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I am posting a comment I made on another thread as a separate post, as a member suggested I do so. Here it is.
Maya is both a hero and a villain. Basically, she is the lead protagonist! Beyhadh is HER story. A Vamp is just a woman with some ax to grind with either the hero or his family or heroine etc. Maya IS the story. So there is no issue of her being a Vamp.
I think people have got so used to seeing Mahaan devi's and doormats with no self-respect as heroines or leads, that they think a female who stands up for herself, who breaks relationships because she is not happy with them, who is not perfect and capable of manipulation is actually a "Vamp". This is only possible on Indian TV! People have been so conditioned to seeing Gopi Bahu or Sasural Makki types that they can't even imagine someone like Maya being a heroine!
Fact remains, Maya is not "good". But neither is she totally "bad". She had good qualities. But most have been submerged in her insecurities and obsessions. She is so afraid of losing Arjun that she has imprisoned him. Similar to what she did to Jhanvi. What is inconvenient about Beyhadh is that it doesn't have just white and black characters. No one is perfect and no one is a Mahaan godlike character. Even Saanjh has acted in the wrong way many times. No amount of whitewashing will change that. Maya is wrong too. So is Arjun, Vandana, Ayaan, Jhanvi. In fact everyone. They all act like humans! They are not caricatures but based on real people! Real people are always grey. To what extent and what shade is determined by their circumstances and their character! That is it!
I don't get all these comments of Maya sexually assaulting Arjun! I have not seen any such thing. She has touched Arjun, sometimes when he is asleep sometimes when he is awake. But she has never tried to have Sex with him when he was unconscious! That "sedation" in the ambulance was to stop him leaving, NOT to sexually assault him. I don't get what part of that was a sexual assault. Yes, it was an "assault" coz she sedated him. But after that, she just slept on his chest. I didn't see any sexual violation? Don't get that part at all. Even the part where Maya tried to seduce Arjun and there were all these comments about Rape? What rape? She didn't force him. So how can it be assault? If your wife/husband, makes advances towards you, that is them trying to get close or seduce. If you don't want to engage in it and say no but they force themselves on you, THAT is assault. I didn't actually see any such extreme take place?
Ayaan's actions? I was shocked by them. But I will reserve judgment till the episodes because I still can't believe what I saw! Will he really tear Maya's clothes and push her around? I hope not. I am saying it more for Ayaan's sake! I understand his anger and in his shoes, I would be angry too. But this is only going to ruin him. So I hope he doesn't do any such thing. He has NO idea who he is engaging with. All this time Maya liked him. But after this incident, he will be in the bad books too! She will surely not spare him at all. Samay? He seems like an obsessed guy just like Maya. I am waiting to see more of him to figure him out!
