No, I have not turned tables & jumped on the all hail CVs bandwagon. Frankly, I do not care for their heap of mistakes because my hope of decent characterization from the MB team is long lost. They are poor souls who sway with the TRP numbers, curb their imagination to fit into the mass pleasing mold and put on a defensive shield every time some well-intentioned viewer reminds them of how promising their show used to be.
We can all agree that male characters fall on almost every point of the human nature spectrum. MB is a going example, we got the goodie two shoes Malik, the alpha male with a sensitive heart RK, the gangster Sultan, the idiotic Bhatia, the comic relief Sikki and the wise old man Bittu. What about the women? We have Radha the victim of circumstances, Padmini also the victim of circumstances & her daughter Madhubala the do-gooder, also falling prey to situations beyond her control. The few times one these women have taken a stand was out of sheer desperation. They were not in control of their life, still are not & from the looks of it, probably will never be. Then, on the other extreme end of the spectrum, we see Deepali the vamp: a woman incapable of altruistic behaviour.
Where is the dim-witted girl, the funny girl, a girl headed downhill, a girl with more that a monotonous character shade, a girl with aspirations, a self actualized woman, a down trodden woman who behaves like one (survival before charity)?
When MB started, I saw a sheltered child who wants to change the world. Granted it was not the most practical idea to butt heads with a superstar, I saw great potential in the character. The natural course of actions was to bring her down from lala land and face reality. She got married, forcibly. Again, progression of plot and character. But, following the confession, the hypocrisy bestowed upon us by the CVs has left a sour taste in my mouth. If MB is mean to be puppet, keep it consistent. If she is meant to be a rebel, go with that concept without inhibitions. But, please do not change your mind halfway.
Lastly, paying a tad more attention to the traits of characters and making even a half hearted effort to keep them consistent would be helpful (case in point: Trishna, MB).
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