Pattern in Anupamaa

There's almost a pattern in Anupamaa.

1. They bring in a social issue, usually including a female (because, female audience). Target: to show social cause.
2. Anupa fights for/ supports/ cares for the said female, mostly against all. Target: to show Anupa as the greatest.
3. Anupa makes a mistake or a series of mistakes (Brushed under the carpet). Target: Anupa is naive or family oriented or bahut bahut bahut responsible and can't handle all the matkas or everything.
4. The said female turns negative or turns against Anupa (both are presented as equivalent).
5. Anupa doesn't acknowledge her mistakes and doesn't apologise. Cries bucket bhar bhar ke. The said female gets all the hate. The mistake is presented as mahanta. Target: Anupa becomes bechari.
6. The said female realises "her" mistakes. Turns good (momentarily, because she either leaves or dies or turns "bad" again). Target: Anupa's goodness wins.

And in between the social cause dies a painful death.

In the words of the esteemed producer, said females are collateral damage

Originally posted by: TianaWrites

In the words of the esteemed producer, said females are collateral damage

Originally posted by: Asur

Did he really say that? He really confessed to what he is doing

One of the directors did say that. Not sure which one.

Meanwhile in DKP bhavan, an apoplectic RS summons his head of cybersecurity demanding a full explanation as to how their story board got leaked.

"Sir, woh cloudstrike ke baad SP sir ne phataphat chalu karne ko bola toh we didn't get tame to do a full refigure. Seems like some beej 😉 was planted in our system before our firewall was fully up and running."

As is widely known, sirf naam kafi hai to calm things down in RS land. As the petrified employee beat a hasty retreat, a puzzled RS stared at the angry clouds outside his window and at the computer on his desk in turn. Clouds ke strike hone se ye computer ko kya faraq padta hai... Shrugging a mereko kya to himself, he clicked on the TRP figures for the week while continuing with his mental debate of whether to go for the Rolls or the Bentley, or both.

Cheeku, kaise kar leti hain aap

Yup RS said that in an interview during Shruti track that Shruti is collateral damage in MaAns love story. It's his created character so I believe he has every right to say that but as audience I understood that the characters that we love or sympathize with aren't actually the ones they want us to. The main characters are Vanraj, Anupama and Anuj(in that order). Every other character is conceived to make people feel for the main character. So every other character ought to be bashed/ignored. RS should actually take some inspiration from Ekta for creating such characters instead of giving them a solid back story. Audiences will be able to sympathize much better with their leads then

Some other patterns in the show:

• Manipulative old codger always pretends to be supportive and makes big claims but conveniently disappears on every opportunity, when he could actually be supportive.
• Vile hag dLeepla Shahi always spouts the most regressive stuff and then gets justified as she is badi hence, a bhagwaan.
• Character of Rajan Shahi Vanraj Shah which was meant to be the antagonist, always benefits after doing wrong, is the most sensible out of all on most occasions and turns younger and richer with every leap while the so-called protagonist and her lover turn destitute.

Kaise kar leti hu main???

Nahi, nahi. Kaise kar leti hain aap?

Beej, clouds

Originally posted by: TianaWrites

Yup RS said that in an interview during Shruti track that Shruti is collateral damage in MaAns love story. It's his created character so I believe he has every right to say that but as audience I understood that the characters that we love or sympathize with aren't actually the ones they want us to. The main characters are Vanraj, Anupama and Anuj(in that order). Every other character is conceived to make people feel for the main character. So every other character ought to be bashed/ignored. RS should actually take some inspiration from Ekta for creating such characters instead of giving them a solid back story. Audiences will be able to sympathize much better with their leads then

Originally posted by: Asur

You are right. Them giving a tragic or favorable back story to those so called collateral damages and then ruining them makes it all the more worse seriously

Surprisingly, I feel that it is brilliant storytelling, though only from a narrative viewpoint. It actually highlights that the so-called leads are collateral damage. In none of his other shows has he butchered the leads to such an extent. Even Abhimanyu of YRKKH Gen 3 was better than ApMaan, and his redemption arc was amazing. The same quality is evident in Gen 4. I haven't seen such a redemption arc in a long time and a complex backstory for an ITV male lead except for Viaan in Katha Ankahee. This could be attributed to Zama Habib, who crafted the storyline of Gen 3 after the second leap and is now the creative director of Gen 4.

Now that I reflect on it, Anuj was never a well-thought-out character. He was meant to be a driving force for Maa, similar to Dr. Advait. He was introduced as calm and mature, but he wasn't. He was always impulsive when it came to Anupamaa, and those nightmares were a clear indication of that. His misplaced priorities, such as ignoring Mukku and his extended family, are a testament to this.