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While that is true, I would still say Khushi was more Arnav's equal than most female leads are to the male leads. I just wish the whole misunderstanding had brought Arnav to his knees & given scope to exploring Khushi's independence. It was such an out of character behaviour for both Arnav & Khushi to just brush it off under the carpet. Khushi always had a lot of self respect, & she had to have reacted differently to the unfairness. And, self flagellation & remorse were such huge traits of Arnav. It was shown in the earlier episodes. That he would be so easy on himself after hurting her & her pride so much was rubbish. Clearly, they only cared about TRPs. And, that is equivalent to weddings on Indian TV. So , we got that moronic pheres talk & ta-da, remarriage happened.

Not seen rishta.com, actually I am hearing about if for the first time. What's it about?

The suicide drama was so cringeworthy, I usually block it out from my memory. I would rather not even remember that that track happened. It made zero sense & was offensive in the way it handled the theme. Probably one of the few times where IPK simply made no sense. At other times, there was at least something working in its favour even in the most irritating sequences like the movie date turned into an embarrassing family outing to the theatre episode. That suicide part though was just... I don't even have words in my vocabulary for how bad a track that was.

I have heard a lot about Rishta.com, but never got to watch it. Humasafar was a sad story, I mean, she's left with nothing and no one to turn to . But yeah, I watched it one epi at a time, and the last 4 were watched while they were airing, which is once a week. So, I obviously didn't feel depressed. I loved how they showed the evolution of their relationship in the first few episodes. So beautifully done.

YRF made a a few finite shows for Sony back then. Rishta.com was one of them. It is urbane, real, funny with the right dose of emotion & also, well made. It is amazing! Watch it. That is how good Indian TV can be. It is sad that Indian TV doesn't usually try to be as good.

I had hoped Khushi would dump Arnav's sorry ass after those 6 months were up & go away. I was counting on her self respect & his guilt to make sure of the redemption track. The Creatives decided to forget both those traits. Su, I remember that scene. I had been hopping mad. The least they could have done to make that scene right was to at least show Khushi being angry & not just hurt. Her reaction was just off. And, I can't believe they made him spout such lines, blaming her despite knowing the truth. Everything was a mess. The creatives were avoiding a redemption track for some reason. I think, they were scared to take Barun-Sanaya out of the same frame because by then, it was literally only their chemistry that was keeping the audiences hooked. I think, they should have tried it though. Would have been worth the risk had they handled the scripting the way they had handled it up to Holi.

If you guys find time, do watch Rishta.com. All those people that I know who watched the show, loved it. If you do decide to watch it, the episodes are available on YouTube. 26 episodes on the whole. 1 hour per episode.

Silver Linings Playbook. Watch it if you already haven't. Quirky romance, good dose of comedy, amazing performances. I liked it. Very enjoyable.