Originally posted by: Poluk
Loved your post and replies Neel. Yes Raja is an anti hero and he is violent. I am still liking him and watching the show because I like to watch grey characters.
But I will not try to paint him white because he is what he is. There cannot be two sets of standards. What is good for the goose has to be good for the gander also. My favorite actor playing the role will never make me justify each and every wrong action of his onscreen.
Raja cold bloodedly killed AK. Howsoever, cruel and mad AK was, the fact remains that that the killing was done in cold blood and not in a flash of anger. This is not a question of what AK was. This is a question of what Raja is.
He is again killing people in the village (even if it is to take revenge but still it is violence. it is still doing something as cruel as killing someone). Again it is not a question of how bad these people are - it is a question of Raja's ability to take human life without flinching.
I am still watching the show and loving it because I love grey characters (only on screen) so am enjoying his possessiveness and paagalpan for JM. But will not give 'ifs' and 'buts' to justify his every violent action.