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I am seeing from last few days quite a lot of people are upset after Dayal's death and think only villains are winning.
I agree that making Shaurya recover by getting hit at same spot, no one saw him etc and now Sakshi getting bank locker access in stupid way are wrong.
But then wasn't Durga constantly winning in first 3 months, giving blow to blow to Goenkas and their allies? That was also stupid how a business partner like Dayal got to interfere so much in Goenkas' family matters. And how otherwise careful Rajnath was ignoring all warnings and letting Thakurs be. Shaurya never suspected Durga and let her be, even after being paralysed, all for a bet.
It was loopholes on all sides.
There is no question of villains getting favour or heroes over villains. Battles have casualties on all sides. It cannot one one sided with only one side winning.
I will share an instance from childhood. I remember Spiderman used to air every evening. Almost all youngsters watched it. But no one discussed it that much. Then came this 12 part series which was supposed to be mother of all battles Spiderman ever fought. Situation got too difficult for him. His own genes started seeing variations and he was turning into a monster. All supervillains returned to unite against him, they trapped his aunt and GF too. One of them called Chameleon took Spiderman's avatar and committed crimes thereby spoiling his image from hero to crook.
Media, family, genes - each thing was against him.
In final showdown he was weak and all villains were cornering him.
I remember that was the series which got us all talking. At school, at playground, everywhere discussion was going on as to what would happen to Spiderman now! Is his story over?
The excitement and tension generated was unparalleled.
The battle was among most memorable ones with each supervillain and superhero showing their strengths to the fullest! Of course Spiderman won in the end.
But my point is the way those episodes engaged viewers. It was like none other.
Dayal's death was indeed brutal and wrong. It hurt me as he was my first fav character in the show.
But it gave the show what a show is basically made for - REACTION!
This forum suddenly got more active and saw many threads. Twitter and FB was bursting. People who had not blogged on EHT in ages, took to their blogs to write on Dayal.
This means it did engage viewers.
It caused tension, emotional involvement. And that's what any show or story aspires to generate in the viewer/reader.
Villains have to lose and they were treated shabbily by makers too by making them dumb.
But powerful villains don't get destroyed in a flash. Flame burns brightest before going off.
Even mythological villains like Jalandhar had power at peak and become rulers of Trilok before their end.
They will have a brutal, painful, spectacular end. By showing their misdeeds the show is only filling the proverbial "paapon ka ghada" (pot of sins) to the brim to justify the end they get.
I do not mean to moral police or tell others what to do. I just want to say it's not about negativity, villains winning etc. It's a war, unfolding towards its end though in illogical ways.
Pessimism is a given. But total despair is not needed yet.
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