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It's been almost a month since the show started airing so I wrote up a review here:
http://seriousaboutserials.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/hitler-didi-review/
The following is an excerpt from it:
Problematic title aside, Hitler Didi (HD) so far appears to be going strong. Debuting with an average TVR of 2.7, higher than the predicted 1.6, the show is perhaps grabbing eyeballs and winning hearts because it is a bit hatke to what serial-watching regulars are normally used to. The Earnest Heroine Humanising The Angry & Bitter Hero trope has been used engagingly in many serials before. Recent examples include Kitani Mohabbat Hai (2009), Laagi Tujhse Lagan (2009-), Geet Hui Sabse Parayee (2010-) and Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? (2011-). However, rarely have we seen the gender roles being inverted as in the case of HD
Life has not been kind to Indira Sharma (Rati Pandey). With a father who abandoned his wife and family for another woman (Rituraj), an irresponsible older brother who spends his days failing to make an easy buck (Sandeep Baswana), a mother who's always investing her hopes in aforementioned nikamma son (Sejal Shah), a bhabhi that is lacking in sensibility (Smita Singh) and a sister who's more interested in doing naina-mataka than studies (Gargi Sharma), Indira has had to take charge of this Chandni Chowk ka chidiyagarh at a very young age. What drives her determination to keep going though is her nephew Ishaan (Rahul Pendkalkar) ' she wants him to have a fulfilling childhood, a wealth of opportunities, and none of the struggles that she's had to face. Being not only the sole breadwinner of her family but also, it seems often, the only mature and sane adult in the house ' is it a wonder that somewhere along the way she's lost her joie de vivre?
From the first episode of HD you are hopeful that this is going to be something different. After all, it begins by foiling the conventional introduction device for serial heroines. Typically the heroine is first shown to the audience as she moves in quick succession from family member to family member, lovingly completing various tasks for them. The first episode of Dharam Patni (2011-) is a case in point. It is an economic device – the audience not only immediately warms up to the good-natured girl but the device also serves as a bullet point-like introduction to the rest of the characters that will be populating the narrative.
The rest can be read here:
http://seriousaboutserials.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/hitler-didi-review/
Any comments/thoughts welcome.
http://seriousaboutserials.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/hitler-didi-review/
The following is an excerpt from it:
Problematic title aside, Hitler Didi (HD) so far appears to be going strong. Debuting with an average TVR of 2.7, higher than the predicted 1.6, the show is perhaps grabbing eyeballs and winning hearts because it is a bit hatke to what serial-watching regulars are normally used to. The Earnest Heroine Humanising The Angry & Bitter Hero trope has been used engagingly in many serials before. Recent examples include Kitani Mohabbat Hai (2009), Laagi Tujhse Lagan (2009-), Geet Hui Sabse Parayee (2010-) and Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? (2011-). However, rarely have we seen the gender roles being inverted as in the case of HD
Life has not been kind to Indira Sharma (Rati Pandey). With a father who abandoned his wife and family for another woman (Rituraj), an irresponsible older brother who spends his days failing to make an easy buck (Sandeep Baswana), a mother who's always investing her hopes in aforementioned nikamma son (Sejal Shah), a bhabhi that is lacking in sensibility (Smita Singh) and a sister who's more interested in doing naina-mataka than studies (Gargi Sharma), Indira has had to take charge of this Chandni Chowk ka chidiyagarh at a very young age. What drives her determination to keep going though is her nephew Ishaan (Rahul Pendkalkar) ' she wants him to have a fulfilling childhood, a wealth of opportunities, and none of the struggles that she's had to face. Being not only the sole breadwinner of her family but also, it seems often, the only mature and sane adult in the house ' is it a wonder that somewhere along the way she's lost her joie de vivre?
From the first episode of HD you are hopeful that this is going to be something different. After all, it begins by foiling the conventional introduction device for serial heroines. Typically the heroine is first shown to the audience as she moves in quick succession from family member to family member, lovingly completing various tasks for them. The first episode of Dharam Patni (2011-) is a case in point. It is an economic device – the audience not only immediately warms up to the good-natured girl but the device also serves as a bullet point-like introduction to the rest of the characters that will be populating the narrative.
The rest can be read here:
http://seriousaboutserials.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/hitler-didi-review/
Any comments/thoughts welcome.
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