What would Subash Ghai do?
SG would first rename his heroine where first letter of new name starts with "M". So Geet would be called Meet. Then he would narrate a plain and ordinary story in most complicated way with good camera work and pretty decent music. The movie might be critically acclaimed but commercially barely make it through.
There will be one dozen songs, half a dozen scenes which you don't know is comedy or satire or sarcastic. In the end we will just forward the scenes in DVD or take a break if in theater.
SG would tell media that he has worked on the script since he was a baby and its his most awaited story (like he does for everyone of them). We poor saps go to theater and match the story with more than one dozen movies in each Indian language.
What would Vishal Bhardwaj do?
Since Othello, Mcbeth is already done, he now picks up Antony and Cleopatra with Maan as Antony and somehow realigns the story to UP political scenario. He also intermingles Khurana's construction company, Geet being Cleopatra. The entire saga also questions Geet's pregnancy, Dev's deeds and NT's attitude...
Maan and Geet exchange huge dialogues about many things which instigates too many petitions and finally they lame it down to ensure that Geet does not go off air.
What would Francis Ford Coppola do?
Maan is next in line to be Godfather. He does not like it even though everything is handed down to him on a plate. He does not approve of this father's "business" but still respects him a lot. So unknowingly he gets pulled into a gang war and ends up being next Godfather.
Due to his heritage being an Italian, he is snubbed by many people but he somehow manages to fight through in all hero-y way. Marries Geet and has a large family.
Third part is a drama and not a crime movie. This brings high TRPs but fans moan in agony.
What would Akira kurusowa do?
Maan introduces Yakuza way of dealing things in Indian underworld. The entire clan gives up guns and other stuff and update themselves with swords and knives. Swordsmanship is outsourced to Japan and call centers are set up to ensure that these underworld people use the sword the way it is expected to.
Maan gives up wearing man blouse and trousers and shifts to summer kimono, sword inside umbrella and sandals. He looks ridiculous in tropical summer but who cares a shit. He looks hot.
Geet is daughter of chieftain and is super pretty. Please note Maan is poor, hot and super awesome in sword. Geet is cute, damsel in distress but is a strong woman.
Whatever.
He saves her and then regular yada yada yada... blah blah blah...100 episodes...they get together.
Season 2 starts one week later...
What would Romano Polanski do?
Since he has an international arrest warrant, he directs the series via web-cam as the series is set in India. He pleads production house to shift the location to Poland or France but PH looks at him as if he is insane. They till him that each flight ticket would cover budget of one episode. He sighs and tells them that he will make entire series with only two people or at the max five people in it. He even makes the movie in black and white to give some effect which he has to explain later to us poor audience.
Anyway, Maan is a melancholic fiddler who teaches Geet how to play violin. There is a war going on and he is on other side of the war. There are lots of close up shots, there are lots of war scenes and there are melancholic conversations.
And then...
Nothing.
Series ends.
What would K . Balachander do?
He retains production house given Geet storyline and makes it more real. Many viewers who watch TV show for time pass sake quit but many more viewers who are desperate for quality shows start tuning in.
Geet's single motherhood, honor killing, NRI marriages, misusing village lands, farmers struggle, contradiction between city and town are all explored well in depth.
In the end StarOne gives the show to Fox History Channel as it makes more sense out there.
What would GV Iyer do?
First of all he fights with production house to make the language Sanskrit. Since PH refuses this request, he writes all dialogues in pure Hindi. Production house agrees on subtitles.
Maan is a sadhu and Geet is his disciple. The entire show is about them traveling India and preaching xyz philosophy.
Show gets moved to a spiritual channel
S. (My usual disclaimer stands.)
Mannat Har Khushi Paane Ki
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