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Hi DG, Hi Delena😊
I can name quite a few:...sorry, this has turned out to be long!😃
1. why did Mamaji leave Kashmir and settled in a place like mumbai? Well I thought this was obvious from the first episode. He left because of the terrorism, I think either his home or business got destroyed or he was affected in some ways. But is this a real story? surely the story is about Rantara > which means that Mama needs to be in Mumbai, for Antu to meet Raghu...after her father's death, her mum's health, Mamaji is the nearest male guardian she has. Yes, he could have gone to Delhi or other major cities but then the story would have been different. Mumbai is a city that attracts the homeless, the hopeless and those running away...the seduction of big city is numerous to many...
2. why did DM of all the people made a target out of Dr.Kaul? Did she? I thought he was killed because he treated two terrorists (therefore being true to his hipporcratic oath to first preserve life) and then did his civil duty as a law abiding citizen by reporting them to the police. The terrorist then took badla and had him killed. Her involvement only became evident when Aman got caught...and I think it is a case of her being a gundi with her fingers in so many pie. Dr Kaul is just another innocent casualty, one they had to kill to show 'Do not call the police on the terrorists'...see they rule by fear.🤢
3. why did DM sent Raghu to do to the deed? Again, originally it was said he went to Kashmir because he got into a mess with Shetty and his guys. DM used him to keep him under her thumb, don't forget she wants him at her beck and call. What better way to ensure servitude for life if you hold over someone's head that he killed someone? However, it is yet still to be proven that she sent him to do the deed - what we saw was Aman had to do the deed but he made Raghu carry the box. Even DM was surprised, when she read it in the letter which means she hadn't known about it beforehand. So Raghu was in the right place at the wrong time.
4. the drunkard who use to loiter around surely have a back story with Raghu. what is his connection with him or DM for the matter? Is there a connection? unless you are told I don't think it is wise to conject stories in things that appear on the screenplay. Often it could be nothing more than something that happens few episodes down the line...in this case, he was Antu's saviour by giving her water...so his drunken presence was shown to suggest a guy deep in sadness, then his speech with Antu hinted at a tragic past which made him help her despite Raghu's edict to the Basti.
5. what is the real reason for DM to take Raghu in? she just happen to see him on the streets and took pity? i dont think so. knowing DM, there must be some selfish reason from her part That is still need to be revealed. This is not the time for it. The best place for that would be when Raghu becomes aware of DM's true intention. They need to have a confrontation and during this Dm will try her best to ensure he remembers that he owes her a lot. Stories need to be told in a certain way, one part cannot be revealed in advance without proper lead up.
6. where does Mamaji keep disappearing to? Really not important to the story because otherwise it would be different. Antu would not have been able to romance Raghu with her Mama around. The setting is a displaced girl who connects with a guy different from her. IF her Mama was around, she would not have depended on Raghu for a job or to take them to the hospital when needed or take Ishan to school..> Raghu is the replacement figure of a stable male in her life. It was necessary for Mama to vanish. This is a story device to ensure lead character is set on a path that makes sense (her starting to rely on Raghu after coming back to the basti).
7. why is DM hiding her true face from Raghu?You want the whole story to be over in five minutes?😲😆...all leading to the climax of the show, be patient...so much to tell in between
8. what happen to Antara wanting to support her family on her own? Never did happen did it? Love got in the way, which shows how important it is to her.
9. why would Antara forget about her own family before stepping into take revenge? i still fail to understand the logic behind this marriage twist. Perhaps she thinks she needs to do this. Who else will avenge her father's death? not Ishaan, nor her sick mother, vanishing Mama is too busy vanishing...you see my drift. Marriage twist was not brilliant, just another writerly version of lemmings and clifftops, but nothing we can do just watch until it swings back to the main story thread again.
10. Raghu's past is yet to be explored as well. IS this important? we have been given the important facts that we need to know - he is an orphan, who feels abandoned, feels he had failed his mother and is now starved of motherly love and that he happens to have a lot of female friends!😆...Seriously, all stories have one protagnonist. However in love stories, both the hero and heroine are the protagonist but there will always be one that is the main character. In my mind, given the way we had been shown the story, Antara is definitely the main protagonist of the story followed by Raghu. So we will see her transformational arc more than his, we will see more of her story than his. However, personally I would love to see some balance and get more of his emotions at this moment and later.
see, we still have so many things to explore and it could have been done so without this marriage twist. if i had wanted to see this kind of story, i would have watched other shows. every show gives us the same story and its retold in different version. if you call this twist a story, then i dont know. I agree there is more to explore and the beauty of a story is that you can always come up with something different. The difficulty is the medium the story is being told via. In books, you can have a series running to 10 books if you want with the same characters but TV show is a different animal altogether and especially Indian TV shows. They have a limited amount of time they can tell the story they had envisaged. Within that they work on a tight deadline and a lot depend on editing - seriously what we see and understand on screen depends on the editing skill. So if often things are jumbled and does not makes sense, it boils down to editing. Then you have the stars, who are human and have good days and bad days and often no matter the acting skill some of it slips through hence 'flat days' or 'lacklustre' acting and etc. Twist can be anything including this marriage and revenge by Antu, but we don't all have to agree on it. Everything is subjective after all. The problem with 'every show giving the same story' is something quite unique in Indian TV. I think a lot has to do with the conservative viewers, and though story writers want to be bold at the end of the day they have to toe the line otherwise the Censor and watchdogs would be on them. This is something all Indian citizen need to revolt against otherwise it would be the same stuff churned out. We the international veiwers do get frustrated but it was our choice to watch indian shows so it's a case of like it or lump it.
DDEJ is not this. it was never about this. the writers failed to impress the audience with this. and even you have to admit this is a bad call from them. i dont mind any kind of twist as long as there is some logical explanation. if you can give me one, then it'd be great. Again I point out the fact that Indian censorship and trp need factor into what kind of story that can be shown and how bold a line they can take. In the few years I've watched Indian show I've come to realise two things: 1. all show start of differently but 2. The guy and gal always get married and then kitchen politic start...everything else in between is incidental. Same here with DDEJ. I personally will only stick with the story as long as some promise of the show is being fulfilled or hinted on. The moment I think there is nothing there to keep me watching it, I would just go off somewhere else.
Logic is subjective, what makes sense to you may not make sense to someone else. In stories you need to look at the characters, the core values and goals and motivation including their worldview to make sense of their actions.
Both Raghu and Antu want love and to belong to one another as a family. That is their essence, their core values if you like. Everything they did led them to one another - the fights, the flirting, the mock fights and drug like dependency on one another. Then she finds out that he was involved in her dad's death and her loyalty and love for her father rears up (this has already been established that she is a daddy's girl in the first week). So, perfectly in keeping with her character, she knows the best revenge to have on Raghu is deprive him of her love and deny him the sense of family he craves. She goes one step further and removes herself in such a way that he could not make her weak and give into him when he comes to her with folded hands. She gets married to someone else. It may not make sense to you and me but it makes perfect sense to Antara and that is all that matters.
It has never been about applying real life logic to a fictional situation.
Edited by Dreamygal301 - 11 years ago
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