Who is Shamsher Malik? A real life hero ?

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It was not a beautiful episode which I wanna watch again. It was just the needed move to the next track. Shamsher Malik Vs RK. My title for the new track will be .. I don't have any... But I need to understand Shamsher Malik today, who was never important for me in the story until today when I saw Rishabh and Madhubala Kundra together were fighting against him, foiling his attempt to kill RK.

I am certainly not sure what CVs have in their mind when turning Shamsher Malik into a killer. Seriously a killer ? 😕 Where is all this going to ? I am not going into the very much mundane analysis of the obvious...the impact of this on Madhubala when the two most important men in her life are pitted against each other. For now the reality for her through the viewer eyes is this:

One is saving the other though he was the cause for the other's dying
One is killing the other because he was the cause for his ruin.

RK's treatment No.1 of Shamsher - Fair and Square
Beat him enough that he is unable to get up and yet cannot die . Then leave him to die. Who does that ? What triggers that ? Shamsher tried to assault him. And the way he could beat up all the security around RK, Shamsher was very much in for brutal vendetta.

RK's treatment No.2 of Shamsher - as a Pawn
Use him and his situation to get even with his so-called daughter Madhubala. Mind it the pawn was not important, it was the prize that was coveted by RK.

RK's treatment No.3 of Shamsher - Taking care of Sasurji
Somewhere down the line, RK had accepted that Madhubala is his wife, then it becomes fair and reasonable to take care of his Sasurji. How is that any different from him taking care of the Bhatias ? Not much. isn't it ?

Shamsher's treatment No.1 of RK - before his vegetable State
You ruined our lives. You finished us. I will finish you.

Shamsher's treatment No.2 of RK - after he comes out of his vegetable state.
You ruined our lives. You finished us. I will finish you.

Isn't it strange that Shamsher seems to have been in a frozen state with only one thought "I want to finish you" ? Is there something more to it ? Something more than just finishing RK ? Ofcourse, the CVs are not going to go so deep as me...but then I would like to know what makes a man lose his reason and take Godly matters into their hands.

What makes RK lose his reason and take Godly matter of teaching Madhubala into his hands. He is self-professed diabolical man and he has every right to do it. Agree! we have seen that.

What makes Shamsher lose his reason and take Godly matters such as killing a monster into his hands. He is a hero, a knight in shining armor and has to do something to save the honour of the people depending on him. Hmmm! I can see that.

Now can I have the title ? The Knight in the shining armor versus the Monster

Whether RK is a monster or not. We have analysed a lot. We know what he is.

Is Shamsher truly a hero ? Truly a knight in shining armor ?

He saved Padmini and her daughters once when Balraj the monster was there to kill them. A black and white act of the hero versus the villain which Shamsher got to play at real when he had been playing the same act in make-believe world of cinema as the stunts-man. Playing with weaponry, those fights are part of his every day life. And the same he could use as his skills to save the women in trouble in real life.

What was he actually before he became the hero for the three women?

An actor who left his native place in Punjab, came to Mumbai with dreams of becoming a hero on the celluloid. He couldn't be successful. He just ended up being a stuntsman. Not even earned a chance to act as a villain. Did it hit him hard when RK taunted, "Sasurji aapko to villain hona chaahiye tha filmon mein ?" Could be !

Somewhere between the failed attempts at becoming the hero, he had his peace with becoming the hero to the three women. And he truly revelled in this role-play of his. A savior.

And when he fails to save the second time, what kicks into his thinking once he gets back his consciousness.
zang lage auzaar, dawaiyon ka gulaam, kamzor shamsher lad raha hai, kamzor baap lad raha hai

So that is our Shamsher. He is seeing himself as a failure and it gets magnified when he is pitted against a man who is a HERO on the celluloid which used to be his dream, which now is the dream passed on towards his elder daughter. Projections of his sister and his dreams on Trishna...to turn her into a reel life heroine.

What was he citing his reasons to hate RK?
Beti ki sagaai tod di
badi beti ke sapno ko apne mehenge jooton ke tale pees pees ke phaila diya
choti beti ko bandhua biwi bana ke rakha hua hai

Just as the woman (Padmini) he saved, lives in her idyllic world, so is Shamsher Malik who refuses to let go of the dreamy world which talks about fair men standing against evil men and Hero needs to vanquish the Villain.

Just like RK, Shamsher doesn't carry any reason on his head when he tries to become the killer. He has to be the story-book hero. However that was the first time. He definitely was the hero when he barged into the studio in broad day-light and confronted RK.

But the second time around, may be the thought is there to be the hero, but his act is not of the knight in shining armor. Or is there you think ? Why the attacks in a masked manner ? Because the opponent is all too powerful ?

Whatever...But did he see that his daughter, whose honor he was trying to save was actually fighting to save his opponent. Does it sound wierd to him ? Of course it does. Hence these words
Jaane usne kya jaado kiya hai
Woh jiye mare kuch phark nahin padta
Mujhe sirf apne bachchon ki parwaah hai, jo is samay bikhri hui hai, jo sirf main sametna chaahta hoon

Coz once he is able to finish the monster, his daughter will be free from the magical cage that has totally changed her beyond his recognition.

Well that was our dreamy Real life Hero Shamsher Malik against the Reel life hero RK.

What an irony that Real life hero act is so unreasonable when viewed from prevailing laws of human society, as seen in conventional ethics. Knights do not exist. One doesn't take law into their hands. Shamsher cannot think beyond this and perhaps that is the reason, it never occurred to him that his stay-put hero-act is not actually sanctioned by society which RK so easily ridicules him for. He takes care of a woman that is not his wife and raises two girls like his own daughters. Does Shamsher understand the ignominy that Padmini and his daughters may have gone through in their life on account of his knight status ?

What an irony that the RK who is a monster actually in real life takes heed of societal laws and does not kill Shamsher and when decides to destroy the woman, he provides her with a dignified status sanctioned by society. He makes her his wife. RK taunts Shamsher ''Aapki naajayez beti to Jaayez Biwi banaya hai maine" Does that hurt Shamsher in any manner ?


We all know why RK is a Reel hero. Because in real life he could not be a hero to his father..

I am caught in this uninteresting situation, forced to watch the two men. Until the two men understand each other, that they are mirror images of each other, that they both are the heroes in real life as well, they are not going to be at peace. Each needs to know the story of the other. Another epic story there. Can Madhubala please build a bridge between the two to end the vendetta ? Please ...
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Posted: 12 years ago
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great post yaar i too feel that some where what shammo did was due to his love for his family because it's way to hard to forgive the person who is responsible for ur families distruction but i'm not saying that what shammo did was correct but i think he belives that in what ever situation mb is today it's due to him and the fastest solution he would have thought is to kill rk n save his daughter
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Nice post, SD.. You have gone in depth on Malik. Really really in awe of you and your post.

I do have a doubt though. I dont understand why you describe RK's first treatment of Malik as fair and square. Havent watched those episodes, but I had the feeling that Malik didnt deserve to be so brutally abused.

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Posted: 12 years ago
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Nice Post SriDevi. To be frank heroism changes depends on the situations and people yaar 😉. Kukku bhatia is hero for sikki. After all we are humans with lots of imperfections still want to be perfect which is not at all possible.
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Shri awesome analysis:):) The way you have dissected his character is truly commendable:):)

As for my thoughts on malik and RK:

Acts done when consumed in anger is always not justified..
RK in a fit of rage maligned Shamsher's daughter's life which is highly unacceptable... Malik in a fit of rage attacked him and in the process got beaten up...

And now what Shamsher is doing is totally unreasonable and I am finding it ridiculous and stupid..

For me both are not heroes ... They are just normal people with grey shades to their character...
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Posted: 12 years ago
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Brilliantly.. analysised..
Must say.. you have cleared all my doubts whether RK n Mallick are Hero's or not... they Both are...
Real Hero's.. And I feel Madhu will bridge the gap soon... When Shamoo will see Madhu heart has melted towards the Monster and that Time may be RK will do something in favour of em... Like he does hiding his good side.. but, may be Shamo gets to see his True self... Malik needs to see RK in His true form ...I know it will take time but then they both will understand each other well..
For there Madhu..
RK will understand the dilemma of the father.. unlike the bhatiya's..
Shamsher Malik won't be a forced relative then.. Madhu and RK will re marry. Madhu's love for both will change them..!!
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Originally posted by: applenpeaches

Nice post, SD.. You have gone in depth on Malik. Really really in awe of you and your post.

I do have a doubt though. I dont understand why you describe RK's first treatment of Malik as fair and square. Havent watched those episodes, but I had the feeling that Malik didnt deserve to be so brutally abused.


Fair and Square

RK to Shamsher: You came to assault me. You beat up my men. They shall take care of you.

As simple as that. We need not go into morals or ethics. Just understand in the manner of bull fight, cock-fight, dog-fight etc etc

RK's fight was with MB.

The father had no place in that fight. True, per RK, the father need not have been brutally abused. But then, he says, "Maine nyota nahin diya tumhaare pitaji ko mere set pe aake haddi tudvaaye".
In english, I did not invite your father to come to my sets and get beaten up. He came and started it all. So I defending myself is fair and square.

Honestly don't we know that if Shamsher was not stopped that day, RK would have got beaten up. The rage was there on Shamsher's side. And not on RK's side. The rod would not have been used by RK's men had not Shamsher been able to reach RK close enough.

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Originally posted by: prema_ks

Nice Post SriDevi. To be frank heroism changes depends on the situations and people yaar 😉. Kukku bhatia is hero for sikki. After all we are humans with lots of imperfections still want to be perfect which is not at all possible.


Prema,

True. Hero-giri is highly over-rated. 😆 Its a vanity without which we are so much better off. Grounded, down to earth, persons understand dynamics around them rather than looking down upon the other in pride, in self-conceited opinions. Ignorance and vanity leads to more follies of unforgivable nature. And bad breeds more bad.

Did you read the ironies I mentioned that come out of Shamsher's hero-giri act.

I just love how RK, remains a reel-life hero but in real life becomes the anti-hero and busts all heroism out of Madhubala and Shamsher Malik.
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Originally posted by: zoya_naziya

Shri awesome analysis:):) The way you have dissected his character is truly commendable:):)


As for my thoughts on malik and RK:

Acts done when consumed in anger is always not justified..
RK in a fit of rage maligned Shamsher's daughter's life which is highly unacceptable... Malik in a fit of rage attacked him and in the process got beaten up...

And now what Shamsher is doing is totally unreasonable and I am finding it ridiculous and stupid..

For me both are not heroes ... They are just normal people with grey shades to their character...


Zoya,

Thanks dear. 😊

@bold
Agree both are not heroes in real life.
But have to disagree with the other part. They both are not normal. They are abnormal with white and black shades to their characters. They take drastic actions arising out of their black and white interpretation of events around them. They think they are hero and anti-hero.

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@nehakariba,
Thank you.

@Nidiz,

Thanks.
>>>Madhu and RK will re marry. Madhu's love for both will change them..!!
😆 True, we need to be reassured about everything falling into its place. Madhubala started this rigmarloe in her vanity (heroine-giri) and now she will have to show her two heroes that they can coexist with each other 😆

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