Originally posted by: priyachand
Trying to give it one more shot 😉i do agree with all ur points Anitha! that is what i am trying to say. Till the village track, i could relate to JM's anger. she dint wnt to stay in a marriage with a guy with whom she couldnt relate to.I believe nothing has changed in the city too since her views have remained the same. Infact, her move to city was engineered to reach her objective, that is get away from Raja and his family.
My issue is during village track, apart from regressive family she also noticed Raja's excessive love and care. she did realize that Raja loved her n was willign to do anythign for her - oppose his family or kill a person for touching her. either they shd ahve shown raja as violent lover, so that evn his love repulses her. but that ws not the case.This is her journey and maybe not every aspect is clear for her at this point. There has to be room for realization. Over-riding every emotion was her need to get away first. If she started to recognize love, this would make her weak and end up shaking her resolve. In order to achieve her objective, she was closing doors of emotional feelings. I believe there has been an underlying push and pull from her side too given that she was reaching out to Raja in times of fear. Right or wrong, that is up for debate.
and JM if i remember was willing to put up with any kind of shit for the sake of family. now she has got a readymade family but she is shown hating them for anything and everything.But Khushwa's are not the kind family JM wanted, infact they are the opposite of what she wants in a family and if she hates Agni, Bhanu and Tara, I am by her side. She has just cause.
Again i am not saying JM shd stay married just becos she is married to him. what i am seeing his her growing anger and revulsion towards Raja. The scenes dont warrant that anger n revulsion.JM's expectations from her marriage or relationship with Raja are vastly different than him. She asked him at the outset to confess to the police abt AK, but did he? She attempted to stop him from beating a guy mercilessly, but did he?i cd understand that only thought she has is to escape from this relationship. i want her to have some self talks that will make me understand her. otherwise, it looks irrational. yes Raja as a guy is violent, just becos he say i lvoe u, doesnt mean JM shd love him. But she ws not a quitter.Exactly, something is rankling her to the extent that she wants to leave it all behind and move on.she put up with LW n sweety becos she considered them family. as Raju, she liked taking care of him. bt with raja, equations change. so her attitude changes. me want some kind of self talks to make me understand her.Character monologues have been an exception rather than a rule in MEIEJ. If we get 'em, well and good but for the most part we have been inferring and justifying events based on actions so far.
As a woman, even i would feel claustrophobic in such a village. But if u notice in pujas she dint have any hesitation while doing the rituals. she was all comfortable. she ws forced to come, bt did u see a twinge of hesitation. Nothing!I noticed hesitation in her making a face when Baiji was talking to her before proceeding to the temple. The CVs stopped short of making her act up in the temple coz she was in front of God. I, for one have not appreciated the prior team showing failed pujas, aartis etc. before. Yes, she stayed quiet in the village coz there was virtually nowhere to go once she realized that her attempts to run away would result in innocents paying with their lives.
JM was shown going with the relationship in the vilage. she ws waiting to come back to city to escape. this cd be thre reason. bt her reasons for getting out of marriage needs more explanation.so she wants to divorce raja on what grounds - violence?Why not, if that is the reason for her abhorrence? But there is more at stake here, self-respect and equal treatment amongst other factors. Raja told her initially at the chawl after AK's death, he is the kind that will love his wife, will bear up with her tantrums but will do as he pleases.
Reg padmini! her chr was much more clearer! she put up with all kinds of violence. only when her unborn daughter's life was endangered, as a caring mom, she escaped. she dint stay and fight for she knew she wd lose. she took a chance n escaped.Same padmini never hesitiated to use the same violence when needed. she did slap madhu, Trishna n evn RK if needed. and whn balraj came back, she in her sherni mother mode, killed him. cvs dint show her as peace loving person!Padmini was pitted against a total black character, Balraj. CVs were not interested in redeeming that character and that is why Padmini pov was more clearer. Now we have a different kind of female lead.
for a girl unused to violence, a family whihc uses rifle for games must be scary. even more scary was the way they were treating their women. these things itself would scare women. with JM these were not the major issues. Raja n his jungli avatar seem to be the major issue.I believe treatment of women was another issue coz standing by the window after the Bhanu incident, she recounted to Raja that her "wajood" was hurt more than anything.that jungli term confuses me! and i hate it btw!that is why i feel JM's anger though believable but the extremity confuses me. need more explanation!No doubt, there have been character inconsistencies and is probably the reason for confusion. Also, we see Raja and Rani playing separately as in a deck of cards atm. I am hoping to see this game move to the chessboard where they will play side by side instead.i dont know whether i made my thoughts clear or i confused u even more?😆Dunno if I was able to understand and clear some doubts, but I tried...😆
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