The Game of Cat and Mouse - Page 16

Originally posted by: jperalta

Thank you ji! 😳 Itna badiya likhne ke liye aapko do do 🤗🤗😆❤️

You've hit the nail on the wall here. Personally, I was very angry just reading the WUs these last few weeks and seeing how this track is being fleshed out (very needlessly, to me, considering they're not getting the raving TRP's they're looking for either. ) Then, I decided to watch the last two weeks' episodes in one go after gulping down three glasses of salty lassi (I don't know why, this drink just calms me down - maybe just my Punjabi genes. 😆)

When I watched it being as unbiased as I could be, my first reaction was predictably to throw my chappals through the screen at Adi. 😡 The writers have dumbed him down to the extent that just made me want to have three more glasses of lassi in one go before I could go to the next scene 🤣, but like you said, it is very evident that he's deliberately burying his head in the sand because he's in a mountain of guilt himself. It's not fair to Imlie at all 👎🏼, that's what pains us all the most, and I personally would have loved if the writers had actually made Adi have a heart-to-heart conversation about this guilt that is literally jeopardizing his future with Imlie, kind of similar to the impromptu chai date they had at the back of the car. As you and Chinta ji said, open communication is sorely missing here when it is very much the need of the hour. Of course, they wouldn't give us that now because where would the drama quotient come from?

The writing is both loose and biased, a very dangerous combination. As the viewers, we are literally tying loose ends together ourselves at the end of every episode because the ambiguity the writers have left us in has made us feel out of sync with the essence of adilie. 😔 Malini has become a dead weight that is being dragged along in the story, and it would've been fine if she continued to remain somewhat external to adilie, but inserting her between these two has just created a pointless and exhausting discord in the flow of the story. I'm holding a tiny bit of hope now that the writers are thinking about actually concluding this track once and for all, soon. If it ends with separation, so be it. Just bring back the charm of the show that existed earlier.

P.S. I love that song! You're so right, it fits them to the T*, no pun intended. 🤣

Oh lassi ne toh vadde vadde situations mein help kari hai ji! I remember gulping them down while preparing for my thesis defense! Ab toh khair main seedha wine hi gatak jaati hun! 😆 But I hear you. The episodes need that kinda brace when you plan on watching 2 weeks worth of not-so good episodes.😆

The writing sucks. Period. I think even Gash was bewildered and mention in the IV that he is just told "aisa karna hai" arre kyun, kaise, there is apparently no discussion of it. My argument of dumbing down AKT is slightly different and maybe unpopular- the dumbing down is mostly again for the drama quotient on ITV. If he is not dumbed down, how will the pain of the female lead get exaggerated? The writing just flipped. Like I mentioned in one of my posts couple of days back, there is absolutely no way I can buy that AKT did not think about doing anything to re-instate Imlie back to college. I just cannot. No matter how many guilts he is under, I cannot wrap my brain that AKT would have not tried. The script writers missed such a important detail of AKT's persona. Again, just shows how frivolously that was taken. When I revisited that scene, I think the part where AKT says, KC ji ko thanks kehna chahiye...it must have been added by Gash himself..

Point being, like you said, writing is both loose and biased is indeed lethal and we are seeing the aftermath of it. We hardly get monologues nowdays. The story telling style has always been non linear, like I always say it is more like watching instances..and I had no problem with that because these instances matched up to complete a story at some point of time. Right now none of these instances relate and neither to they ever conclude to a point. Ambiguous and incoherence has just set in.

Unfortunately I have invested a lot of time in this story of Adi and Imlie and will see it through...but give me back the old charm and I will enjoy it too! 😊

Originally posted by: PPak

Whatever ji - loved what you wrote and you bring out lovely points about how maybe the story was intended to be, should be, could have been...but unfortunately is not....at least not explicitly shown. With your interpretation of things I can clearly see the lovely barabari relationship the writers probably intented to create. However we cannot write the script for them and while characterization wise you are bingo on Adi's - the writers have failed to deliver and show this beautiful relationship you have written. I wish I could erase what the maker showed, failed to show etc and re-imagine it - the way you have described Adi from the core characterization thus far. It would resurrect the badly executed portions of Adi's character for me. For now - though I can see your Adi in what they developed till Malini's fake suicide - post that point the Adi you describe has probably existed in intent - but never got executed for us to see and appreciate and further love. Instead we go a poorly written, Malini focussed, blind Adi who does have some decent scenes with Imli but has failed to emote or be the Adi you describe. Writers have a big part - but I do feel Gashmeer could have done better with showing remorse, despair, regret, guilt, hands tied wala claustrophobia ...anything better than the """expressionless zombie look or the 'i don't know whats happening' bewildered little boy look or the lets trivialize the severely toxic situation by saying and doing innane silly & stupid things to get Imlie to move one""". His incorrect reactions are making the relationship appear very unequal, unfair to Imlie and also why most of the viewers are up in arms.

Viewers should not be expected to interpret intention...you can only react based on what we see shown.

Anyway it's frustration again rearing its ugly head. If only writers have stuck to your vision - we would have had a much more wholesome watching experience.

PPak ji, great feedback and loved to read your poitn of view- I believe a story, character can have so many perceptions. It is so subjective. After suicide, the story took a big hit. But I still saw and time to time see that the basis of Adi and Imlie's relationship did not and has not changed. Most of these scenes right now are so fogged by these other parallel obnoxious and contrived situations, that feels like the essence is lost. They were fighting each and every situation their own way. Right or wrong, they were and are. While Imlie kept on with her Malini jaap, it was AKT who persisted. Even today, if Imlie wants she can leave, but when have these two seeked the easy way out?! Again, what we see of AKT is what the writers are giving us. I have had so many complains myself with his stance, but like I mentioned in my previous post, this is deliberate. Until the male lead is show to be making mistakes. dumbed down, how do we show the female lead on ITV proving a point? The show's intent was never to get into the foray of Adi and Imlie and their relationship...that happened because initially ofcourse the writing was superbly tight, but the main reason it clicked was because of the genuineness Sumbul and Gash brought to each scene. I have mentioned this before and I will mention again, in simple scenes they are surreal in intimate ones they are fire. I sometimes feel before suicide writers realized that, the scenes that they churned out for them, were probably an add on just because of their beautiful camaraderie. But as they proceeded, we did have Malini who was forgotten till then. Once her track started, it just became too difficult for them to justify or even confirm to one stream of story telling. It almost seems like they were caught in a predicament because how do you now make the ending right?!

I agree Gash has been a hit and miss lately, but I also think that is majorly because of the crap that is written for him. I myself was not very happy with that entire scene where Imlie gets home in the night, AKT/Gash who used to well up with water in his eyes seemed to be just thinking adrift. Maybe the scene was done in a jiffy, maybe he was told not to emote too much so as to not make an impact on the audience, because the point of that scene was to sympathize with Imlie on how she feels of being left alone and what her role will be going forward in AKT's life, or it could be that it will be part of the mounting reasons on making Imlie decide to leave, yes it could be just that he did what was bare minimum, because in any case AKT is being bashed right now, so oh well! We can agree to disagree, but just because few of these kind of scenes I am not going to write off the reason of this mess or the feel going a miss to be Gash not emoting AKT. Again, it is our perception on how AKT should act, but does the scene really require it in terms of what is next to come! Who knows right? I will be honest too, I am probably a bit more biased to Gash, because the nuances he brought to AKT when the story was tight, the dialogues were apt, the screenplay was executed well, I doubt if anyone could have done it as right and absolute as he did.

I said it in my original post too, some things should not be left to interpretation- this is makers fault where they think that they can now avoid nuances, because audience can now infer. Where are the monologues, why is every scene cut short for Adi and Imlie? No, somethings need to be said and show loud and clear to maintain the essence but clearly the writers here are after trivial things so yeah we instead get discussion on chinese food and BK reminiscing how his Radhaji had cravings in the middle of the night!

Originally posted by: Juvvi9

Aww thank you krispy ji..

The girl deserves the world n more.. Just look at the imlie we had in initial episodes.. The carefree, living life to the fullest jhalli.. At that time also she when she got her wajifa which was her dream.. NN tore it into pieces infront of her own eyes.. Even after that she came back got stronger n became 2nd state topper..

Not saying that she shouldn't get any respite from all this.. But its Imlie’s story her struggles, hurdles through which she came out, AKT being her partner (now who is not more than a dumb ziddi teenager who just want to see anything n does apne mann ki),plot device like M is needed but they need depend to like M n3eds to be there without being divorce.. They can continue to ghusao her even after that but at least get AM divorced mann..

The reason she was afraid to give in to her feelings n kept delaying marriage truth reveal.. That girl knew the world way more than her age.. Her dialogue " humari bas itti si dua hai ki hamare intejaar ki umar bohot choti ho" before the hug that was before marriage truth came out.. She was fearing the love care to be snatched away once their truth was out n acceptance would be a path of thorns n that is what exactly happened.. Bjt she at that time had AKT ka saath..

Which is there now too but more than that him explicitly saying that he believes hern trusts her is what is need at the moment.. Sometimes some things need to be spelled out.. I know I know their rishta doesn't need that to be said but this was the reason she kept those walls around intact for the longest time for which AKT had to do minnatein..

Now she is naraz n slowly retreating back to her shell.. This time whenever the truth is out I don't want hee to give in so easily like last time.. She should give toughest of time.. He needs to understand that he can't take Imlie ka trust for granted.. As JP said he is both Imlie’s strength n weakness..

Hope we see our jhalli smiling n jumping around soon.. Bas rulate rehte hai isko😔

Good morning/afternoon/night (depending on where u are) ☺️,

Now I haven’t read all the posts cos u are all like a bullet train 😂😂😂 but like I have said before ( let’s ignore the fact that all the characters have become ostrich and forgotten the sexual assault and kidnapping which is just beyond my understanding unless rhis is a plot twist ).,, but for me I am actually enjoying this track ( eventhough gm said even he is not seeing it so maybe I am more of an ostrich then gm 😂😂😂😂) cos I feel again that adi knows more than he is showing … gm himself said that the writers have put in things that he thinks is against his character but i think this is intentional. They are trying to keep adi reaction vague and obtuse and again ( and I know ppl say I never leave and eventhough I always say I stop making wild predictions but I won’t stop .. kya karu.. I want to make my viewing more interesting so ignore if want to)…. Which is his reaction to the events but I feel it has mellowed much more after he saw the evidence and that part is what which makes me think that adi knows something and it is related to this Didi kand … but and the big but is that he is either (a) waiting for something to be confirmed or (b) he is waiting for the right time to pardafash and I could be delusional but these writers have never taken things the normal way.. (yes gm said that they can’t bring out the emotional in their writing and the orig was better at that and I can’t comment as I didn’t see the ori and after this serial is done I don’t intend to follow another one )…but gm says he had to bring out the emotions then that’s good cos that is the actor job..emotions get lost on paper and words.. he also said that should he lose conviction and he can’t do this anymore then he will throw his hands in the air then fine ( my interpretation) … that’s his prerogative

In all this I also feel KC is in this with him in this pardafash . Now ppl are saying KC has left but he was never a full time cast and well a lot of them do projects on the side .. so I don’t think he is done here… so something big is coming ( cos if not KC as a character was pointless after the big reveal and they could have Written him off after the truth was revealed) and either they wait for dusshera or if trp is even worse and they don’t want to take the risk then it could be sooner., so let’s wait and see., if I am wrong then I am wrong .. 🤷‍♀️

They can butcher a character to some extent but really rewriting it is just a joke for me… and rumours are that it is shutting down next month I heard from someone that it is all over birdie… again with those rumours but even if true (which I don’t think has any truth at all) but if it is then it is what it is… so just enjoy and well if they end it in a way that is complete opposite with adini then kya kare.. 😂😂😂😂

meanwhile hang on to my positivity ( false if u disagree or true if you agree) 🤗

Can I add that sorry I have not been so active past few days but pls tag me on your takes and I will defo read.., don’t forget me 🙈

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still same clothes? If true than what track is this ?? Or are they Just shooting mininal hours a day cos of the other show

If not correct then blame my old and pathetic eyesight 😂😂😂😂

Originally posted by: Rollingdeep

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still same clothes? If true than what track is this ?? Or are they Just shooting mininal hours a day cos of the other show

If not correct then blame my old and pathetic eyesight 😂😂😂😂

Still pooja 😆

Last time in Pooja they showed male lead's and IMLIE ki increasing closeness.

This pooja will show there deflection from each other 😆or detachment/increasing changes in priorities😆

Originally posted by: Rollingdeep

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still same clothes? If true than what track is this ?? Or are they Just shooting mininal hours a day cos of the other show

If not correct then blame my old and pathetic eyesight 😂😂😂😂

Don’t know why from college track (Friday episode)they shot mostly in night hours & this one is in daylight since it posted around 8.30ist

Originally posted by: FlowerHater

Still pooja 😆

Last time in Pooja they showed male lead's and IMLIE ki increasing closeness.

This pooja will show there deflection from each other 😆or detachment/increasing changes in priorities😆

🤦‍♀️… what change in priorities? .. we have this man doing imlie and baby jaap.. …his baby jaap I will add is so true for both.. only these two are sacrificing their lives for a baby.. yea it came I the worst means possible but they as usual and like they once did for Didi will put their everything on the line for this innocent soul and that and only that is the thing we need to remember that these two are such pure souls that yes they are struggling with this.. imlie is struggling to understand her place in adi life and he by not addressing the issue is causing her to have these moments of doubt in her standing… the battle of her head and heart is ongoing.. no matter what she said in the debate.. the girl is fighting this battle and trying to pull her bs through this with her. This is something that Didi will never understand .

let’s not debate adi reactions her but Didi will think she won but nothing doing …right now this will See imlie fighting for hersefl ( at least IMO) whilst adi is struggling again ( this man struggles with his emotions) whilst still being clear that the Bacha won’t be blamed.. so for me their characters are intact .. yes he should take a stand but he can’t even take a stand for himself in this and imlie is his extension so how can he take a stand for her .

It is notable that in the whole house apart from Radha and bk… no one is really doing anything extra for Didi so this can’t go full term and her desperation is going to worsen and she will trip herself up.. I mean neither the family nor the father is with u in the true sense… he will always have the baby at one side and instead of Didi on the other it will be imlie.. adI wil never like dev just learn to accept Didi .. even if imlie leaves adi will be an empty shell with everything on the baby..

Originally posted by: Rollingdeep

🤦‍♀️… what change in priorities? .. we have this man doing imlie and baby jaap.. …his baby jaap I will add is so true for both.. only these two are sacrificing their lives for a baby.. yea it came I the worst means possible but they as usual and like they once did for Didi will put their everything on the line for this innocent soul and that and only that is the thing we need to remember that these two are such pure souls that yes they are struggling with this.. imlie is struggling to understand her place in adi life and he by not addressing the issue is causing her to have these moments of doubt in her standing… the battle of her head and heart is ongoing.. no matter what she said in the debate.. the girl is fighting this battle and trying to pull her bs through this with her. This is something that Didi will never understand .

let’s not debate adi reactions her but Didi will think she won but nothing doing …right now this will See imlie fighting for hersefl ( at least IMO) whilst adi is struggling again ( this man struggles with his emotions) whilst still being clear that the Bacha won’t be blamed.. so for me their characters are intact .. yes he should take a stand but he can’t even take a stand for himself in this and imlie is his extension so how can he take a stand for her .

It is notable that in the whole house apart from Radha and bk… no one is really doing anything extra for Didi so this can’t go full term and her desperation is going to worsen and she will trip herself up.. I mean neither the family nor the father is with u in the true sense… he will always have the baby at one side and instead of Didi on the other it will be imlie.. adI wil never like dev just learn to accept Didi .. even if imlie leaves adi will be an empty shell with everything on the baby..

From the perception of the duo AC &MC😎

Imlie is my 2nd daily soap Snow ji , 1st daily soap I left mid way as story got dampered . I don't know IB story 😅 , sorry Snow ji

Originally posted by: HappyChamper

Imlie is my 2nd daily soap Snow ji , 1st daily soap I left mid way as story got dampered . I don't know IB story 😅 , sorry Snow ji