Why DhruNi and not MaNan! - Page 9

Originally posted by: shibz

Personally the 1st episode I accidentally came across was the 'kuch bhi' wala epi.. I was awestruck! I couldn't figure out if he was being funny or unintentionally so.

And then towards the end of the ep..he sees a shooting star & starts to behave aggressively.. I found his character all the more interesting...

Then enters Manik who tries to push Nandani away at the same time gives a protective, caring arm to Dhruv.. (I usually don't like arrogant Men)The last scene where he sings for Dhruv & Nandani joins him was heartwarming. It just stole the show for me.. and I was in awe of this trio.. At the same time curious why Manik threw those angry expressions at her.. there was some kind of strange attraction. I found the anger more out of possessiveness, just not able to understand if it was for Dhruv or Nandu.
They're all beautiful ppl..I fell in love with at first sight. Not able to decide who suits Nandu better since I wouldn't know everything about all the characters in just one epi.. But I wouldn't mind Nandu with either of them..just going by that epi..

And then I continued to follow the show..
Honestly I found DhruNi scenes very sweet & MaNan scenes unusual.. there's a certain attraction b/w them not because they are opposites but because they can influence each other & gel well together like one has what the other lacks.
Whereas Dhruv & Nandu bond well because they are made out of the same material. They don't have much to learn from eachother.

Still when I saw Dhruv with Nandu(in the scene where Nandu hides from Navya) I knew for Dhruv this could be more than friendship..
And contrary to your post, store-room scene made me fall for Ma-Nan totally.. I get your point when you say that if CVs had not sidelined DhruNi then they could make a great pair as well. Sure they would but fortunately or unfortunately in this story there is Manik who is connected to Nandu since day1. (I'm still trying to catch up on the older epis)

What I think is DhruNi after a while would get boring. There is not much scope in their relationship on the "Love" front. There will be abundant friendship & understanding but not much to explore with LOVE.

I still love DhruNi but I think they are better off as friends. AND I'd LOVE for more scenes with them and I know till MaNan officially happens we will get a lot of DhruNi scenes and I'm sure even after that but it won't be Ishq wala love..only friendship wala.

Coming to the character Manik, he sometimes reminds me of Arjun Punj(KMH1) those who have watched the show will know why. He in the start comes across as a khadus, sadu angry young man. But is actually an angel in disguise. He is the stranger who unknowingly helps the heroine in need(neither of them knowing who the other person is).
There he is afraid/allergic to cockroach which the girl handles bravely..Ironically there the female is afraid of darkness..while here Nandu is afraid of rats & the male hates Darkness.
Arjun again shares a warm relationship with the only 2 ppl he loves in the world..His Dad & his Best friend.
[And just for an info-Lostboy/Vikas Gupta whose production is KY2 has been the CV head of KMH1]

So yeah.. whatever Manik is now he is ultimately going to be the sweetest guy from what I see.
And i did not find the scenes any un-original. I don't know how a love-story in school would've been executed😕 But I'm loving the ManNan scenes. Getting locked up in a room may be cliched but the scene that followed was not. It was needed.
It depends on you if you want to stick by your view or see the picture in a new light.

Dhruv what I can say now is actually the most sensible, mature character with a great sense of humour.

Manik actually looks like a kid in front of him(going by maturity) but he suits Nandu the best!

Originally posted by: charminggenie

I pretty much started on a neutral front but as of now I have a certain understanding about these characters and the supposed love triangle.

The basic premise for each of these character on surface sounds very done to death - yes including Dhruv. He is suppose to be the quintessential good boy who pines, Manik is read as the same bad boy and Nandini the hapless clueless girl stuck in between? But think again , is this what that is happening?

Lets start with Dhruv- He is a passive character yet with a moral fiber which for some reason he has always shied away from expressing freely. You do seem him get perturbed by the bullying his friends do but he never bothered to use his influence to let them see the light because clearly not just Manik , others look for him as their voice of reason. Perhaps he understands that his friends think that by being all powerful and bullying they would cover their own insecurities and demons, so he lets them be while being the silent viewer. The problem is inspite of having such a good grasp of his friends' emotions , he does nothing . He fades into the background too much unless you put him with Nandini or Manik.

Manik - This character is such a revelation , on first face value we would dismiss him as another ASR,ASAD ( never liked them much) but then you notice how very different and real he is. He is not a jerk or an arse just for the sake of it or for his own reasons but he has to be that person because he is the guy who is protective about this bunch of lost kids who strut around as Fab5 . He has no choice but to pretend as a bad boy because he cannot be weak or else his friends like Dhruv, Alya and Mukti would just fade. He holds on to the fab5 like a little kid who is afraid to part with his beloved toy. Fab5 is his family and he is their protector of sorts. For long he has lived under the pretense of being the bad boy but with Nandini he is forced to retrospect himself and his actions. She is making him look through the pretense and for the first time he is realizing that he has lost the game by being the "bad boy". His dilemma is not about Nandini as much but making a choice about being his real-self yet protecting fab5. So , i respectfully object when you say he is the run-off the mill , anti-hero, who is done to death. No , this guy is real, has depth and he knows that how he behaves is not right but his battle is of totally different kind.

triangle - it's a wonder how we want fresh , newer characters yet we interpret love triangles in the most common manner. Why cannot Nandini share two fabulous equations with both these men. They don't need to compete for her attention but both can develop bonds with her of different kind. In any case the serial started off with the fireflies which spelled it out where they were going. Yet why should we demand or want the same cliched triangle battles when this serial is showing something more meaningful and deeper.

DhruNi - These two are adorable , probably very very similar which stems from their own sense of morality. Nandini recognized it and was attracted to this moral connect with Dhruv. She is like a firefly , letting Dhruv open up and making him comfortable outside his secured Fab5 boundaries. He feels that ease with her. But there is sympathy , empathy and curiosity from Nandu . They are so similar that they don't have anything to discover in each other , yet theirs is a friendship and bond which is unconditional. They would always have that. And Nandu's biggest giveaway to Dhruv is letting him feel easy and free.

MaNan- These two make sense because well they understand each other and not just the moral niceties but vulnerabilities, fears and they seem to bring out that passion in each other which is changing both of them. Manik has added fire to Nandini , the girl was afraid and timid ,now after somewhat conquering him , she is confident and not afraid. He listens to whatever she says, however minuscule it is . While she has managed to shake him up and forced him to feel himself again. That accident made Manik hate dark and made him pretend bad while she took to being that firefly who would fight the darkness with her light. This is what they both are teaching each other. They are letting go of pretenses when they are together.

Unlike other couple, these two are not forcing their versions on each other rather they are just viewing the real them , now. Somewhere they are content with it, Nandu knows the vulnerable him while he understands her sentiments. There is respect and acceptance. This is not your cliched opposites attract story ,it is coming of age for these two characters.

I for one would be happy if we don't get the cliched love triangle where the female is passed around as a volleyball. Nandu can have separate bonds with both of these amazing guys . It's not a race where one bond would trump another . I feel the friendship these three share is refreshing and which makes this triangle talk all the more contriving.