My dear Najma,
My fingers are very painful today, so I shall keep this as short as I can.
I thoroughly enjoy your posts, in r esponse to my posts or those of others. Especially on the infrequent occasions when we are on the same page, as about Bhanumati's so-called Grand Sacrifice. If I do manage to make a post tomorrow, I shall give my take on that.
Thank you. I think this Thread was for Episode 9? For Episode 10, I commented on the relevant thread, a little more on what I wrote to you via PM. Do check it out. XD
And also on Karna's shrewd sophistry in convincing poor, besotted Uruvi (by the way, what IS her name? I read Urmila somewhere, but I don't see how Urmila could be shortened to Uruvi, or even Urvi. It would be Urmi) of the drishtikon angle. He literally stands his accessory after the crime action on its head, converting it into something natural and noble. He would make an excellent lawyer for the defence!
Even I agree. He'd make a great lawyer. I commented on this too there. Yeah, someone said Urmila. I think it was a mistake. And I loved what you said. He's capable of twisting his own actions as Noble.
Now where you and I differ sharply is vis a vis this Karna. To me, he looks most of the time like the Before segment of a Saridon ad 😉. Especially when he was clinging to Uruvi's hand. But to you he looks fine, even wonderful, and you see all that he does, or most of it, as good or very good acting.
I genuinely think this dude's awesome. 😉
He is handsome after a fashion, but that baggy outfit of his does him no good. Presumably it is meant to cover his divya kavach, but I thought that appeared only he was going to be hit by arrows. So why this thing like a over loose doshala?
I think his outfit is awesome too. 😆
I am glad they haven't shown some super fancy jewellery, like they show in every MB for Karn. Here he's classy yet an ourcast..
Anyhoww, I am yet to be convinced that he is the right choice, and as his is the crucial character, the linchpin, the show will soar or fall on his appeal to the viewers. Uruvi will not be enough on her own. Nor do I hear that she is a big star.
I think they'll appeal to the viewers. Brooding heroes are the trend I think. 😆
I wish the poor chap well, and the show too, and this as much for my own sake as his or the PH's. But I am not too hopeful. Exactly the same thing happened to Porus, which I think failed because Porus was not well cast.
And the viewers have to fall in love with the lead or leads in the first week or two itself, for after that they switch to other shows and this one sinks. If the TRPs fall further, Star Plus is perfectly capable of having it cut short. That is what happened to a far better show, Peshwa Bajirao, which had a fresh subject, an excellent script and superb casting, right down to the smallest character. That too was at 7 pm. And remember that the repeats and online viewing do not count for TRPs.
Finally, I loved your riff on my thali ka baingan. But Duryodhana is like plasticine. I had noted in my post that Shakuni would soon strive to regain lost ground, and here you are wondering about that. Of course he will try his best to undercut KarnaQUOTOls
I am having quoting issues. Sorry. I am glad you liked my take on DY.
Also, regarding the TRPs, so Porus I think is considered a success. Not sure about Bajirao. But Sony is a crazy channel. Whereas Star is more considerate. A lot of flop shows ran at least a 100 episodes on Star. As far as the timing, I think it would do better at 8 or 9. 7 is too early. But let's see. Since their budget is much bigger, and the makers are still running their show on SoNy, I still have some hopes. Also, a lot of shows don't run the first couple of months but do well later. And TV is proof of that even today. That said, I could be thoroughly disappointed. But I'd rather not worry about that coz my tolerance level for TV shows is almost nil these days. So if they ruin this, I'll stop watching. 😆 fingers crossed. i
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