Sooo I heard a lot of (different opinions) about ishqbaaz here when I went down the rabbit hole of looking for shows I could watch with good (romantic) chemistry between leads. I decided to give it a try anyway.
I'm watching the show currently ~ took a pause at the start of season 3 episode 1, around the track where Anika is trying to tell shivaay about Tia seeing someone else secretly (AKA betraying him).
Needless to say, I'm sensitive to dropping ITV shows because usually at the start most of them are pretty good and after a while they go downhill. Contrary to the toxic personality of Shivaay (as I have read a lot of threads here also highlighting that) and many other factors, I'm actually enjoying the show a lot, to the extent that I don't want to continue because soon the forced marriage track will start and it's gonna deteriorate in value and entertainment. I want to watch the show till it's worth watching. Don't want to leave it with a sour taste in my mouth.
Coming straight to the point I've been notified with two main points in the show where it basically gets ruined and a lot of people would want to stop watching the show.
I'm here to ask when I should stop.
Shivaay-Anika forced marriage
Redux version
A lot of opinions vary on the part between forced marriage till redux, saying that the show becomes complex with too many plot points going on and nothing really gets resolved or addressed properly, etc. (from what I've gathered from all the past threads here) while the redux version is just trash.
What would help me make a decision is just dropping in the comments your choice out of the two — 1) forced marriage 2) stopping before the redux version
I'll just go with the majority.
Thanks in advance! 💛