Why do our serials end up in a mashed up storyline which makes a caricature of all the stars involved.
In trying to keep both group of fans happy, this serial is losing both. i don't know whether to laugh or cry the way the serial is shaping up now.
First, the story -
Is Viraj (whether a baby or a villain) the only saviour of the Raghav clan ? What a way to treat a story. Arrey if two members of the clan have been killed, pursue their cases in the court, take them to the press, raise hue and cry through social groups, have some doctor's forums raise their voice against brutal murder of doctor komal. But here, what the fish, what's happening, Raghav against the law, Raghav getting shot, Gayatri helpless. A woman with grit like Gayatri can not and should not be shown helpless or scene after scene in home or kitchen, i would love and expect to see her fighting it out with the grit, zeal and infallible determination she was shown with. God, i loved her character even more than ...more than anybody else's charisma or portrayal on the show. She was a role model, how dignified in old age, vow. Reduced to what... a helpless mother with two children already dead, others in danger. Some women empowerment this. i was also maddened by the Tanisha sundar match. did they not show earlier that Tanisha topped some exams i her college. Sundar was shown in the garage and i am not sure they gave us hic academeic background. Tanisha was the one who loved party's and glamour. where are her dresses and jeans now. Please don't cliche married women with Sarees and suits only, CV's. Get a reality check.
The stars
Sorry to say, though i rarely dislike KVB's mannerisms, but these days, what he is emoting is hardly childish and hardly mental. Merely speaking in english in a tone lower than earlier is not the stuff stars are made of. Where is the emotion in the eyes ? anything, a mad man's whim, a child's longing, anything would be welcome. His reaction to yesterday's shooting of Raghav ? oh Gawd, it was miles away from concern of a child. Please CV's stop this torture. I am into this show, galti ho gayi, save the story now, and i really will never again associate myself with a show which is at loggerheads with all logic.
Ditto for Sia. My younger sister noticed a day before (when Raghav was on the run), the scene where she hands over the medicine to Gayatri.. gosh ! you cant make out whether she is smiling or she is crying. Lips partly opened, all dialogues with a smiling expression no change in expression, emotions evading the eyes. The kind of makeup the lady is being forced on the eyes, hardly allows her to display troubled eyes. Please, enough of the monotone dialogue delivery where she is either shrieking or smiling or scolding with three in one expression.
Raghav, yes, the only person who appears sane in this highly asylum seeking plot.
We were much better off in the track where the three stars were toghether. Jhanvi with Raghav as Sia and Viraj hunting for jhanvi. I know that track was not meant to last forever, neither the courtship, nor the hunt. But anything better than this brutal mash up of all characters and death defying logic scenes. The king of cliche scene award goes to the heroine taking out the bullet from the hero's arm.
So, were we not better off with the earlier track ? A coy Raghav, a beautiful sia, and a menacing Viraj - all actors in their forte. so many twists were possible thus
- Sia proving that she was born sia and viraj trying to prove jhanvi existed even in gurgaon.
- Sia and Raghav on a holiday far off and Viraj trying to trace out the location a la Shahrukh in Darr.
- i would even have forgiven a plot with a kidnapped sia with Viraj and Raghav on the hunt
-Sia being convinced by Gayatri to give the last chance to viraj after any punishment of her choice
Anything where the three were together. Since serial plots are not my bread and butter, so those whose earnings are based on good TRP's could have done better thinking jobs definitely.
Now, i think the three are never getting back together in a plot which is apt enough to glorify all three. Miss those scenes where KVB would fill the screen with long determined strides in black suits. Can't take Viraj as a perpetual kid. would not like it either if Raghav was taken away from the story and Viraj and sia toghether a la anil kapoor in Eeshwar. Raghav looked charming in those checked shirts.
Anything with all three. or at least, anything with logic would do. But i think CV's and logic are never ever getting back toghether again.
Sorry folks, this frustration was killing me. look at all the time i gave to this serial. and what logic is being thrust down my throat. I'd have choked. No offense, please, i respect all actors, and would have liked to respect the CV's as well.