What is Working for ChhanChhan - Page 2

wonderful post well said .👍🏼

Awesome post 👏. Happy to see a positive post.

Originally posted by: capricorn2006

Very nice post !

I think you have covered everything ...the things which are working for me in this show are

- Sanaya and Supriya

- characterizations...am on the fence still abt Chanchan..she needs to be more real and less white. Umaben is more interesting and Manav's character is looking much better now.

- Dynamics in the Borasagar family

- ensemble cast

- Sarabhai family....Casting is perfect and .their interactions are cute but need to be toned down a little especially the family teasing Chanchan abt Manav scenes.

- Dialogues and screenplay...inconsistent...they are much better in the Umaben scenes but too cheesy and in your face in the romantic scenes. Everything needs to be spelled out mode needs to change to a more subtle mode

I would like to add that the PH is very experienced and I hope they know what is working and what is not. Sanaya's interview clearly indicated that they do know. I think they got caught on the wrong foot with IPL starting, male lead not being accepted and romance not being their forte also added to the woes. They have to prolong the romantic track till IPL ends and that is the major problem. Hopefully after that when the marriage happens, everything about the show will look up.

Very nice post, good to see an interesting discussion post 😛

What is working for me

Sanaya and Supriya, without a doubt. Two excellent actresses, they're both a pleasure to watch on screen. Even though Supriya's role is fairly dark grey as of now, she is able to bring in some nuances and make it interesting. She is not the typical overbearing saas, for one thing ... she rules her bahus in a more manipulative way, and has her own sense of justice and fair play. What I find even more interesting is that she is not a doting, "my sons are wonderful" kind of mother either ... she seems to have trouble trusting everyone, her own husband and sons included.
Sanaya is a pleasure to watch, period. She lights up the screen whenever she comes on I like her character Chhanchhan a lot ... yes, she is very white as of now, but she's not the typical pious holier than thou type of heroine either ... she has her fun side, and I hope they keep that intact.

The Sarabhai family ... fun to watch, they are very real and sweet ... fun loving, teasing, progressive and open in their thoughts ... and as the show progresses, i think they will balance out the much darker and severe Borisagara family.
The DOGS ... I love watching them on screen!!!

The Borisagar family ... especially the father and sons and their relationship with Uma Ben. There seem to be many wheels within wheels there, including the court case which has just come up ... I'm looking forward to post-marriage, when these stories will start being explored one by one. The bahus so far are pretty standard TV bahus ... it will be interesting to see their reactions to Chhanchhan and vice versa. Interestingly, none of them seem the evil scheming sorts, so I guess that department is left to Uma Ben.

Manav ... he is an interesting character ... HOW I wish the actor was better 😕 ... because the character is better sketched and has more potential than most husbands of family dramas. A good actor could do a lot with this character. Liked the way Manav seems to be the only one who can manipulate his manipulative mother ... also I liked the way he saw the differences between CC's family and his own ... he sees the faults in his own family, the lack of openness, the secrecy ... He is more clear headed, he is not merely a mama's boy. I liked that he deliberately went against his mom to side with Hitesh and Purvi ... a new thing for family dramas. Waiting to see the repercussions of that one. 😉

The ensemble cast ... all are well cast and are doing well in their roles ... they have settled into character and are good to watch.

I like that there is no heavy melodrama ... it's all pretty real. The way the dowry drama was wrapped up has been good ... Hitesh and his parents accepting their mistake and re-connecting the rishta ... all without any heavy duty drama or major speeches or lectures. If they tackle more issues in this way, it will be interesting.

Like the wardrobes of all the characters, especially CC and her friends ... it's so good to see the female leads not dressed in standard uniforms of different colors!!


Now the flaws 😛
The writing does need to be tightened ... in some places they skip over essential points ... like the setting up of the cafe meeting, while elsewhere they repeat the same thing again and again ... like the family teasing CC about Manav.
Where is Purvi's father? A dialogue or two about his whereabouts, saying that Purvi has talked to him, he has spoken to Hitesh's parents ... these were required to complete the entire picture.

They need to stop the mirror image scenes of CC and Manav about each other ... especially in the very same episode. Not only are they repetitive and far too obvious, but also they show up the difference in the acting calibre of Sanaya and Farhan ... when they were both describing their dream partner, Farhan's face was BLANK, while Sanaya was all dreamy eyed and contemplative.

Background music ... I don't like the bg music for Uma Ben. I liked the whistling music for ChanMan, don't like the Are re tune for them, it gets too repetitive ... they should save that for the more romantic moments, and keep the whistling tune and the other tune they played during the dream partner scene for the usual ChanMan meetings.

Enough for today! 😆

awesome post!!!👏
u have put down all pts really well!!!😊

tanx for the lovely post.

Amazing Post 👍🏼

nice post 😊

Originally posted by: GeoS

tanx for the lovely post.

but i think u missed out some loopholes in the show,

1.UB s very brilliant, but she didnt asked Manav's gf's name to himanshu! may her barin think only complex

2.is purvi gettin married wihout/with her father's permission? No idea.

Wonderful post. You covered everything perfectly. Sanaya Irani has definitely chosen the show wisely. Waiting for the main stroy to start