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Thanks Angie for making another version of the song. Thanks also for understanding what I was trying to say and not taking it in any other way. Coming to this version of the song...it is much better than your first try. I found it t be more precise and to the point and the right emotions were also there. Your earlier version was kind of confusing for me because there was too much information in a 5-6 mintues song...Thanks Misti. I never mind your feedback because it is very objective. Even during the worst tracks of CB2, your analysis used to be very objective. You still could appreciate good parts as rare as they were whereas I used to be much more harsh if I couldn't stand the episode. In this case, I agree with your feedback anyway. Also I never take constructive criticism negatively because it only improves one's work. Doing otherwise makes one work in a bubble world.I came across this 2 mins song ...and it was so similar to Dev's situation ...I have added the link to the song.Yes, this is a very appropriate song and fits Dev completely. I may use it one of these days.Coming to Bholu I know that you didn't like him during this phase and your sympathies were with Radhika. I have been angry at Bholu quite a few times for his actions but almost immediately my anger would change to wanting to hug him and to sit down with him and having a chat. I have always seen him as a lost soul...one whose heart was in the right place and who knew deep down what is right and what is wrong but due to the way he was brought up and due to his experiences in his own life he used to make wrong decisions thinking that they were the right ones. Since he was emotionally abused since childhood he had this happy picture of a perfect family and he used to cling to it because if that picture disappeared then what will he live with? He also had the image of a girl who will be his saviour.The only person from who he expected things was from Radhika because she was his perfect saviour ...but that used to happen when he was with this family. When he used to go away from this families influence, then he used to think much more clearly and treated Radhika not as his saviour who was perfect but as a human being who had her own needs and compulsions. His ability to think in the presence of the family came when Radhika/kanha appeared on the scene because she laid down ground rules for him which Radhika never did. As you have said Dev was a very complex person and if the makers had given respect to his characterisation this show would have turned out to be something different..That is why I was very disheartened when they did not show the remorse track regarding how he behaved with Radhika during the Barkha phase. He has been projected as a very righteous person and being righteous this would have made him very guilty and it will be something that would have eaten him up from inside. So even if he did not want to face the truth his inner self would have forced him to face the truth of his actions. Anyway despite whatever has happened with this show, I will always remember CB2 as the show that gave me Bholu...he was the character for whom I watched the show right till the end.I had mixed feelings about Bholu. I could understand his behavior in context of his character in that first half of CB2. In the second half (during Barkha track), his behavior was not consistent with his character at all especially in those episodes where he believed Barkha over Radhika. Then where he became inhuman or dumb.But coming to that first half, I did not like his actions because to me needless sacrifices and sacrificing one's loved one is a waste of life. So my sympathy in those case is always with the one who is taken for granted. I used to feel that way about Dev of CB1 too who was used by Radhika of CB1. But again I understood both characters - Radhika of CB1 and Dev of CB2 on where they were coming from.However, there was a difference in that first half. I also found his actions both understandable. Also he was quite amusing too in that fake wife track. Even though Radhika did allow him to take advantage of her love, she was very human in that first half. So she was getting hurt at his behavior and also demonstrating her own way of dealing with it. So she did stop running after him which didn't suit him too. So he used to seek her out to show her that he "hated" her. Remember you used to call him Bumbum during those episodes.Also the original writers did show Bholu and Radhika as very human characters. Once Bholu finally acknowledged to himself that he had behaved very badly with Radhika, he did stop her and asked for apology. It was only few lines but that was enough for Bholu's character in that context. Radhika too was shown human who wanted that apology. So she too accepted it without telling Dev that there was no need for it. She just felt overwhelmed with happiness that he had acknowledged his mistake. Then when he realized that Rohan was a bad person, he again apologized to Radhika for putting her in the situation where she was suffering and had to be on the run with him.Of course, the full realization was not shown at the time where Dev was shown to feel that he was wrong regardless of whether Rohan was bad or good. But I didn't expect the full realization at the time. I was waiting it for the time when Dev would be forced by his family to give up Radhika. Of course he rebelled against the family, but it was hard for him to convince Radhika. So here Radhika was doing something for his own good. But I had always thought that they would show that he realized how wrong he was when he imposed his decisions and sacrifices on Radhika. But by that time, Dev was such a side character that his characterization was given no importance. He was given a line to state that Radhika should not make the same mistake he did and that was that. He was made passive, his scenes were not given importance and his few lines were talking about Radhika's greatness. That did not make sense because Radhika was not great, but did whatever she did for him. Finally, his character was destroyed to keep their artificial character in place.But still I feel more connected to CB2 than CB1 even though my liking of characters of Dev and Radhika started from CB1. I found Dev and Radhika's story in CB2 to be more poignant and there were complexities in characters of both even though Dev was much more complex. So despite how they destroyed the show in the end, I do have good memories of the show and I feel attached to characters of Dev and Radhika.. My only problem is that both CB1 and CB2 remain incomplete for me because they did not do justice to these great characters. But still I appreciate the original writing team that conceptualized these unique characters.Also I am feeling much more empathy for Dev while I am making VMs because I can take out the garbage and only his emotions are present. So all this conflict that sometimes did not come through in daily episodes is much more visible in condensed versions.As for your colour combination...I liked it. You are right that Radhika because of her strong faith and her self confidence knew to live even in the face of troubles, while Dev used to have a much more bleak and melancholic outlook...and Radhika was the colour that was needed in his life. I agree completely.
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