Since I didn't watch the episode yesterday, I can't comment much on that. But from the looks of it, seems like a good one as the forum is all praises for Drashti and Vivian. All I want to say is that I am one of those viewers who really wanted to see RK get redeemed but I have lost every ounce of patience I had left. And the CVs have taken his "junoon" too overboard that it doesn't go down well with me. Not that I can't digest it, I totally can. But the fact that RK's character was not supposed to be too far gone and yet still that's what they are showing, bothers me. I would gladly see his junoon, but he is being portrayed as a ruthless person lately. And I strongly believe in the fact that where there is junoon, there is nothing called "real love" there. Because junoon and love are two things which are poles apart. We can be obsessed with many things, but that doesn't mean we love them. And we can love a lot of stuff, but doesn't mean we become obsessed with it. This is what annoys me, the "junoon wala pyaar" . Something that both logically or illogically doesn't exist. If they want RishBala to be end game, then they can go ahead and do it, but not by dishing out this utter foolishness in the name of love.
Coming to Sultan's character, I was expecting so much. His entry made me feel that "Yes, finally we'll get a new angle to the story" , but after a month now, it seems like Sultan's character is as close to what Trishna's is in the show. Pointless. Yes it is becoming pointless because he is being shown as just "another guy" which isn't even the case. And me being a fan of his character am really disappointed with the way CVs are wasting his character. A character that had SO much potential. And him being a Gangster was not even as issue. Because the character of Gangsters has been liked very much by audiences previously too. The issue was that his character turned out to be strong competition for RK. But I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about. I mean, having two strong male leads is a good thing right? And I really wanted to see Sultan's character being explored as a parallel track. But the CVs came back to square one with RK and Madhu's monotonous interactions. I am sorry but I still find their story to be utterly monotonous. Same track, same dialogues, the only slightly different thing is that Madhubala is clever and cautious than before now. And between all this, the CVs seem to have forgotten Sultan's character completely. There is so much that could be and needs to be explored about him. For example his past story with his wife that was apparently supposed to be shown, how he became what he is, and the "acha wala bura" in him, but they never did. All that is happening in the show is RK-Madhu one week, Sultan-Madhu next week, then RK-Madhu the week after that again. Everything seems to be so sudden in the entire show. I can't even enjoy Sultan anymore now. And frankly, Avinesh is being wasted in this show big time. Because his character is not one that should be sidelined. And that is exactly what is happening. If all they wanted to show was RK-Madhu going back to square one, why waste Sultan's character amidst all of this? And it's not just Sultan, the CVs have introduced so many good characters but they leave their tracks hanging mid-way abruptly. Even Shamsher Malik was an amazing character but there is no sign of him left in the show. A show is not just made of a male protagonist and a female protagonist. It's made of the entire cast of characters. Because it's the other characters that save the show from becoming boring and repetitive. And introducing Sultan as the parallel lead would have done wonders to the show had the CVs handled it well. They introduce characters, and then forget them.
I don't mind seeing Madhu and Sultan as a couple. Infact I am all for it. But I don't want to see Madhu running from one guy to another, then back to the first one again. This is not in her character. If they want to show her "just teaching RK a lesson" and then moving on, then I am all for some SulBala. But if they show her to be confused between choosing RK and Sultan, then that would be the dumbest thing ever. I want her to be with Sultan ONLY and IF ONLY she is completely over RK. Which isn't that impossible a thing. Because there is a difference between first love and true love. Yes first loves are special, very special, but they don't necessarily have to be your true love. I don't want Sultan to be her rebound guy. If she ends up choosing him, I want it to be because she thinks he is "the guy" . And if they want to show RishBala, then I don't mind it either as long as they show it with dignity and sense. People are okay with the way their track is moving, and it's completely their choice to which I don't object, but what worries me is that the way they are showing their relationship is infact the "idea of love" that most people have here. And believe it or not, this is exactly what "influence" is called. We can yell all we want that it's a fiction show but these things do get to you at some point. I mean, there's a reason we get so emotionally attached to mere characters that we are ready to jump each others bones if anything is said against our favorites.
Sorry for the long rant. But I am just disappointed and confused with the way the show is going. The track is still monotonous and I give it another month and a half before the TRPs start decreasing rapidly. Because when a thing is in excess, it tends to get boring. RK and Madhu will fight right now, then patch up, then romance a bit, and then what? There would be nothing left to show. The best way to cope with the revenge track would have been to introduce the heroine track. Showing Madhubala getting more famous than RK in the industry and RK breaking seeing that. Then introducing the Sultan track to add extra spice. Everything would have made so much more sense then!
I am not talking as a fan of any particular actor or character here, I am talking as a fan of Madhubala - Ek Ishq Ek Junoon. A show I thought was different and promising.
P.S: Bashers and Haters, STAY AWAY and DO NOT COMMENT. I am already not feeling too well and I can't deal with pointless fights right now.
Fia you have put forward my KEY issues so well. My big one the gratuitous show of abuse without it being named as abuse. it is being done because it is selling. A lot of ppl are not even recognising it.
It is difficult to produce content 6 days a week, week in week out. So what they do is DRAG things out as much as possible. They will add a taster/hook here and there so that ppl who like it will continue watching, but on the whole will focus on what has sold in the past. What has sold in the past?
Abuse of women by saas and/or husband/boyfriend. Then the woman's true love changes him. They may still play this card but I so hope they don't. For all the reasons you already know and I have stated continually as have you in your topic.
All I can say is, they will ping madhu back and forth between rk and a few mins with sultan for a while yet but ultimately they will increase Sultan's screen time. He IS a parallel lead ; the amount they have invested in how he has been portrayed almost guarantees it. Its even got the teeny bopper rishbala fans frantic, worried and hating his guts! Although they swear blind its because he bores them.
You have a fair point about shamsher. But I think there is a good reason he isn't around at the moment. Considering he tried to kill rk in the past for what he had done and was doing to madhu. They couldn't very well have him around and have rk doing all the pyschogiri he has been doing! They are hardly going to show him trying to kill rk ...yet again! And it would kinda get complicated showing him being in coma or something!! So they've just poofed him into invisibility! But think about the similarities between shamsher's love and respect for padmini...reminds you of something sultan has been showing? Madhu knows what respect and love are...she has seen it in her parent's relationship..they can't have shamsher around...yet. But I am fairly sure he will be back!
To sum up...patience dear...it is coming. Increased sultan screen time, madhu entering films. It is coming.
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