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I've just binge watched IPKKND the last 2 weeks. I was in my early 30s when this show came out in 2011. I remember watching a few bits here and there that time but I was busy with life. I'm surprised that the show aged so well given it's been 15 years. Of course, there are many things I love and many things I feel so angsty about this show.

I felt a strong sense of sadness and dissatisfaction that the show ended and I wasn't happy with most of the storyline post hate marriage.

This is a sort of rant and venting my opinion to give some kind of closure to this agonizing feeling I have about the way the story progressed. 

All the cast did so well. Sanaya was fabulous and gave an outstanding performance. Barun was a phenomenal actor in this show, this showed him in his prime youth and gave me pure joy to watch his subtle acting and his facial expressions. But, I couldn't help feeling somewhat angry that the guy took off for a movie shoot midway and caused deterioration of storyline by the team having to go for a stupid kidnapping track. Most of it was devoid of logic, a multimillionaire missing and Khushi/mami accessing airport security tapes, police ignoring Khushi and a whole host of other issues, it just was so unbearable.

I hated the comedic treatment of Khushi's suicide attempt. Hated is not a strong enough word for this track. I don't want suicide to be used in the shows in this manner, it's a terrible and deep wound for people and families who experience it. Given Arnav's trauma with his mom's suicide, it's unfathomable as to how the writers even came up with this sort of treatment for Khushi's supposed suicide attempt. Even if they wanted to show a suicide track, how I wish they showed a complete breakdown of Khushi and attempt suicide seriously in a really weak moment. They could have built the story from there, by creating situations where Arnav notices discrepancies in Shyam's statements and what he noticed/missed earlier. They could have even made Khushi amnesiac from suicide/accident even and I would have preferred that more compared to the terrible kidnapping track. 

Weak redemption arc for Arnav. I just didn't understand when Arnav realized the truth and when his misunderstanding cleared. When Shyam was character-assassinating Khushi in Shyam confrontation post kidnap, it just doesn't make sense for Arnav to be a spectator especially when he knows about Shyam and what Shyam says doesn't align with what he said to Arnav.

Showing Khushi more kid-like and immature as the show progressed. Granted, holi track is largely good, but who would want to celebrate holi in such a way especially if one's life is upended overnight? I understand they needed to lighten the emotional negative heavy feel and I can overlook it somewhat. But, I couldn't tolerate the other episodes with Khushi's antics and infantilization. The episodes by themselves are comedic and evoke a laughter, but they just didn't fit well in the storyline. I expected to see more angst and desperation and breakdown from Khushi and all I got were stupid swami track, Kamlesh Khabari track and what not. 

I haven't watched Sheetal and Ms India tracks fully, but they are irrelevant to the main plot, so, it's ok. 

There are other things I didn't like, like the Bubbly track, khushification of Lavanya's wardrobe, underutilization of Akash, Payal, Shashi, Mamaji, but I can live with these issues as it doesn't deviate from the characterization and story foundation.

I think the other crew also changed after the hate marriage. Barun's look was awful after hate marriage and got worse and worse. I watched IPKKND Ek Jashn and I didn't like it, I found the magic and chemistry missing and it was looking forced. All I could see was Barun in those episodes, there was no trace of ASR. Ek Jashn gave the impression that Barun and Sanaya can't recreate similar magic if they were to do a similar show now. When I see Barun in his interviews, I am put off by his lack of grooming. Maybe he will do all good if he gets a romantic role, but the way he looks with beard and ill groomed in the interviews doesn't inspire confidence. Sometimes I keep wondering if it's the same guy who looked so dashing in IPK and who I was looking at in the interview video. I know that 15 years is a long time, but he is still in early 40s and doesn't seem to care about how unkempt he looks. Sanaya looks older, but still looks pretty in any interview I see her.