Namrata being culprit was never planned from beginning!!!!
Even in the novel or Tamil TV show she is not the culprit!!!!
Basically they roped her in saying she is the lead!!!
But Star Bharat being Star Bharat had to glorify the village girl!!!
So they cut costs by not calling her for shoot and not giving her scenes!!!!
They give more scenes to Gauri as she comes cheap being a newcomer!!!
Probably that led to a few issues because when an actor signs up for a show she cannot do another show and she is sitting at home if they are not calling her for shoot!!!
They thought of making her negative as they normally do with the modern girls in two heroine shows!!!
But the cause of rivalry and her turning negative over Rahul drives the plot away from the temple!!!
So they made her the main culprit!!!!
To drag the story more they got Sethji and the story went from the rational to supernatural losing all connection with the original story by now!!!!🤪
Since everyone liked Iqbal in his cameo, they thought of bringing him in to make the main villain, someone more convincing than Namrata!!!
It is only by now that they realize that the audience are certainly not interested in Rahul-Gauri or Rahul-Namrata pairing but in the mystery!!!!😳
Once another villain was brought in, Namrata was a pawn and they didn't exactly know what to do with her!!!!
So they thought of whitewashing her a bit and then killing her off in the end!!!!
Plain and simple!!!!😊