Originally posted by: ..sur..
The one saying that fits perfectly on thr current track is "Naam bade aur darshan chhote"
Mandaar was shown as such an indispensable persona for 100+ episodes but when he was finally introduced, thru couldn't handle it.
They opened so many ends like mystery of wedding night, Mandaar-Ved connection, Mandaar's disappearance from hospital, why did the doctor lie, why was a body found far from hospital, Dr Ramya's unwarranted pressure, Mandaar's obsession with Pallavi etc etc but sadly couldn't close even one of them.
I feel the makers had a long track in mind with Ashok where they wanted to establish his character first as this villian to our hero but sorry to say Ashok/Mandaar was no match to Sai/Raghav(no offence to the actor)
First of all Mandaar is an unemployed middle class man so how was he able to give tashan to Hyderabad ka don, how was he able to challenge him and how Raghav's brains, power, clout and money went for a toss was indigestible to the fans.
Secondly to establish Mandaar they made Pallavi dumb and insensitive towards Rao's which again backfired.
So in order to create the TADKA they sabotaged the only thing which made their show famous that is the romance and the leads and it received such massive backlash that now they just wrapped it up quickly without giving any proper explanation to all the above points.
Anyhow, yes they could have closed all the loops in 1-2 episodes and could have sped it up like they do with Raghvi scenes but I guess that fast forward mode is only reserved for Raghvi.
Now I just hope the makers, the writers, the cast and us the audience are able to move on from this track and forget it like it never happened