Originally posted by: KavitaDR
@Lizdarcy
Hi Liz,
Thank you for your patient and detailed reply to my post. Circumstances permitting, we should probably have sat down and written that together. Our passion for LTL or, rather Dutta the character, has been inspirational and for the first time, I have tempted myself to move from the factual to delve into the multi-dimensional use of senses and its importance in real life and on celluloid. The small/big screen should be the mirror that showcases all facets of human behaviour and nature. LTL despite being a fantasist's delight has been able to showcase complexities that will remain unchartered territory on Indian TV for a long time if I am to judge by the content of so many shows where the pseudo-need to show social issues leads to lots of confusion and distortion of real human behaviour.
I am thankful that LTL steered clear of this stifling tendency to be a mirror of perceived "social and acceptable norms and patterns" in broader terms and chose to showcase love and its perception in a simple, touching and unique way. The creative team is normally at the receiving end of lots of flak and for the first time ever, I am tempted to give the Devil their due. 👏👏👏Thank you. This recognition is also extended to MR/MV ⭐️⭐️👏👏in the way they embraced the characters of Dutta and Nakusha and made it so palpable and real for us. They have, undoubtedely, touched our hopelessly romantic chords but more importantly enabled lots of people (at least from what I can gather) to put in perspective their thoughts for love as an essential emotion for the positive development of the human being at a basic and psychological level.
I was wary to start this thread on touch as it can easily lead on slippery grounds as we are not relational experts. But Dutta and his portrayal of personal inadequacies and inability to relate in a coherent manner to his emotions and anger (sometimes suppressed, sometimes downright destructive) could be attributed to the level of intrigue around him but in a more real sense to the fact that he has been deprived of love, of the human touch. Touch deprived people have more difficulty discriminating between pleasure and pain. They are more likely to engage in self-destructive conduct and have more serious problems with behaviours that are innately pleasurable, such as affectionate touch, hence the hostile world they end up inhabiting. This is one reason LTL will remain close to our heart. 😊
Thank YOU, Kavita! For starting this thread! You've done the analysis so well that I'm short of words now. But let me still try. 😃
LTL despite being a fantasist's delight has been able to showcase complexities that will remain unchartered territory on Indian TV for a long time if I am to judge by the content of so many shows where the pseudo-need to show social issues leads to lots of confusion and distortion of real human behaviour.
You know, you've summed up what LTL is in this single sentence.
And LTL has not just redefined love for us. For people like me, LTL has done far more than that. LTL, like I've said countless times, gives me hope. It is, basically, a fairy tale. But the treatment and the psychological and emotional elements in this story, make it far far superior to most shows. The characters in LTL have grown a lot, from its inception. They have changed, matured, have had their perceptions altered. And this is where most other shows fail terribly. They let the characters stagnate, they remain the same as they were when they started out. And if they do change, it is sudden, or unbelievable. Whereas LTL, inspite of having a protagonist who laughably, had to hide her face under a layer of soot(the most unrealistic theme of all), had its characters grow with each trial. Nakusha has grown, from a girl who was scared of her own beauty/fate, to a wife who will rise to every occasion to see her husband safe. She stands up to every one who questions her faith! Hopefully, she'll stand up to Dutta too....soon!
Dutta has grown from the happy-go-lucky boy to the jaded don who found solace in violence and anger. And then to the man who believed in second chances, love, and redemption. He's had a temporary lapse now, but Naku's love is such that it will bring him back from the darkest of hells. This, is the beauty of the show. This and its unpredictability. Any other show, we would have had the hero give in very easily. Here, Dutta's taking his time to fall back in love, like someone would do in real life. LTL, with all these elements gives me hope. Makes me believe in the goodness of people. Makes me believe in love, and its power to alter perceptions and life.
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