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Not talking about acting but her cameo in the first two episodes were so lovely to me, specially how she initiated the story of cheels and aadi naagins

Her acting was somewhat average as brinda but she def looked truly lethal as a naagin

I miss how good the initial episodes of Noyontara were. My God, what a fresh serial it was before they ruined it with the whole Khazana track. Fresh faces, fresh plotlines, fresh BGMs and overall, it was a well-written, genuinely decent supernatural show. Sigh... was perfect until like 100 eps

Even with the absurd plotlines, I love that the makers genuinely put effort into the dialogues, incorporating Hinduism and other relevant lore into the story in earlier seasons instead of throwing together random nonsense. The earlier seasons also had much better lighting and cinematography; just compare this scene to anything from Season 7. Most importantly, the BGMs were nostalgic and actually fit the scenes, unlike whatever they did in Season 7 with that horrible AI slop. And honestly, Teja managed to deliver whatever BS she was handed with so much grace and conviction as a Naagin, unlike most of the Naagins in the franchise.

I’m sorry, but this actually made me cry so much, and I still am. And this is coming from someone who heavily criticized Naagin 7, if you’ve seen my posts.

The idea that all of this happened to Radhika because she thought her mother left her to die in a cave, and that she grew up with nothing but resentment towards her, hurts so much. She spent her entire life hating her mother, hating naagins, and hating every Hindustani simply because she grew up without a mother’s love.

And even though the writing was overall pretty bad, I genuinely love how they humanized her villain arc. It wasn’t about power, greed, or some grand ulterior motive like Yamini, Sumitra, and the others who were always chasing power. Her pain came from something so much more human, like the absence of motherly love. In the end, she was just a scared little girl who wanted maternal affection

And the scene of “In another life, Pragati actually came back to the cave, and young Radhika wakes up and everything is okay is making me sob so much.

For a moment, i got reminded of the last time we GENUINELY had good acting in the franchise

sayantani ghosh we need you to come save us again.

miss this good old times with a quality story

i absolutely adore s1 and 4 guru devs, the most supportive. and can't remember if s 5 and 6 had any ?

me personally loved her as a naagin even though it was for about 4 ish episodes. She had that delicacy and precision which required for HER naagin role because she was supposed to be the first ever naagin, and she was in love and towards the she actually delivered her vengeful dialogues so convincing as well.

Reeaally one of my favourite scenes from the franchise. Wish makers were doing iconic scenes like this now.