Dolph- Who doesn't have flaws?
I am leaving aside Dadi and Dev's characters because I am not sure the CVs have sketched their characters with much thought so if they appear inconsistent- Thats a fault of poor writing more than anything else. But for Maan and Geet I will disagree that they have butchered their characters.
Lets look at Maan first
We the fans are responsible for refusing to see any flaws in this character. I am as guilty of unconditionally loving MSK's character as any other female on this forum. But he has his flaws- Anger, possessiveness, stubbornness, selfishness, deep seated insecurities. We are the ones who brush them under the carpet- The CVs have always shown him with humanly flaws! Most of these flaws were amply on display while we were falling in love with MSK...maybe Love is blind :)
About his being henpecked- He is still an established businessman who holds his own in a professional setting. I dont think he is henpecked- given their age difference in the show- I have always found Maan indulgent of Geet and her whims rather than the henpecked husband you make him out to be. His reaction, response- is more that of a parent trying to manaofy a rather petulant child. Go back and look at some of the scenes where you think he has given in to her and ergo- he is henpecked- and now look at them from this old and new person angle- maybe you may also feel the same.
I know everyone seems to be miffed that MSK is willing to sacrifice his "I am Maan Singh Khurana" position and go after Geet when in our opinion Geet is the guilty party who brought his wrath onto her. I will just say this again- we are projecting our sensibilities onto a character who has never seen Dev as a sexual predator but rather someone who betrayed her trust. It is with the latter position that she has chosen to forgive him and move on. It was Maan's impatience and anger that prevented him from staying back and listening to what Geet had to say on the Holi morning. If he had stayed back and listened to what she had to say- the situation would not have even errupted the way it did.
Coming to Geet
She is guilty of some of the charges you lay at her door but again I dont think we can single handedly blame her for the entire fiasco.
She has her flaws too- she is also short tempered, impulsive, nagging and somewhat possessive. I dont know anyone who would go out of their way to irritate and irk their partner unless they intended to give offense..so some of Geet's actions do confound me.
I may be in the minority here when I say this- but I dont think that the woman needs to look upto her partner for everything- she is an independent human being who is very much capable of making decisions for herself.and Yes, I am married. So the decision to forgive Dev was very much her own- she did try to tell Maan everything.
Maan's hatred of Dev- If I go back to Oct, when Maan finds out that Dev was the perpetrartor his first reaction was disbelief (My brother cannot do this)..Dev had to come in and confess before Maan actually believed what she was trying to tell him. Thereafter, he stood by Geet and saw to it that Dev and NT were arrested. However, the very next morning he did bail them out at Dadi's behest- without telling Geet anything!! She reacted to that piece of information very publically which led to Maan throwing Geet out of his life. They both of separated for a few weeks and during which Maan's behaviour was downright boorish. Now why he could not leave Geet alone at that time- your guess is as good as mine :). Finally when realization dawned as to what he was doing- he chose to walk away from the relationship. His words were to the effect that he is so closely interlinked to Dev that Maan's mere presence will keep reminding Geet of her traumatic past- she was the one who eventually fought for Maaneet and to keep them together.
Now the situation is actually reversed- he has reacted to incomplete information publicly and now Geet has chosen to leave and walk out of his life. He is the one who is fighting for the relationship as realization dawned for him first that he may have spoken to harshly. Now whether he goes to woo her as a loverboy (current avatar) or as a stalker (ala IP)- I dont see much of a difference.
The only thing that is missing is Geet's realization- which I think will come in due time. We have only seen Maan's side of the anguish and only witnessed Geet crying- nothing on what is her frame of mind or what is she exactly thinking. So right now whatever we are holding her guilty of- is based purely on conjecture!
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This has become a really loooong post ...😆..but I just want to say that anger, selfishness, ego are as much human flaws- and women have them in as much abundance as men. So my only question is why do we want to see perfect people on screen. So what if she chose to walk away on something you may view as trivial (and I still feel she should have smashed all his cars before she left if not throw him out)? Neither of them is perfect- so why this debate on who is right and who is wrong. They both made mistakes...but I can honestly empathise with both of them if I put myself in their shoes!😕
Edited by -pixie- - 14 years ago
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