterization of manik,alya or cabir in that case..i dont see the connection ???? Well it does matter, because these are the posts and tweets that influence the cvs. That is a major connection and this connection cannot be ignored.
You mentioned about Chemistry. i am appalled at your thought process..coz again here ur understanding of chemistry seems to be -what kind of fans the show has or rather how many number of fans it has..and the popularity of the actors and their ranking..what kind of logic is that??? .. well in that case you purely misunderstood. So please dont try to understand my thought process. If you are psychology student then please apply it somewhere.
You mentioned abt DABH and JA...u think they have no fans..ofc they do infact much much more than so called top shows of IF.they are top TRP garners and u think they do not have fans.???😆.they dont have chemistry..😆 They have fans and that is why they are on top, but not fans based on chemistry. but based on their characterizations and as a couple - relationship....Infact i was a big fan of a show called " Gulaal"...it had like the awesomest chemistry i had ever seen that too without intimate scenes..and guess wat it had no TRP and very less fans..so tell me how do u correlate chemistry and fans..coz this is some logic i cant understand ?? well you have said it yourself. no intimacy, so less fans. 😆 you have correlated it yourself. u think manan has chemistry coz of fans who came here coz of intimate scenes...hmm thats not right..Manik and nandi had displayed very good chemistry even without being intimate..their eyes speak a lot..they need not even stand close..but if u cant see it i guess its ur opinion and i am not gonna dig into that further..
Your major complaint is focus on MaNaN ..well yes ofc there has been but since how many days ?? i can say since they started getting more closer to each other and when the main leads are about to confess..dont u think they deserve some highlight..thats whats been happening since past two weeks..infact if u see the confession scene it was so badly executed to incorporate other characters...only thing i agree with you is they should not focus on MaNan all the time when its not needed..but past week it was peak of their love story so obvious attention 😕..can we have some patience to see how it unfolds next..?? my problem is not with last week but last two months where all the characters were at halt. (except Cabir, since ayaz is a star, so he may not have agreed to work being a statue beside the lead)
Alya n Manik - do u think they were really in love?? I dont think so. love is not determined by how many years u spent together ..just coz they were in love with 7 long yrs u think they are in love???
infact it started like some 7th standard if am right...and these kids knew what love is ?? t..it so good that atleast now they understood the reality of their relationship all thanks to nandini..even if nandini had not come in between...manik n alya never had any future..one or the other way they would have fallen apart...do u think when the accidental kiss happened..and when alya barged into nandu's room .etc etc showed her trust ???Alya was never happy in that relationship and it brought the bad in her..remember the goons she sent..it was a cheap act...but now without manik she is such a chirpy gal..now we can she smiling and bubbly and caring for her friends ..and yes she still has a hope ...for any gal it wont be easy to come out of a relationship but eventually she will...so i think her character has been well shapened out...it has seen the max growth...manik and aliya relationship was too superficial ...if manik got attracted to nandu how does that even change the truth abt alya or manik's relationship..??? thats why i said..we have to look everything from character's pov then only we can understand them.. We were not shown the journey of manik and alya, so we cannot judge it. They shared their pains, joys, had good time, shared moments, promises and much more, isn't it what people in love do. Yes, it didnt last forever that doesnt mean it wasnt there. If Nandini hadnt come they would have lived like that forever but then destiny had other plans, they had to be tested - in which both failed. But that doesnt mean they werent in love. A better look at the initial episodes and you'll know what I meant.
Coming to Manik-- Well i guess u havent understood him yet..thats all i can make out from ur posts..and i think there have been numerous posts which describes him so well so am not going to write further abt it but what i would like to say is u have to view him as a character..and not as fan gal's obsession??? coz how does that even matter as i had mentioned before???
again here u r trying to see manik from ur idealistic pov and not what manik;s. Yes whatever sacrifice he is doing is absolutely futile and wont serve any purpose..but does the character realise tht NO ??? just coz we think he should realise...should it be shown that way..this character is making a big mistake and thats how he is gonna learn..and thats what his story is about..how can u expect Manik to do what u want him to do.????? its abt him and not about fans or their views..while reading a book..do u stop it thinking..oh he should have not done that .
See, if i had agreed to most of the posts her then i wouldnt have made this post. And you are totally wrong in saying that i'm viewing him in idealistic view - if i had been viewing him in idealistic view then i would have bashed him for bullying and torturing poor fellows. I just pointed out his major flaw which no one has pointed out yet and I was surprised how everyone missed this important point and it was never mentioned - not in forum, not in show. And yes, I dont expect Manik to behave as I want it, if that is the case then I'm a writer and I can write my own fan-fictions - I'm just analysing his character and his flaws.
and about cliched ?? trust me if it was a cliched i atleast would have never watched this show..i got attracted to its non cliched treatment..but ya i understand ur fear is will it become cliched coz of MaNan fans..i hope it doesnt is all i can say..and more over every love story is similar in one or the other way..its the treatment and characterisation which makes them different...n till now its been different..MaNAn's character are well intact so do others..except for one thing -- character of Dhruv-it needs some growth..and i hope they work on it..
Well it will become cliched - like one of the member pointed out hero is first monster then romeo and then majnu and then martyr and then saint and then mogambo and then something something.. Manik has become first 3 already.. waiting for next..