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@ TM all new shows starts well and the real task comes in maintaining the momentum...
That's what I am apprehensive about. The background has been beautifully done if I consider it is after all a daily show. I came across an article where the writer is visibly disappointed because the pre- independence era int he show is not rightly depicted. I agree few things don't go with what we have learnt about the second world war or the Indian independence from the history books but creating an old era with vintage cars, carriages and horses,maintaining a Haveli in the show is not a child's play either.
Rajmata's notion about royalty is confusing. The etiquette she is talking about is learned and not inherited directly. Why would the princes be sent to London for higher studeies then ? From Sher Shah Suri to Napolean, History has witnessed such great Kings who made it all on their own merit and didn't inherit it from their fore fathers. Besides, the time she is Rajmata now , the kingdom is surrounded by the British in the name of Subsidiary alliance. The Kings were no more free in their own Kingdom.
We learnt the lives of Rana's family and we came across
the lives of Gobind Seth's family. Gobind Seth made an interesting comment on Rana's status. His view on the Royal family explains the era where democracy was slowly penetrating the Indian mindset. The Maharajas were on the verge of losing their original position and Gobind Seth acknowledged the fact. The Kings were no more the masters of their masses.
The story is not new. We have been bombarded with same storylines before. What new here is that the difference of the rich and the class, the hypocrisy of the elite families, the arrogance of a royal family and the changing mindset of the Indian sub continent.
I admire the character of Gayatri although she is annoying at times. With that, I admire she fears no body and no one, not even the King himself. As her father says, she is much more worthy than her own brothers and had she been a boy herself she would have deserved to be her father's heir. How sad it is to know that woman were not considered heir then. Even Rana thinks the same way irrespective of the world and privileges he has in his life.Without creating a scene or uttering a word, she asks her question to the King about why should not women be allowed driving licsences. She will ask for her rights and cannot be denied on the terms that she is a girl.
I am sure she will make a better queen than the current Rajmata. By the time she takes the title India will be a free country. So, we possibly will witness her as the new political leader of free India. I don't think we need another Cindrella here when the girl is efficient enough to have her own share of fame.
Overall, the show is definitely entertaining as of now. Lets see what happens next.
