Before I share our feelings for Maaneet, let me plead everyone to push and suggest stories which can be considered by makers of Geet and channel to bring back Drashti and Gurmeet together,though both have decided to take a break from each other but fan's love and affection and their prayers and desire will force them to come back again at 9.30 pm if not star one then star plus.
Here are Geet season 2 episodes for you to read and enjoy till Maaneet come back on screen again "together".
http://geetseason2episodes.blogspot.in/
"With Great acceptance comes Great responsibility".
If sources are to believed Gurmeet and Drashti wanted a break from each other...
1) Geet forgiving Dev: ( Justification given by writers failed horribly resulting in many disconnecting with Geet)
If Maaneet are shown helping Dev marry Nandini then the feedback would be even more worse and beyond imagination for the makers to understand and analyze and relate to it and understand what went wrong and why Indian viewers did not accept the track.
Few pointers to understand why Geet faced a tough time and series lost its ground and strong hold.
The present screenplay writers failed at all fronts right from the beginning when the build up to Amritsar track was in process:
Instead of showing Dev's intent where he takes efforts to collect evidences of his crime, his intent was justified as
a) Him giving blood which was considered as his responsibility and not a favour as younger brother of Maan..
b) All his acts where he was shown he understood Geet better than Maan..added fuel to fire and frustration of fans after watching AA track.
The above acts were never considered as intent of Dev by majority of viewers and I guess writers failed here under the wrong impression and Geet's character in particular lost ground and "Maaneet's romantic image" suffered badly.
The present writers just concentrated on how to show Dev a bigger hero than Maan and the one who understands Geet better than Maan..
Dev's crime done to Geet is an social issue which is very close to hearts of fans and people in India and abroad...
Dev despite all his good doings represented that section of" males" who are considered as "villians" by both female and male viewers.
This is where many started loosing interest and connection with the theme of the story and the series Geet...which was sealed after holi sequence. The track designed to add more scenes of Sameer Sharma drowned the series badly where viewers just did not accept Geet forgiving Dev and later justifications, just did not go down well with majority of viewers and TRP's after miscarriage sequence can be used as a parameter to relate to the above point
The manner in which Dev was shown and Geet getting comfortable with him was something which made the character "Geet" look alien.
Despite the intent of makers, to show a culprit should be given a chance to improve was acceptable. The build up and justification for the track of Geet forgiving Dev was not constructive and what was shown and the reasons given did not go down well with the viewers.
So it wasn't an issue with Geet forgiving Dev but reason for Geet forgiving Dev which was unacceptable and was rejected and is still not related by viewers.
General feedback on face book, India Forum Orkut and also from viewers not on social networking sites (which includes friends, relatives and family members of mine and can be considered for other fans as well)
It is ok to move on but...Can anyone imagine a women as comfortable as Geet was with Dev,knowing he is her rapist...Agreed she wanted to move on but one cannot accept she allowed Dev to touch and later is comfortable and when reacted by her husband, shows attitude to her husband who gave her an all new identity...
All the above feedbacks just becoz of "Justification" factor failed horribly in writing team's work and just becoz viewers think too deeply and personally for the show and characters it has had a bigger impact than what it should be in behavior of fans for a fiction.
Many related to "Geet's strong character and since the theme of show is on real life social issue her character got appeal and was related and connected to which was destroyed in one scene "where Geet plays holi with Dev"
A common feedback, forgiving and moving forward is acceptable but forgetting is not and the present writers just to add Dev's track ruined everything built with so much efforts.
a) Makers never showed "Dev's intent to pay back for his deeds...merely asking for an apology for a crime bigger than rape and Geet simply forgiving burst the bubble.
Agreed it was a part of build up to Amritsar track...
But how cud Nissar and others forget the fact that fans wont accept this "scene" leading to future track getting rejected badly..
To all those and many and plenty in numbers..just disconnected from Geet's character right from the holi sequence and what followed next was even more unfortunate when Maan despite being right was made look " guilty" and Geet throwing attitude and not even showing signs of regret...
At least if makers before all this had shown "Dev" trying to find out evidences to push himself for a trial...and make sure he faces law..it wud have proved his intention to face law and pay back for his crime...
Had Dev been shown informing "Geet" that he has himself found evidences and soon he wud be submitting those so that he and NainT face trial and pay for their crime wud have won hearts of fans as well..Making them relate to "Geet forgiving Dev"
But certainly not allowing him to touch her again and certainly not show the kind of comfort she is been made to show with Dev in Amritsar track.
Dev's intent if was shown in a constructive manner would have also made fans relate to misunderstanding of Maan and behavior of Geet during Amritsar track, but unfortunately what was assumed by the screenplay writers and despite feedbacks flooding for months no one from the creative team took the initiative to understand what was going wrong and why fans were so furious.
All the blunders by writers which not only ensured that " A fantastic Amritsar Track " wud not be accepted to its potential but also faded and ruined the fantastic work which previous creative's did with "Maaneet's Romantic Image.."
Result: Many switched to Ekta's PKYEK becoz it hardly matters what is shown in that series and fans after feeling betrayed, yes that is the kind of reaction fans have given on social networking sites, felt it was better not to watch Geet if creative's were up to ruining characters of Geet and Maan to stretch the show and ruin them to an extent where one could hardly relate to them
Well this mistake can be still rectified if makers quickly show a scene in coming week where "Dev" informs Maan and Geet about his determination, will and intent to face law, becoz for him along with facing law it was important that geet forgives him..
Ideally shud have been shown before Geet forgives Dev but then even now it wud do and calm down fans who are now away from series Geet...
For creatives it is a fiction and I wish for fans it was the same which fortunately for the makers of Geet is not and they can cash on this emotional connection and feelings of fans if there is some revival in attitude of writers while understanding Maaneet's relationship with each other and the connectivity of fans with the characters.
Gaurav Nayyar/Vikrant Khatri.
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