Review of Ishqbaaaz

Ishqbaaaz (2016–2019)
3/10
Shivika and Rikara
2 May 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I used to watch the show although it was repetitive like typical hindi soaps but it was somewhat of a guilty pleasure of mine because of the chemistry between Anika and shivay and Gauri and Omkara but I stopped Midway through that unbearable Bua track although to be frank me stopping watching it was long overdue for so many reasons.

I used to be a shivika and a rikara fan but now honestly I am neither as I can't bare to watch the same repetitive drama of Shivika over and over again and the zero development and screen time for rikara. I mean seriously another fake marraige, another separation that contains another leap......Why does every problem have to be centered around shivika?! even when Swetlana returned to the show pre-vanwas, it was very odd of her to focus on shivika although the fact that she was rikara's main adversary. It was very odd of her to not try and ruin guari's life especially when she was the one that ruined her and her plan of becoming an oberoi baho! even in the vanwas storyline, story of both couples had a lot of potential as for example I wanted to see more scenes of gauri and omkara trying to fill anika and shivay's shoes in managing the house and the business but instead we got the same melodrama of veer scaring Anika over and over again. honestly, after we got the concept,this should have been it but they kept repeating it over and over again and gauri that was once strong enough to take on Swetlana alone was helpless, crying in every scene and couldn't manage a damn house full of people with tantrums!

Again, I am a Shivika and Rikara fan and I am sorry if I offend anyone but seriously one story is exhaused to the teeth and the other have little to no sceen time with no character nor story progression! I mean how many times did anika and shivay marry? 3 times, First time then they preformed the rituals with rikara and they preformed everything again when they got back together. How many times did om and gauri marry? One time and wasn't properly executed. What was Rikara story post patch which was more than 6 months ago? Non! Did Rikara or Ruvya get any villain after the merge? Non, they were all anti-shivika and i can go on forever.....

I am not saying all of that because only there is no rikara but also because there is so much shivika. I mean 2nd separation and before that for exmaple Shivay takes a shot for anika and then anika takes a shot for shivay, Anika pretends to lose her memory to defeat Tia and then Shivay pretends to lose his memory to get that tape and save the family and forever I can go......

Anyway, I am glad that all of you still enjoy the show although I think it is a mere shadow of what it once was. I have really enjoyed my journey however incomplete it was. keep up the good work. Bye
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