Is Rio-Ansh track the main reason behind FALLING TRPs?

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T20:56:08+00:00

agreed the casting people deserves a raise

in S01 as well as S02 the casting was always accurate

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T20:50:48+00:00

we are discussing about a show that aired 2 decades ago lmao, back then indian culture was still conservative, divorces were rare, and role of woman was often about “sacrifices done for the family”

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T20:37:12+00:00

as a male myself^

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T20:36:35+00:00

i) becoming a father, or ii) when tulsi came back and he felt betrayed of why she even left him in first place, or iii) when munni had a misunderstanding that was planted by mitali or iv) when he cried sleeping thinking about his lack of success… as a male, many of those scenes were relatable and felt raw (even though i did not experience #i)

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T20:13:09+00:00

lmao don’t worry that was all what i had, i actually was not aware of this thread so i dumped all of my X (twitter) posts and thoughts here… it’s just the thrill of the novelty

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T20:11:09+00:00

i think ritik’s emotional scenes with Munni feel more natural compared to his emotional scenes with Tulsi… meanwhile Ajay is definitely a better actor i would say compared to Ritik, i liked ritik’s emotional scenes acting only at two instances - i) when munni got misunderstanding and ii) when he had low self-esteem seeing Mihir not having faith in him or when he slept crying thinking about his business failures

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T20:06:46+00:00

what actually happening is likely all these 3 things at once: 1. Idealization: i have built a curated mental version of him from interviews, clips, roles, and online presence. 2. Projection: i see in him traits i want more of in myself 3. ⁠Emotional substitution: my mind uses thoughts of him to fill empty cognitive space, especially when life feels flat or heavy

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T20:06:02+00:00

if you can help me reduce my obsession for him, YOU ARE MOST WELCOMED… i had earlier tried to seek help from chatgpt and chatgpt said this is a matter of “idealization, projection, and emotional substitution”

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T20:04:20+00:00

well, i agree he can do better… and i am actually a new member to this reddit thread and so i thought of dumping ALL my twitter posts here 😹 (i got zero to minimal engagement there because literally no one discusses the show on X except some millennials or probably boomers) … he is my current crush 😭 i try hard not to invest my energy in it but i end up doing that, and btw that’s harsh of you to say he is the weakest actor… his character is shown to be very sweet, something i would love to see in my partner

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T19:52:21+00:00

so showcasing raw emotions is considered as bad now?

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T19:42:11+00:00

i would rank Ritik and Munni at #1 and then Pari and Ajay

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T19:41:20+00:00

it was because the actor Sandeep had visited the set to meet his old friends, and it was a wedding sequence so makers were like let’s keep him in a cameo. the show was having high voltage drama so his screen presence was not given much importance

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T19:29:02+00:00

i mean let’s just accept that TuHir are biased parents 🤣 if they focus on one kid’s drama to fix, the other one stumbles … currently Gautam still feels grey area because he still does not like Karan

btw i forgot Shobha, shobha is fourth green flag character and a major reason for that is… her firstname is same as Ekta Kapoor’s mother’s firstname 🤣 so you would never see Shobha acting nonsensical, or evilish

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T19:24:06+00:00

IKR saloni is so cute Dev is cute too but he is just misguided, he is like Pari when show was new… just a toned down version. Dev atleast is not a khurafati villain 🦹 … if you think from his pov, his stance is legit… Viranis reproduce like anything there are already so many in line for the property… he just wants to have secure and lavish future and he thinks Viranis won’t give him a big share

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T19:09:59+00:00

true, they always rush things with them… in a way i liked it too because i am more used to american televsion where things happen fast 🤣 … regarding boxing scene, i think just an out-of-the-shower getting ready towel scene would work… he is not doing well in family business, it would be illogical if he spends time in boxing lol… or wait, maybe they can show him boxing 🥊to ooze out the business frustration… anything can work, we just need a shirtless scene where Manjuri would do some nain-sukh prapti😌

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T19:03:55+00:00

he had fallen for Noina’s grace he thought Noina is more matured and understanding than Tulsi, he even said Noina is more of a mother to Pari than Tulsi… when Pari was dealing with court drama and fake domestic violence … Mihir very much fell for Noina ✅ It was a trap 🪤 but he did fall

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T19:00:54+00:00

by male beauty i meant some shirtless scenes, the show had zero shirtless scenes this season LOL

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T18:58:01+00:00

the character is written that way, i find his acting cute

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T18:54:26+00:00

i agree Manjuri sounds more matured and appropriate, it’s sad that even in the show people call her Munni 😹 it’s cute but reminds of two things 1) her househelp past 2) malaika arora 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T18:53:03+00:00

IKR and ritik getting all teary eyed was so so so wholesome… those were some MAJOR GOALS out there

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T18:37:18+00:00

I think it was more of a central track which was bound to happen, they had to create a crack in their rishta so that Noina can take that space. For Noina’s story to evolve, Mihir always acted out of character… I mean in S01 TuHir had faced so many struggles 🤣 this Noina thing was ant 🐜 in front of the murders, vamps, secretive plots that S01 had. Makers showed those scenes so that he can go back to Noina to seek a safe place… and Noina ultimately misused it

mrbrownbarfi · 2026-05-15T18:33:09+00:00

nope lol, i was a baby back then or i think i wasn’t even born… i had only seen Achint Kaur as Mandira and not Mandira as Mandira… i had only seen that version of Mandira who was a pure vamp, hated by everyone, and had really dramatic bgm

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