Bandini!! An overview from kooldesi_fum
The show started on very good notes.. considering it is from the Balaji camp. No loud music, no loud makeup, No plastic surgeries, No rebirths and so on..... and obviously no Zoom in and out....
AND!! AND !! IT DOES NOT START WITH K!!!!!
It is believed that this show is borrowed from a popular Gujrati novel. Since I have not read the novel I don't know the differences and similarities between the novel and the show.. But one thing is clear that ekta is trying hard to shed the K! image (I am assuming this is after her serials got bashed up @ star plus). And also to note is the fact that the story is actually moving at a good speed rather than the usual pace whr they show each scenario for months and months (eg. the story of nanji, and then shashank, then V-rat, Jaggu and the marriage) even after marriage there seems to be quite a decent speed for the progress. Matlab they did not spend just one week trying to show the reactions of the family and moti ben and moved it qucikly...
they have done a good job at selecting the actors for the roles.. starting with RR, no need to say anythin about his actin , then Asiya, she has done a fabulous job in the past one month despite having very few dialogues, Nanaj- is another actor who has carried the emotions effortlessly without compromising on the quality; Khemi & Mongi - another duo which is fitting well with the charcters; (won't write much bout them, b'coz thr r already many threads regarding them)
Now Virat- Kudos! has done a gud job despite being the villain and also portrayed the character strongly...
Surekha- gud acting despite knowing that Santo is her sister's saut..
Moti Ben- another gud actor without being too loud on emotions.... could be improved by changing the makeup and some other mnor things like accent and prononciation...
Baa & Bapuji- Gud jodi and good humour in between the serious scenes.... Bapuji can be made more strong by being in favor of santo... (they r already showin tht he is dev soft corner for santo) and explainin DM ...
The kids-- I think Ekta has tried to kick in the old formula of havin many kids... u know like Kyunki and Kahani Ghar .... and other K Serials... I think this can be a negative point since the gap between the kids is too large (the 1st one being 23 yrs and the last one about 10-12 yrs)... so i am guessing tht kohinoor must have died recently (although if suraj is 10-12 yrs old she could have died then also) but let's see wht ekta has in store for us on tht part....
Birwa and Suraj are cute , they r stilll kids to understand wht is actuallly happenin....
Moulik and K-bari are just acting as fillers without any special characters and any special significance..
Hiten: just like his father, very arrogant and very strong on emotions... gud charc.... But again ekta has tried to rope in some old stuff by showin tht there is father-son rivalry.... and good personality as well..
he has the potential to be a bridge between santo & Dm.. he should have finished college by now(assuming he is 23) so i think either he shoould be shown as goin for a MBA or he should start his own business or he should work or somethin like dat... this will boost his charcter and also gain trps...
in fact i mentioned in my earlier posts tht he should be named as DM Jr.
I also feel that ekta could have done with 3 kids instead of 5... (one of K-bari or moulek and one of suraj and birwa could have been avoided)
this would have portrayed a better pic of the family..
jaggu and pinakin are also eqully gud in comparison to other memers...
however thre are some points which make the show a unique frm other saas bahu sagas..
1) no rona thona, saas bahu rivalry, or unnecessary cryin and loud makeup...and no hindi movie songs in the background (somethin original)
2) orginal gao ki setting and not some crap like big mansions and heavy costumes...
3) the gujju in between to make it more authentic.....
4) no evil bhabhis and evil plans to kill for property, land and assets...
5) no over doing the dialogues and sounding like a quote book... dialogues are original and elegant yet simple...
6) no destiny bashing and no blamig GOD for the happenings in life...
7) no unwanted tu tu main main among characters and no sterotyping any charcter and culture...
8) no trendy fashion traits and costly saris and lehangas...
9) not showing the characters as extreme.... (either very affectionate or very rude) exceptions r always thr...
10) the actors chosen for portrayin the roles...
things which ekta can work on and try to improve on and some similarities btween bandini & K! serials...
1) some bloopers which tend to creep in alomost every episode... like on 26 fen wht happend to baa... she was not watchin dm on tv...and DM Jr. fighting with the photographer
2) typical dresses for each charcter whether sleepin, eatin, walkin, or evn partyin.... like V-rat wearin white on all ocassions.... ekta I tell u that in real life people don't always wear the same clothes day & nite...:)
3) although I mentioned gujju as a + pt. it would better if ekta could provide us with subtitles as this is telecast nationally and many people r not familair with gujju... and as the serial progresses the gujju seems to be gettin complicated...
4) they have started to zoom in the faces frm the last 2-3 episodes.... this is startin to become like K!
5) the story has started to become predicted.... like the scne whr DM Jr. slaps Jaggu and the speech and the story when DM Jr. leaves home and does not take K-bari... and many more instances... i am sure when the story started thr were many surprises... ekta the audience like surprises....
6) deviation frm the main plot... of bandini... eg. the prime focus should be the story of DM & santo... although sometimes u do require other plots but not all the time.... to progress with the story.... eg. gettin other charc to get santo and DM close...and remove the misunderstndings....
I think I'll stop here as it would not be fair for me to showcase the negative points of this wonderful serial...
if any u have any comments do add to tht
PS. also posted in daily soap discussions topicEdited by kooldesi_fun - 16 years ago