#Devils Den# Main Nikli GHADI Leke - Page 2

Vrush that was very well done. And I just realized I posted my reservation before I read your words and now its just going to be an echo. :)

To me GHSP was about the story of this girl who wanted to fight for herself and her child against norms of the society and lead similar lives like the millions of us out there. Yes, it had its flavor of romance which did make me go "ooh and ahh" and drama which had me nailbiting, but the storytelling that had me hooked everyday promptly at 12.00pm/11.00am (EST) was "Will Geet be able to escape brij?", "How will Maan react when he finds out Geet is pregnant?", "What will happen when Geet finds out Dev is Maan's brother?" and "What will happen when Maan finds out Dev is the culprit?" and it stopped after that.

My dearest friends, especially Marsha wants me back on the Den, writing and discussing the show. Personal issues aside I wonder, does the story have the same flavor to offer now that it did 5 months ago? Jaya has opened her views with the lines from "Finding Forrester", which are very apt. As much writing and re-writing that perhaps went into the show in the very beginning is obviously thought of as a waste of time now, for the story speaks for itself.

When the show started, it offered us something different. Starone to the best of my knowledge has only taken bets with Youth based shows. This was the first time they began with a family oriented theme, but something for every youth to think about. It offered us glimpses of the world out there and how reality is not always about "Namesake doctors pretending to romance in stairwells". One could acknowledge the amount of effort and thought process that went into some classic scenes

Some classics that will stand out to me time immemorial

1) Meeting Dev for the very first time'

2) The conversation between Geet and her mother about how woman's duty is to get married and take care of her family

3) The classic rescue from the river

4) Revelation of Naintara and Dev's true colors

5) Geet being abandoned at the airport and the following scenes of the painful reminders of the past

6) The famous Oye's thirst of blood for "Purkhon ki izzat" and the cottage scene that followed

7) The first time Maan and Geet meet as Boss and Secretary and Geet goes "Maan" before correcting to "Maan Sir".

8) Hum tum scenes

9) The response from Geet looking for comfort post Kurbaan Hua sequence when she holds Maan's hand

10) The rain hug scene

11) The glimpses of Maan Singh Khurana's past in the darkroom

12) Geet's remembrance of her family and hurt and Maan consoling her during her revisit to HP.

Actually as I write, I realize that there are innumerable times when I have loved this show for the way the screenplay etched out the details of human emotions, responses and behavior. I am not a screenplay writer, so my understanding and appreciation of this show is purely based on how well I can connect to what is being shown on screen. And I connected very well till the day Geet realized Dev is Maan's brother. I was able to put myself in Geet's shoes till that day and I could see myself behaving the way she behaved, which made me feel yes the story was very well written.

But like all good things come to an end, the story went down from then onwards. Vrush says the revelation of Dev's truth was impactful and rushed. I agree, it was rushed but I needed it to be much more impactful, considering the premise of the show was Dev cheating Geet. Maan's response to Dev's betrayal, very very indifferent and if anything aloof, something that feels very unrealistic. The flying in and out of all the different cameo roles, especially Yash, the one with a load of potential makes you wonder what runs in the mind of these writers? Do they have a story or do they just make it up some concoction along the way. The story moved from being about Geet to being about Maan Singh Khurana and how great, ruthless and passionate he is. It became about "Trips, falls, catch, eyelock and Mahiii". And today its about some wedding and the details of the wedding, which frankly I don't care much about.

I am not going to comment about how they could have modified the storyline or how they need to gather the much required TRPs, but I would just say this'a little bit of thought process on how the show managed attract the attention of everyone of us out there, would give the screenplay writers "food for thought" about what they delivered yesterday and what they are doling out today!

Ok just read; I am supposed to comment on possible storylines to focus: Quick thots:

1) I agree, Geet wants to live a normal life, get married and have a family and all. But I would think that she would be at first interested in serving Dev and Naintara their desserts.

2) What happened to Dev? Is he not more important in this story about Geet than Mr. Maan Singh Khurana?? You could always replace the actor and work on Dev and how he seeks revenge from the almighty Khurana.

3) What about Vicky Khurana? Does he have no idea that the almighty is getting married or that the other Khurana is MIA?

4) Why is Almighty Khurana being made an almightly when he is not one? Some mention of a Sameera keeps happening only to be shoved under the carpet again.

5) Finally, you had some presence of mind bringing "Oye" back, but now you have made him a mere pawn to be thwarted by the almighty. "Oye" is capable of much more than that!!

6) What about Mr. Daarji? Does he even have an idea what Oye is upto? And the rest of the family? Surely some path crossing would be more interesting that some "Shelia ki Jawani" performance!!

That said last but not the least, I have said this in the past in one of Bri's Halla Bol threads: When the show was being advertised they began with "Geet: someone whom every family would be proud to have as a daughter, every woman would aspire to be'.." and I am sorry that there has not been much justification for those tag lines!!

I got a whiff of freshness from the bakery

Walked up and eyed the creme brulle

But settled for a freshly brewed coffee

Got served dishwater with sugar in a cup and tray