I find the following words of William Wordsworth apt to describe Naintara -
I marvel how Nature could ever find space
For so many strange contrasts in one human face:
There's thought and no thought, and there's paleness and bloom
And bustle and sluggishness, pleasure and gloom.
There's weakness, and strength both redundant and vain;
Such strength as, if ever affliction and pain
Could pierce through a temper that's soft to disease,
Would be rational peace--a philosopher's ease.
There's indifference, alike when he fails or succeeds,
And attention full ten times as much as there needs;
Pride where there's no envy, there's so much of joy;
And mildness, and spirit both forward and coy.
There's freedom, and sometimes a diffident stare
Of shame scarcely seeming to know that she's there,
There's virtue, the title it surely may claim,
Yet wants heaven knows what to be worthy the name.
This picture from nature may seem to depart,
Yet the Man would at once run away with your heart;
And I for five centuries right gladly would be
Such an odd such a kind happy creature as he.
A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. She must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough to awaken some transient gleam of sympathy.
We must triumph in her downfall, yet not barbarously nor with contempt.
Naintara is the most apprectaited and loved of all villains in recent times. Yet, she is not pure evil. She is an opportunist, she is selfish, mean. She is someone who is capable of using anyone to meet her ends. She won't accept defeat.
The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture
Geet is most successful because of its variety in villains, Naintara being the most prominent and consistent one. To add to the spectrun are Brij, Arjun and the likes. When Naintara is in action, everyone is at the edge of their seats.
As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.
We have seen Naintara grow as a character on screen. At the outset, she was not evil. An opportunist, selfish. But she would never be capable of or would never have considered killing Geet or anyone else. She becomes evil because of her spineless husband who cheats on her. She becomes evil at the thought of loosing everything she possesses. We have seen her grow into being who she is. And she is brilliant.
Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
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