This serial, for the first 6-8 months, got many of us hooked onto it. We have seen or read this type of love story of star crossed lovers many times. Yet we got hooked on. Because, it had everything working for it. Incredible tag lines, a oft repeated story became worth telling again because it got a refreshingly fresh treatment, got two of the most good looking, charming and uber talented leads together, CVs, director. As a bonus, the two leads thrown together, unknown to probably even the story telling technicians, got together and created a chemistry, which I feel is unparalleled in TV land (from what I have seen so far). They signed, sealed and delivered and we all fell hook, line and sinker.
It was beautiful ride. Even the corny scenes were lapped up only because of BS and SI. Even the most ridiculous scenes were swept under the rug, because, the execution was not flawed. Comedy even if it is corny can be pulled off, if the timing and execution and placement is right. That is what they had.
Love, Arrogance, Ego, Sacrifice, Intensity, Passion, Comedy, Bonding, Revelations, Reflections, Mistrust, Faith, Belief and Rabba Ves were all place and executed when and where they were supposed to. Nothing seemed out of place. We forgot about actors and BS was ASR and SI was Kushi.
Now they are trying to cram love, arrogance, angst, revenge, comedy, OTT, passion, bonding, Ego, fake love, faltu Rabba Ves all in a 20 minutes span. Hence, placement is horrible and execution is without heart and soul. Worst of all, chemistry is not sizzling. Previously, when ASR and Kushi were physically far from each other, (the corridor at Gupta's house) their eye lock and Rabba Vey seemed like they were making passionate love.
Now they are physically closer (geographically only) and yet the Rabba Veys lack spark and intensity. BS and SI look tired and all the hard work they are doing is showing. Once a sizzling chemistry now feels like a soda bottle which has been opened for a while and the sizzle is still trying to make its presense felt but failing.
Characterizations were pretty much flawless. There was growth in every character, whether it be positive or negative. La was getting more and more positive and her exit was one of the most dignified exits in TV land. Shyam was becoming negative from the initial positive portrayal. ASR layers were peeling away. If his arrogance had bite to it, his rarely seen smile had a sweetness to it, because, they were all placed and executed and not compromised.
Some characters the graph stayed consistent. Be it, Nani being sensible when she needs to be and fun loving when the timing needed to be. Mami was always the relief with her impeccable dialogue delivery, some of the best one liners and her character stayed consistent.
Kushi was always going to be silly, goofy, more mature than an 18 year old, less mature than a 9 year old, biting off more than she can chew, some times penny wise and some time pound foolish. Fitted with her life story and age perfectly. She falls down, gets up, and moves on.
ASR & Kushi ' ASR transformed to Arnav. Can anyone in this forum disagree that the only person responsible to draw the Arnav out of ASR is Kushi. None of his family including Anjali could bring out the Arnav. The smiling one, the flirting one, the one who ended up doing things like stealing pecks, dancing, losing bets, mischievous, and finally even a dhak dhak.
So, what was not to like including Shyam's twitching. But just like Shyam's twitching, which started going OTT, everything went OTT once the toothless MU started. I have said this previously, since then, the CVs have managed to butcher everything, I mean everything that was sacred and special about IPKKND.
Even in a fictional world, when CVs create something, and sell it and draw an audience who appreciate their work, the minimum the CVs can do is to keep the story telling consistent, palpable and not insult, the talents of the actors, or the sensibilities of the viewers. If I like the regressive stories that are dished out in almost all other serials, I would go watch them. IPKKND was never going to be that. Hence it has a unique fan base. That was the fan base CVs were targeting. They gave this fan base what they wanted and some more for 6-8 months. Those creatives are either gone or the creativity is gone.
First 8 months, we could not wait for the next episode to air and blamed day for having 24 hours. Now we are content upon imagining how beautiful future episodes based on repentance and romance will be. Previously, we remembered each and every scene and its poignancy, and now each one is busy guessing and hoping and praying future episodes will be great. Previously characters were strengthened to move the story forward. Now the characters are being butchered to make up for the lack of story.
Everyone praised an ugly duckling(ASR) turning into a swan little realizing, the beautiful swan (Arnav) was killed on the Terrace. Since that Terrace scene, along with the Swan another Golden Swan (Kushi) was forever smeared of such ugly characterization the Swan has turned into an ugly duckling unsure of whether it is a duck or a Swan.
The epsiodes of Shyams revelation was akin to driving a Prius in a Nascar Race. (Sorry, I cannot come up with any other way to say this). It was like Skahti Kapoor doing an item song or a Rakhi Sawant doing a Kahaani.
Since then, Kushi is reduced to wanting to wash Anjalis feet and purify herself. Kushi wants ASR to be happy with his sister and wants to gracefully blend into the setting sun.
Kushi is made to be angry when she needs to be understanding and understanding when she needs to be angry. She loves when she should hate and hates when she should love. She cries when there is no need to and laughs when the prevailing mood is of glum. She is chirpy when she should be introspective and silent when she should be explaining her position.
ASR is made to be giving with one hand and is shown stealing with the other. He is made to be mean when he needs to come clean and is made to woo when bigger woes are befalling him. He is neither there for his Di nor is he there for Kushi. He is made into a lover boy acting like a person with hate and a villain acting like a lover. His character has shades of grey which are darker than black and shades of black which are whiter than purity of the snow.
If this yo-yoing of the characters is on purpose by the CVs then, it is an insult to everyone assiciated with the serial, the makers, the actors and the viewers. If this yo-yoing of the charactes is because CVs are struggling on what to do next and are experiencing a writers block, then, all they have to do was watch, the first 8 months again.
Watch how the Lavanya track was handled and closed. Watch how Nainital track was handled and closed. Watch how Kushis engagement news track was handled and closed. Watch how Diwali track was handled and closed. Watch how Teri Meri track was handled and closed.
Since then, it is like watching a software update stuck at 10% only to eventually crap out with an error only to be left with a feelings of being cheated, and disappointment.
PS : Some of this is a copy of an old post of mine which I made back in May, but it still holds true for this Topic. Sorry for the length. What can I say. Dont hate me because I am such a MitaBhashi (One who says very less).
Edited by stafhtad - 13 years ago
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