So disappointed- DT NOTE PG 11 - Page 6

My only question from thursday-friday episode is:

Aaliya-Zain had clear reasons to attend the party. Instead of working on it why were both wasting time? They were not the dating couple, but someone who had spent time with each other and certainly more than 100 days.

Thanks to CV's for the mess! I still fail to see the reason why they brought in Zubbu when they were not done with Barkat.

You have put it across well .

hahahaha Kools! I love the name Zubbu Bubbu you have given. Totally goes with how he is introduced. I agree. I have no qualms about her relationship with Zubbu, but divulging her intimate relationship status with Zain to him was very out of line. My problem is that. Why talk about your marriage and reveal things to him, when you have not even established that with your husband yet? Yes, if two people are in love and dating, it is common to share with friends because you don't have a concrete relationship yet so need advice or whatever. But, when you are married, there is a sanctimonious relationship, and you have the "haq" to talk to husband about whatever concerns him, so why include third person in this equation?

But, I do get your point too. I feel it was very silly to show that Aliya did not understand what was bothering Zain. Even I did not understand why she invited Zubbu to the party and stuck around him, when the idea was to go to the party with Zain and tell him how she feels. Why dance with Zubbu? Dance with Zain na. I understand that sometimes you have close relationships with guy friends or cousins and you may not see anything wrong with it, because for you, they remain the same, even after you are married. So I understand that Aliya did not change her behavior with Zubair and she behaved like she probably used to with him even before she was married. She regards him like a cousin so sees no reason to keep in mind distance and all that. But, my irk lies in the fact that Zain made it very obvious what was troubling him and what he did not like. Also, as close a guy friend or cousin is, one does not sidelines husband to give him all attention instead. So then why not introspect and apologize for making him so uncomfortable. It is after Zain;s behavior, that I got mad at Aliya. Even after he sarcastically laments on her closeness with Zubbu, she is still stuck on the phone with him after going to Bhopal. If you are giving space to Zain, take some space yourself and try and introspect into what your husband got so upset about na? And if he mentioned Zubbu like 100 times in a mocking manner ( even said he will break his face and claimed he did not like her divulging their relationship details to him) she continues to talk to zubbu while not making a call to zain. How would any husband feel?

😆 to Tabu tabu and Tabitha :P

So coming back to the popular post of today.

I would neither agree or disagree to the post and yet respond to this post by explaining why I do not choose to take the matter that seriously.

I had an offline discussion with one of other dormant forum friend and she queried puzzlingly to me asking, if I did not find it childish enough to want to have seen all the episodes. Then my answers to her were many. And here I compile all that in one go.

1) Towards the Post. @koolsadhu1000. We just need to gulp it down, as many of these soap stories are essentially what you write. Nothing different about these love stories. The writers and Production Houses write fiction that sells. And People at large in the world are not greatly influenced by TV Soap Dramas...thanks to contrasting ground work by activist organizations world wide and Policies and Governance formulated by Governments closely working through women's groups. Now if we keep out the inspiring and influential aspect out of the Indian soap drama and just concentrate on the doled out pulp fiction of a supposed to be passionate and limitless love stories, then we can go for story construction, which now follows.

2) When I watched the soap, I could not help remembering the love stories on all the channels. I had long time back written few lines when I watched Madhubala. It basically is the same formula for all soap stories.

I just laugh at it everytime I read that.

3) Now of all the lovestories that I could see traces of, the most recurring images were from two soaps. a) Pyaar ka Dard Meetha Meetha Pyara Pyara b) Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon

Then I asked myself, why I keep seeing so many similarities here. Then ofcourse the answer was that MEIEJ was Colors Love Story formula. And I looked at the Writing team. I saw the name Sonali Jaffer. Instantly, I saw, Yeah! She did write the inception and initial glory of MEIEJ. Then I checked Pyaar Ka Dard. And there she was. Sonali Jaffer wrote that as well.

4) So we know the common stuff across Telly world and the challenges of keeping a daily soap running 5 times a week every day until it keeps itself afloat. To me its a writer and Production House and Channel's daily husting business. When I call it a hustling Business, it pretty much takes away the capacity of principled business that runs on a established timeline for sure, such as for a Season atleast like in international arena. For me hustling is not character, its mere survival through creativity or recycling of same ideas, that sell.

5) And yet the hustling business also needs a product and its marketable package. What is that product and what is the package. ofcourse that is your title track, that later on gets expanded as per increasing storyline. Ding Ding ...here the winner is title track, which tells us the stuff, we should actually look for being critical of the story or main characters. These days there is no life to supporting characters. They are just pillars and walls for holding the house of the main characters. The pillars of the story ofcourse are Usman Abdulla (Zain's father) and Shabana Ghulam Hyder (Aaliya's mother). Rest every one are walls and they will be dismantled and rebuilt as per story's requirements. These are the props of today's TV world. Song, Lead characters, Supporting Cast for Pillars and Walls, Guest Actors for catalystic addition to the plot, as in plot drivers that cause change in lead characters and Walls of the house.

6) Now I must say that I liked the original sound track. Here listen to the lyrics.

That pretty much gives us the story line and story direction. Anything in the story dynamics, it has to reflect the question of being BeIntehaa (Limitless and Boundless) ...An infinite love amidst Not limited in any capacity, Not Binding in any capacity. Now is the story true in that regard ?!!! Yes, it is. It hold true even now.

7) What is the story and the relationship of the protagonists like ?!! To quote myself what I was writing to my other friend in a chat,

"Yes, childishness, is the essence of the relationship. The children at heart suddenly thrown before each other after growing up and forced to marry under circumstances. They are adults before everyone except themselves. The silver line in the cloud is that their admiration for each other as man and woman, the mutual attraction, that the children at heart find it hard to see the lining that clearly demarcates that they stop being what they were to each other and accept that they are no more children. However the most memorable line to abt that song is...ranjish...jahaan ki bandish. Now I am thinking jahaan ki ranjish.

8)When we see all this through this kind of charitable eye, we would just dismiss Aaliya, action of going to Maika, as any normal action that comes from a Colors Lead female character. They act righteously but not intelligently, as otherwise, how would their dark hero explain how he compliments her?!!! Zain is going be intelligent but act most unscrupulously as he is going be a problem solver for the female lead who actually is the problem solver for not only all the characters of the story, is also the changer of the hero. But then she needs support. So the hero will support her and get changed too. The heroine then becomes a winner - all round.

9)How to explain an unintelligent action as the most right thing to do.

a) Make the clear headed hero commit a mistake, not too grave, just enough to upset the heroine. That way he irks female lead fans and also ensures his fan following. So Zain, being very clear and having done right things so far, has been still able to maintain his boyish immaturity before the female lead. That is actually the story. But then when he says, if you think it is compromise, why the pretense of taking care of me. Don't do it. Those are the last words which are actually wise. Upon this the Aaliya has acted. She cannot undermine what Zain has said, and cannot continue doing things for him at his discomfort. And she also is confident that for Zain the marriage holds true except for being a bookish husband of her dreams.

b)On that confidence she thinks of giving space to her husband for few days, gets away from the problem causing Zubbu and sends a diplomatic message to her husband that shows him, that she is still in their game and not ready to lose.

c)Now this action gets a befitting response from her husband. At first he panics, then it dawns on him in few seconds, why is he running, when his wife already said that she will return back. So why worry and why not enjoy few days of freedom without her, even if to show off to her, his resilience. On a different note, this action of her absence is the plot driving action for Barkat to create enough mess that has to have befalling bad consequences/times on BarkatVilla.

10) And all of it is appealing to the viewers. Because, very gaurdedly, they have made the matter of love, hurt as private matter between the two. If Aaliya wishes, she can just slap Zain. But since she does not want to, she will not. And this is actually the most magnetic appeal towards Aaliya for Zain. He can forever be playful with his wife, as she provides game for him all the time. While he was on fun roll before marriage, after marriage, he has started work and being responsible, but he still gets fun of being gamer and having fun through his wife. After all, when you have a partner that brings the best and worst out of you, you are more likely to pledge yourself with him/her, as it is a home and security without any masking.