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Originally posted by: 13thwish

@Genie: Sigh! Nope that argument works if we are talking of Manik's perspective of Nandu but we're not.. we're talking about the audience perspective of her.. there is less effort made to built that connect and that is the writer's failing.. they have constraints and different priorities etc. we get that but it's this inequality that leaves room for misinterpretation of her thoughts and actions simply because there is less clarity in how she functions.. everything we discover about her we extrapolate, there is never any evidence or validation of it except on rare occasions unlike Manik whose every action is traced with utmost attention to detail.

Okay enough, I need BI if I'm to break my head on this again😆

Bold - I'm sleepy so I'm going to nod at everything.😆

@CC:What you said "they never took it further" and all we're saying is there was room for that but it was never prioritized cuz the FOCUS was on other things. That is why to the less discerning audience, Nandu seems uni-dimensional only her feelings for Manik being crystal clear... Manik's obvious complexes make for easier writing and more overt tropes so they are highlighted.. It is what it is.. Imperfect but still beautiful..

Actually even with Manik there are so many ambiguous subjective complexities that hell a lot of audience ends up considering him just grumpy and stubborn and there are loops that have gone around and over for like 60+ episodes. (The whole post musicana redemption track - walking away from her-the whole i hate you and il make it difficult for you track) its just hard for the general audience to grasp because you somewhat imbalance the understanding btw the two leads where only one's doing the appeasing, and mending. I think some things should be fed to the audience, quicker, but bit by bit to maintain the mystery the ought to maintain. Some part of Nandini's past being shown in the show where it shapes some sort of decision on her own and individual from Manik and viceversa.

@Rida: I lubhsss you😳

ditto😳

Originally posted by: charminggenie

Rida - Where is her past. Happy sorted Ams, she has happy memories of her family. Except that night she has no dark spot to base her life on. They kept it clean for a reason coz it's easier to play her against Manik then. The contrast sells and is easy to show.

Originally posted by: MaybeSomeday...

When am i asking for a dark past? When am i asking for tears, and depression and family history? What I'm asking for is conflict on individual bases even if ambiguous.
What I'm asking for is questions and curiosity, for something that's about her, and not Manik. This is one crazy imbalance we're talking about.

And you yourself said it. They kept her cleaner, more like an easy way out, she's more about 'how she affects Manik' in the show.

Originally posted by: charminggenie

But how do you develop questions and curiosity about her behavior when you have audience torn about Manik's dilemma all the time. This is why she is made to be the cleaner one. While us few would love two of them all confused and curious , visually you cannot sell it. Thats constraints of the medium,


^^ This is it. Sab kuch uthake Manik pe daaldiya, how are people supposed to get engrossed in Nandini's character? What is that character but one to just be the impact in Manik's life? Hataado Manik ko equation se. What do we have on the plate here? A lot of people cannot connect to Nandini at times, and there's a reason for that. And that is not true. In fact every good book I've read, both the protagonists had so many issues of their own and that is what was so engaging about it. Handled perfectly, we can have such a beautiful balance.

If Manik's conflicted about true love then make nandini's conflict about her inability to come to music with the same passion and her doubts as a student. She's 17 right? I'm 18 and God knows i've my set of conflicts about my future and my studies and so many things and communication helps.
Where she'll help with his conflict, he'll enable in her the will to seek and find and let go of that fear, and himself learn so many things. That's just an example.

A good story is all about internal conflicts. External conflicts hardly ever provide that level of depth. If you're giving us Manik's back to back then let the ratio be 50:20 rather than 50:3