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Like most of you, I'm going through the days with an inner turmoil of emotions as well. Frustration and anger, sadness and disappointment, annoyance and depression. They all blend together, all make my head spin. I try to convince myself that this is just another TV show. That whatever might happen to it shouldn't bother me. But the truth is that it's a lie. Laagi is not just another TV show to me. It's a fairy tale. It's hope. It's beauty. It's special. It's so many things that no other show has ever been to me, and I've been obsessed with many shows before this one came along.
I cannot watch its bane. I cannot watch my beloved characters fade one by one.
So much has changed in the past year. What Laagi was and what Laagi has become... somehow it's like the show has transformed into something awkward in the past month. I want it back to the beautiful, unique thing it was before. It can be. We're all waiting for the moment when it will be, the moment when Dutta returns in his full power, full strength. When Baji stands by his side, strong and loyal. When Naku buries herself in his arms. When the family gathers around him with a few evil exceptions.
The reason that I really started this thread is to vent my thoughts on today's episode. We've had to endure five episodes without even five seconds of Dutta. That alone had me waiting impatiently for today's episode, and upon seeing him - I felt relief, to some extent. The thought if his possible leave quickly overshadowed even that brief moment of joy.
Having watched today's episode, my annoyance only increased. Though, the TaSha proximity should've made me just a tiny bit happier. Instead I couldn't help but focus on other things such as how badly the episode was edited, how badly the scenes were directed, the annoying amount of bloopers that only seem to pop up more often during each new episode. Did anyone notice how they used the same Naku-resting-her-head-on-Seema's-shoulder clip? Four times, at least, and the only reason I could tell was because some of Dutta's face was visible in the side, doing the same turn-of-head each time the clip was used.
Then Naku's dream-sequences while assuming that we were inside Dutta's head. The way that Naku's running scene was filmed was a disappointment. I didn't even bite my lip during that scene. I remember a certain running-in-the-jungle scene and how my heart was racing the entire time just because of the way it was filmed. (Not to mention how turned off I was by the family-doing-pooja scene; it was a bit over the top for me. Not... not very LTL-like for me.)
What is happening?
I'm... confused.
When did LTL change so much?
The only two moments that I felt anything was when Naku was carried into Seema's car and Dutta's head whipped to the side, as if sensing her presence, and the second time when Seema removed her hand and he put his own hand where hers had been a moment before.
I think that I'm tired. I need a good night's sleep and tomorrow will be better, right? Tomorrow, the director will get it right, the editing will be right, and I'll feel the excitement again. Tomorrow, we'll have more TaSha moments (the precap alone awoke my sleeping pre-January TaSha feelings).
But guys, I feel so frustrated with the fact that we, the fans, have to fight so dang hard for our show and favorite actors to stay on the show. I feel frustrated with the fact that we have to tell them how the episodes are wrongly cut, or how the characters were "out of character", etc. etc., when it's something that they should have under control. New director or not, new CVs or not.
I don't remember feeling or thinking that an episode was badly edited or directed pre-January. Up until now, I haven't had to think about these things, because they always got it right.
I dunno. I blame it on my lack of sleep. It's probably all inside my head anyway. Goodnight, guys. Love ya'll just because.
*attempts a brave smile* I'll feel happier tomorrow.
Anupamaa
Kabhi Neem Neem Kabhi Shahad Shahad
