Amidst of this couple bashing I am just pointing out what attract me to the show. Off course I have seen many Indian drama's before none of them were actually digestible for me. As per my thinking whether female or male oriented drama they are showing it is not that connected to real world we were living in. Like every shows Manmarziyan also has flaws but changes they tried to incorporate in story is really commendable. Here are unique points I like about show:
1. Frist and for mostly they actually showed real side of relationships. I mean it's not kJo movie where mommy can predict that her son is coming randomly. On one side they portray radhika's mom dad who have much traditional thinking and on other side they showed how sam grown up under high-socialized atmosphere. Both system have pros and cons but still we can't decide which one is better. They showed it was all so causal just like we see around us.
2. Love is not center of life. Some of you may disagree but they actually showed love is not Rosie and dreamy always. Sometimes you fell for wrong person but it ok you can always have second or and for that matter third, fourth chances. It's not if you had break that means you are not qualified for other relationship. In SamArj break up scene kind felt normal when she told Neil that she is ok. (I know it hard but for sake god how much one can morn over a person) then instead of just waiting for prince charming she thought why don't give time to herself. Kind of reminds me movie Queen where girls goes to journey of self-discovery. One can be single and enjoy life at fullest. It is in true sense a feminist behavior which I rarely seen of drama's these days.
3. Guy and girl can be friends in true sense whether they may or may not fall for each. When Neil confess his love Sam still both them didn't took the whole matter over the top drama. Sam tried to talk it out it to Neil confidently and similarly neil also maintain old friendship with her. I see no uncomfortableness between them.
4. Radhika she also shown a lot courage and grown up as person in journey of the show. Girl who before had hard time conveying her thoughts is now finding ease in it. And I believe she will get better with time.
5. Feminism. Well everyone talks about making female oriented shows but I see none of them holds them for long. A girl should be two thing to be qualified as good indian lead, always think about others and be a perfect bahu, lover or maa for that matter. Really guys have ever seen such girl before around you. We modern girls are not like that we are bold like sam and emotionally stable like radz. When I saw sam drinking scene or both radz n sam homeless sitting alone on road I was satisfied that they are breaking the traditional thinking. Both sam and radz stays away from home living independently not because their parents want them out of house but because they choose it to do so. They are career driven and girls having high self-esteem who will not tolerate any inappropriate behaviors. I don't know why that these thing which accepted in society is still taboo for TV.
6. Lastly Neil is my favorite character in show. He is soft hearted caring, loving, funny and easy going. As a viewer we always see arrogant, egoist leads who are always dominating and so called alpha. But here we have neil who is completely unlike them yet his character is maintain strong presence in story. Not to mention girl still drools seeing thou he don't have manliest man thing a bit.
Please share your views too.