@Jhan, since you are bashing the cvs and not any actor/character as such, chalo let me contribute also, after all who does not love to bash the cvs for all the nonsense they have been throwing at us. 😆 Well, I do appreciate them when they give us good work, but that seems to be getting rarer with each passing day. 😕
On a serious note, my problem with this whole issue is not with Dev been forgiven or him not spending enough time in jail, my issue is with the whole concept and execution of his track. How much penance did Geet actually see from Dev's side (she said you are repenting already). Last thing I remember, he was sent to jail, then he came out ( she met him only once for few seconds, which caused the big MU), and then she met him again in Shimla, he gave blood to Maan, and now he lives in the same house as her. So this is all she has seen of him. Now how can she for sure say that he has changed. What if he is acting. What test did Geet put him through. Besides always wanting to unite MaanEet, what else penance is he doing. Is he helping out the women who are suffering like Geet, did he tell Geet he will return her land (though MSK owns it now), or did he leave Km and KC for MaanEet sake (he could have convinced dadi that he is moving in farmhouse for MaanEet sake or he wants to work hard and make his own living). My problem here is that had cvs shown a proper redemption track for Dev, like life-changing events (by meeting a wise person...... influence matters), doing social-work, crying every night when alone for what he did, living with principles and truthfully even while facing poverty, collecting evidence to send him and NT back to jail, etc. then at least we would have considered Geet forgiving Dev for her own sake. Dev's character changed over-night without any explanation. From a person who slapped his wife, used a woman without feeling even an ounce of guilt, slept with her even after knowing he is going to leave her the next day forever, left her at the airport with a gross smile, disrespected his mother, had grudge against his brother, threw money away by gambling, overnight changed to a man who became responsible, remorseful, developed unconditional love for his brother, started to respect women, and helped MaanEet like as if that became his sole aim in life. How did this change occur. We dont know. No man becomes a saint (or even an average human being) from a devil overnight without any influence. Problem here is lack of vision and execution. Actually this whole Geet-Dev track was flawed. Cvs lost sight of justice long back, the day they decided to make Dev positive. My problem is not with a criminal turning positive, my problem is with a criminal turning positive overnight instead of gradually through various circumstances and hardships in life.
Even for Geet, without putting him through harsh test, she forgave him. Yes you can say that she forgave him because she wanted to move forward in life. But by accepting and marrying MSK, did she not move forward already. More than Geet feeling uncomfortable around Dev, I always got the feeling that MSK is the one who feels uncomfortable. We did not get even 1 self-talk scene from Geet since Dev moved in that how she does not like Dev's presence in the house. To me, it felt that she had grown to be indifferent about his presence. He could live or die for all she cared. It was MSK who always looked disturbed. So where did the question of forgiving him to move on with life ever occur. She neither hated him nor held any feelings for him, she grew indifferent of him, because she felt secured in MSK's love, plus he saved her man. She hated him before he saved Maan (which meant he still affected her). But after him saving Maan, she grew indifferent of his presence, which was the best for her. So she had moved on already. She did not have to forgive him to move on. At least cvs never showed us she feeling uncomfortable in his presence, like Maan did. By whatever they showed us from the time Dev moved in KM., I never thought that Geet needed to forgive Dev to move on with life. To me she had already moved on.
Justice track too had immense potential. Actually they undermined and insulted MSK's intelligence and Geet's will power and self-respect, by not showing the justice track or stopping it midway without any explanation again. Ever since Dev-NT got out of jail, not once did we get to see Geet sharing her feelings with herself or with MSK about how she feels she lost her battle because she could not punish Dev for the crime committed. We never got to see MSK trying to gather proofs to send Dev-NT behind bar. So they got out on bail, that was the end of the justice track. At least they could show MSK-Geet deciding not to get justice for dadi's sake (yes I know flawed thinking here, but at least we would have some reason, compared to none). Why did MSK-Geet stop pursuing justice one of a sudden. We dont know. I am not saying they needed to be successful in it, but at least they could have tried a bit harder. Did they give up? we dont know. Is there a reason behind it? we dont know. NT attacked Geet more than once, and still MSK did not make sure she is put behind bars. Brij attacked Geet and he was put behind bars. Then why not NT. She is in coma now, but she wasn't earlier when she almost pushed Geet during khoon bhari maang night. They had enough witnesses against NT then. Again, no follow up in this track. And we will never know why Geet and Maan one of a sudden stopped pursuing in sending Dev-NT back to jail after they got out on false evidence. Wasn't MSK smart enough and Geet determined enough to continue with justice. If they were not, then atleast show us that. SHOW US SOMETHING, HOWEVER FLAWED, COMPARED TO NOT SHOWING US ANYTHING.
Dev track is one of the most illogical track I have seen in GHSP and sadly that was the most important track. Neither did we see him getting punished nor did he do enough penance to gain Geet's forgiveness. I would have accepted any track for Dev (punishment or forgiveness) had that track been executed properly. After all it was the most important track. GHSP team might have had actor issues, date issues, channel issues, cv team issues, but at the end of the day, we the audience suffered because what was promised to us was never delivered to us.
Wow, I hope I even made sense in this post. 😆
Edited by Anvi2009 - 14 years ago
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