1) Raghav-Gayatri's moment in her bedroom
I think this was rather lovely. It had very little of the stubbornness that both are so used to employing in front of each other 😆
2) Gayatri watching the childhood video of her two sons and shutting it off right as they started fighting [symbolic?]
I dunno...even there both were smiling while fighting...I wouldn't be too sure about it as a symbol yet.
Cons:
1) What are they doing to Viraj Dobriyal?
I have always enjoyed KVB's performance as V. But in recent episodes, I have been just about fed up with the dual image, the schizophrenic touches, the alter ego explanation -- I've got one question: Where the hell is the Viraj Dobriyal who walked around confidently with his skull-stick, conversed with himself [not his dual image], tended to be immensely scary in mannerism, and whose character related to the theme of the show -- which was domestic violence. Because all I see is the same V in dissimilar shirts, or dissimiliar hair style, who's trying desperately to hold my attention -- and failing.
Changing his hair doesn't make him distingushable from the original V. Having him sitting on the roof of a car or locked in the trunk doesn't make him frightening at all -- maybe the director should've considered shooting those scenes at night rather than broad daylight.
The bright, colorful shirts, V's calm mannerism is repetitive and boring to say the least. If the writers don't know where they're headed with the story, at least cease with the constant psychological drama and just show him as he is! Viraj Dobriyal has always been Viraj Dobriyal, rich, charming, cruel, confident, manipulative! This Version 2.0 is more like a Version 0.0 to me. The old Viraj was at least intriguing to watch.
Another thing I don't get is why no one seems to notice when he's talking so loudly to himself. When the two Viraajs are talking in the dhaba, they're actually directly in front of Tashu and her friend -- are they trying to tell us that these two, who were two minutes ago making fun of the way he was holding the menu, wouldn't notice him speaking to thin air so loudly and obviously? Same with the car scene. The girls may be sleeping but the driver can hear him lol. What are we, a bunch of fools?
2) Sia ka mahaan mission and her superpower
Being everywhere at the same time -- that's definitely a superpower. And an annoying one.
Gosh, what the hell is going with her? For a victim of domestic violence, she sure has a lot of energy and consideration for the entire world's woes. I mean, come on! They keep showing her as this self-sacrificing mahaan Indian TV heroine who's the reason that the hero mends his relationship to his mother. Forget the fact that she's so damaged herself that she turns into a nervous train wreck whenever someone says VIRAJ.
However mahaan they were trying to show her throughout the episode, she ended up appearing annoyingly nosy! Lurking outside every room, stalking the Singh family members, listening in on their conversations, etc. etc. etc.
Instead of showing her fighting Raghav's battles, they should've shown her fighting her own, for crying out loud. She must have issues, like a million issues herself. Fear, anger, confusion, hatred, SOMETHING. Worries for her family's safety now that Viraj is going back. Worries for Taashu's safety since she's travelling with him. Worries for herself since Viraj might one day get his memory back and then hunt her down again!
Instead she's prancing around in her pretty clothes and makeup, playing matchmaker between Raghav and his mother! I swear 🤢🤢 This only confirms my suspicions that the writers have no CLUE as to how a victim of domestic violence deals, how she is around people just weeks after escaping the torture -- most of all, they have no clue HOW to shape her personality!
God help me.
Argh. Why do they make her character so inconsistent? If at some point in the future when the family's relations are all in shreds due to Viraaj's manipulations, and Raghav realises that Sia had kept silent about him all along, I don't think he'd forgive so easily. Especially given that she spoke so passionately about fixing broken relationships. She thinks at length about their relationships, but can't be concerned about their safety?
3) Raghav crying all the time
Um, out of frigging character. Raghav was sketched as a strong hero with issues, yes. He started out as someone who had trouble expressing himself, was diconnected from people around him, etc. Now they've turned him into an emotional wreck who cries in every scene. I mean, W*F? Butchering his character already? Huh. At least writers take more than two months to do that to a character.
Honestly, I'm tired of him being emotionally weak and needing Sia to make his decisions for him. Please. Take Sia and place her in another room when Raghav is deciding whether or not to talk to his mother, when he's walking to her room, when he's entering her room, and ESPECIALLY when he's having an emotional and PRIVATE conversation with his mother in her room!
Raghav wasn't this expressive to start with. He concealed his pain and tears from the world. They should've shown him deciding to confront his mother privately after the drama in the hall and then upon entering her room, get all nervous and emotional. Most importantly, they should've shown him having that conversation with her ALONE. No Sia to pat his back like a good boy and tell him shabaash!
They have weakened him, and I'm disliking it.
This guy, this emotional guy who needs Sia to push him to do everything [even though just weeks back HE was the one pushing her to do everything], is going to battle the evil that is Viraj Dobriyal? I say good luck to the writers on executing that with conviction.
I wouldn't mind the emotional scenes so much if they didn't keep them coming one after the other. I had the same problem with some of Sia's PTSD scenes at the Awasti house and ashram...that on their own they were fine, but when you club them one after the other they lose their importance.
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