Sultan... I have no idea how many comments i made on defending him and his action.. not in DP but in MF also... Bcos i liked the character Sultan and i don't have any problem with him being a Gangster... I have seen so many movies with same plot and even in some soaps also... and a love story between a Gangster and a girl is nothing new to me... it always like... Girl will change the man to live an ordinary life.. and in that process they may find so many difficulties... which they will face being together... yeah things will be different if he will make the girl to join in his team... (and thats what happening in Rishbala as per the initial promos... RK forcing her to live his life of a star..) So far whatever they showed on Sultan is kind of Deja-vu to me... Even if Sultan was shown as a Police officer or as a another Superstar or any Business man things won't change for me... I will like him as a friend to Madhu.. but a Big NO for Sulbala...and it has nothing to do with his profession...
Pennu if you look at it that way, then there is nothing new or different about this show altogether. I have maintained this opinion since day one that MBEIEJ is not a different show in any sense.
- Rich Boy Meets Ordinary Girl
- They hate each other
- Typical nok jhok
- Gradually fall in love
- One of them betrays the other
- He/She realizes the other's importance on losing them
- Wants them back in their lives
- Marriage
- Saas-Bahu arguments
- Devrani-Jethani fights
Doesn't it sound like just another typical Indian Show? To me it does!
The only thing slightly unique about this show was the female lead's characterization but even that seems to have changed into just another Telly Bahu. If just flowers and a ring can make you vulnerable, be it temporarily, what's the difference left between her and other telly characters?
I for one never found anything unique in any of the characters in this show. Not even RK's who is the apparent lead. I've seen a ton of shows with rich bratty spoiled guys as leads. The only thing that varied was that he is a Superstar, but even that's not something new. Just labeling a certain character as "grey" does not make it grey. And sadly most people here do not even know what a grey character actually means and signifies. The CVs were very clever in this matter to use this word for their character because they know that "grey" is the word that sells in the industry these days, and people being the way they are wouldn't even bother looking into it's basic meaning in terms of characterization. And RK's character is all about dialogues. I know most people won't agree with me here, I'm not asking them to either because this is just my opinion and I won't force it on others, but if you take away those one-liners from his character, what more is left to it? Anything "interesting" at all? I don't think so. I find Padmini's character to be more interesting than his.
About Sultan, I find his character quite entertaining, only wish the CVs wouldn't have neglected it to accommodate RK-Madhu's revenge saga. So far there have been stories about Gangsters mostly in Indian movies but very less in Indian shows. Which is why I want Sultan to stay and his character to shine.