Originally posted by: shivis18
yes in the first book she wasnt shown as grey or completely white but she was potrayed as ambitious... and even i think that she was a ambitious lady and being a lady and on top of that ambititious, made her a grey character thats what i feel... but in india audience are not mature enough to handle grey character of leads thats y they are manipulated into something likeable... and also i dont understand that y one character has to be shown extremely evil inorder to make the other character likeable... years ago i saw akbar khans mvie tajmahal , noor was potrayed as a complete vamp to glorify arjumand... she was scheming and plotting to kill arjumand and mahabat khan was shown as her secret lover... and it was disgusting... i mean yeah noor was manipulative and ambitious but yet she was a loyal lover and never did she plot to kill anyone...
i tell you shivi when it comes to NRs the makers only want to see how money can be made ay yhe end and if they show reality many people might be either shocked or surprised as we all have a certain image of our historical ideals!