Originally posted by: Avatarana09
Last night I was watching my first soap KarolBagh. The first 50 episodes, incidentally directed by Lalit Mohan was bliss, the costume was simple, story was simple. Phir toh hua kachra uska bhi. Tab bhi I participated in Don't end KarolBagh to EndKarolBagh facebook posts, calls to Zee etc. Even if FB was there, life was simpler in terms of television viewing I think.
Mentioning this because there also I was attached to the couple Simi and Abhi as a unit. Neil's next show luckily happened to be Gulaal, and that was beautiful. Though I love NB as an actor, a good one at that, I don't follow his negative character on Roop. Just saying because its the characters that viewers invest in for whatever reasons.
Shivika came to me when I was having a low phase in my life. So it's special. Thanks to Anu...phir that became a habit, and here I am completing the circle asking for closure
Haha you are revisiting Karol Bagh and I'm revisiting LTL😆...and both of us are remembering that overnight kachra of good shows happens way too often in desi soap land😆...again, it's a miracle Shivika even managed to get 500 memorable epis...most pairings don't survive the 100 epi mark and tank immediately after. Jaise bhi mila, we are lucky we atleast got that much good Shivika.
Neil did indeed luck out in getting Gulaal right after cuz for me, Kesar just stands really tall in his filmography far and wide.
And word to viewers investing more in characters than actors...for the same reason that much as I admired MR, I'm not watching a show like KKB for him now...and for the same reasons, I will likely not follow NM and SC's individual career graph from hereon cuz Shivika was what made them special for me...that unit...once that unit splinters, the attachment isn't the same to continue watching anything they do.
Shows that come to us at a low point in life do leave a special mark...for me, interestingly that was MaNan in KY2...they kept me sane, were the only source of joy during a really bad phase in my life...uske baad BBKD and Shivika ka mil jaana toh providence ho gaya...but I know the feeling of needing a pick me up in a bad phase and the attachment that builds through that :)
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