Originally posted by: sanfan
Priya… WW Arshi temporarily to turn her vamp? You know how silly that sounds ( I don’t mean by you ) for a writer to attempt and apart from expediency and episode count I cannot think of any other reason for doing something like a layer peeling of a character!! What’s the big secret here?
she is “ ww temporarily” — how stupid does that sound if that’s the aim cos as an audience we know who Arshi is from the get go…Arshi knew pretty much in the very start Ani’s affiliation for J…character sketches don’t wait for the episode count… they move because the Act is upon them, the situation is upon them…Arshi acting clueless or dumb now has no locus standii in the plot. The problem is Leena has butchered and mutilated her leads at prime moments that the doubt has been created in the minds of even loyal fans of a characters in how to read them.
I will give an example to illustrate this… The day Arshi came to drop her announcement, naturally it requires no intelligence to decipher how shockingly the development would be received by Jhanak… it doesn’t matter that she is the one who asked Sirji to be with Arshi all along…. it doesn’t matter how much fans blame J for taking this position, the fact remains the narrative hasn’t ever been coy about Jhanak’s pride ( it doesn’t matter if it is hypocritical or not) in Sirjee’s love for her…It was evident at various junctures and the viewers shouldn’t have any doubt about. Jhanak’s duality wasn’t a secret that yet on the day the baby announcement took place, the viewers only saw a Jhanak perched on the moral high ground… followed by a private 2 min meltdown….. Leena killed the essence of Jhanak’s character in that moment by taking away focus from J’s emotions or turmoil at an important point in the story..The announcement by Arshi ( however vile the twist be) was meant to be a mirror to the traits of the two individuals Ani - responsibility and J - her struggle with moral dilemma and her heart’s desire. Ani would have taken responsibility of the kid in any form, marriage or no marriage but since they wanted the wedding to take place, they put J at the same point where she found herself post intimacy and her assumed indifference of Ani ( then the narrative was based on conjecture) Jhanak has come a long way since then…If the writer wants me to believe that Jhanak only thought about the moral dilemma at the time of the announcement… I refuse to buy it. Unlike pre intimacy, this Jhanak was brazen enough to tell Didi that I can take this all away from you if I so wish.. yet the writers wished to situate J at that same point. I am not saying J would have fought for Ani when Ani himself accepted it could have happened but Jhanak had to come down her perch a couple of notches..Jhanak’s shock at the development should have been the focus at that stage… Simply for the sake of showing that Ani will marry only if J will tell him to…… Leena rendered an important phase of the story bereft of any sense…..
All for keeping Arshi as Ani’s wife. Jhanak choosing an easier option is a no brainer… her walking away isn’t the point at all..She would have done that cos she has unrealised issues around the tag of home breaker or characterless or whatever shit that it is but atleast the viewers would have some empathy for J’s position if they showed a Jhanak reflecting on the magnitude of what hit her.
the problem is when you exaggerate a characteristic beyond believable levels it renders the narrative ineffective.
I am supposed to buy an Ani whose sense of responsibility for an unborn kid is so high that due to Arshi’s stomach ache he can’t manipulate the situation to find j’s whereabouts. It’s not about empathising with his situation but the futility of creating an impediment only to highlight his helplessness which I already buy cos where will a married guy gallivant? 😂😂😂😂
Similarly I am supposed to buy a J whose first concern was Ani’s marriage so the tag of home breaker won’t attach to her when the announcement of her lover having baby with an ex comes 😂😂😂😂😂 the utter foolishness of that emotion please shove it right up the writer’s
LMy point is if you situate your characters in such unwinnable positions Bhai kya hi kare!!
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