Episode 596 Discussion: 10th June 2014, Tuesday

i just remember one,dialogue frm tdy..

As in previous tracks, they have blundered yet again on two fronts.
Firstly, the CVs seem to have an unfortunate and consistently mistaken assumption that their feelings are mirrored by majority-audience.
They might be perhaps prudent and not confuse online reactions with majority-audience. For reference, they could have a look at how much online reaction is there for most of the steadily TRP-topping serials.
Look at your accountbook's profit and loss columns, and then look at the customer-service ledger for the opinions which match so that you can get more detailed points about increasing the profit (viewership by crores). Don't do it the other way round and prioritize the customer-service ledger, then end up with losses continuing and manifesting.
Raja may be safely considered mass-forgiven regardless of what he did or did not do. If mass-audience likes the pairing, they will permit not even the most atrocious misdeeds of either to hinder that - the only difference being that the male lead is condoned for misdeeds, the female lead is not.

Secondly, while they may show JM appalled by the family's harsh reaction, they should keep in mind that the CVs/channel are not the female lead, and the majority-audience are not the supporting actors to stand and continue the confrontation.
Most importantly, the CVs can script the track, but not the TRP-result.
The lead actors and supporting actors stand in place and enact dialogues and reactions as scripted.
But if half of that equation opts to walk out, and the other half has to deliver the scene, it does not make for a workable scene.
The CVs are the half of the equation that can be counted on to stand and continue, because what they are presenting is their idea and what they consider worthwhile.
The majority-audience is the crucial half of the equation that stands and makes the track-continuance possible. If they opt to switch the channel, the equation and the track become nonviable.
The CVs have opted for a track which works only in the regressive frame of the wife forgiving the husband. The worse his misdeed, the greater her forgiveness, the more popular she becomes, the better the track works and segues with continued sterling viewership into the immediately consequent track of the couple's reconciliation. The downside is that the longer she takes to forgive him or the worse he is persecuted, the less the track works and the less affordable to continue. Exactly the opposite of the progressive audience's reactions, in enough crores of viewership in each track-variation.
Could the CVs please stop their fixation on nokjhok and proceed towards reconciliation? They have proven with sufficient clarity that their concept of nokjhok evidently does not match up to even the most imaginative fans ideas. This has become less interesting and more a trauma, at least for those of us audience who are attached to this one series. 'Interesting' has a petrifyingly unenthusing effect when used to describe upcoming tracks in this series, so if the upcoming track is not at all interesting, fine. Every track has had a way of whittling down expectations. Just deliver the lead couple out of this wretchedly unnecessary 'interesting' track that they have been slung into. Quickly rather than yet again trying to forcefeed mass-audience for several weeks, please?

At first I was disappointed that Raja felt no remorse at what he did. But later it seemed very much in character.

This is a man who murders in cold blood. Who beats up people if they annoy him. Raja is not a metrosexual dude, he is a villager who has grown up with the conviction that women exist to serve men. He knows that the men in his family force themselves on their wives whether they are willing or not. For him this is a man's basic right.

That he stayed away from Madhu till now was not his sense of honour but his sense of romance. He wanted her to come to him willingly. I doubt he would have forced himself on her if he hadn't been drunk. His romantic side wouldn't have liked it. But now that he has, he doesn't see why Madhu can't take it as a new beginning of their relationship!

I'm not justifying Raja, just trying to understand his thought process.

PS. I'm still unable to feel any sympathy for Madhu. She still comes across as a brat who likes throwing tantrums. She really needs to mature, and fast.

Today I realized Raja is an illiterate idiot and Rani is no less stupid. Come on is he a dumb not to understand the consequences.He appeared clueless.And JM complains to that jungli family.She thought they will drag Raja to prison?And I felt awkward by the way she announced to the whole family.Police station.Films division documentary on Women's rights...And that scene with furious JM made me suspect either the show or Vivian's character is going to end.. AK Sir was not hated this much... Alas Vivian! What a downfall after R.K .First Raju and this Raja who is brainless ,to be manipulated by Bahnu.

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