Originally posted by: DurgaS
Indi
sometimes i have to wonder, what is it with shyam? i mean the hairbrained plans to kaput his wife. like that scorpion. why? why not an easy hired gun, or elegant cyanide, or something of that sort? there's a horribly creepy contour to this character, but what's really intriguing is its framework. tip him a bit to the other side and he can become ludicrous, nudge him just a tad in the opposite direction, he'd be truly dangerous. where he sits, he is what he is... just a creep. born to be a knave, utterly devoid of any finer feelings, but even in this not the best of his kind. there too a lack of breadth, of moment; a most medium sized villain he is. certainly, not a ravan, nor even a duryodhan, or for that matter blofeld with his dream of world dominion. a mere constant cogitator of evil, expressions carefully arranged to look the role, just because that's all he seems capable of doing. never really a true antagonist to the protagonist asr turned out to be. nah, asr deserved a more worthy enemy. but at this moment, what matters is the faraq that is becoming impossible to keep under wraps. let shyam chase his pet scorpion, while we go and get ready to get stung by a man in black and a woman in green. scorpions do a deadly dance, the male and female clasped to each other, as part of their mating ritual... was shyam trying to tell us something with that lethal creature you think? after all, he is named after the lord... of course, this is a daily soap and one shouldn't think too much. but the villain is named after god and he is rushing about chasing a scorpion which indulges in a dance when it wants to mate, and while this is on, a lithe man in jet pulls a whipcord slim woman in jade into his arms and holds on to her with a firm grip turning their embrace into a passionate dance. sorry can't stop the mind from spinning out of control.
Indi, this is a very interesting write up. The protagonist - antagonist equation has always been weird. ASR was supposed to be dark, very dark. But, as the show progressed the darkness receded, the meanness, the I-don't-care attitude started dissolving as the proximity to Khushi increased. Whereas as Shyam's character was intoduced as a good hearted gentleman. But slowly, his varied colours started showing up, the evil factor in him increasing at every track, to the extent that now he has resorted to murder. But, as you said, why these hairbrained plans to kaput his wife? Somewhere, something went lacking. Even if he was trying to make it look like an accident, he couldn't come up with a proper plan. Guess, his brain was too twisted to think of a straightforward plan. No match for the shrewd thinking ASR, I agree. But still, he managed to make a dent to his heart. (Will continue from here when we reach those episodes)
About the scorpion dance, wow, the analogy you derived is amazing. Loved that part above in bold.
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