Originally posted by: darlunia
@psawyer: Hiya...I am Jaya. What can we call you? Very interesting post about the dialects. I have a poor ear for that and confess to not noticing the different ones you pointed out. Now that I read this, I will keep my ear open. 😊
@Aaryaa...🤗...Hey....glad to see you drop by. Aditya was instantly attracted to Priya and with his personality type, he just went after her without any hesitation. 😆. It does feel a bit rushed at times but in a series filled with so many intense story tracks, I think the creative team needed one track to appeal to a wider audience. Do continue to watch the show. The story and screenplay work is some of the best I have seen.
Hi Jaya, I'm Vasu 🤗
Lovely analysis of both eps👏 I agree with much of what you and the others wrote. I will say this - I also feel that the love track is being rushed and that it feels slightly unbelievable that Priya-Aditya would fall in love so soon, but I wouldn't say that Aditya's feelings for Priya are lust. Respectfully disagreeing with Aaryaa, I feel that Aditya is the kind of person who makes friendships quite easily, and falls in love quite easily as well, not just a romantic love but love for his bhabhi or his friends. By this I don't mean to suggest that his love for Priya is infatuation or not serious....he is spontaneous but I don't think he is impulsive to the point of naivety. I think he's just the kind of guy who thinks "why waste precious time when I know in my heart what I want".
Having said that, even I think it is slightly impulsive to rush into this marriage track, and normally I hate that kind of rushed, forced track in storytelling. However, there are a number of reasons that I am willing to concede and let that go here:
1. It is obvious that the creatives feel that the real story of Maryada begins when Priya becomes SSP's bahu and comes face to face with him. Whether or not we agree with that, this fast-track love story is infinitely preferable to me than to show Aditya-Priya married from episode one and then to have an incident happen to her. Lofty ideals aside, I do love a good romance😳
2. Even though the love track might be rushed, there is not much illogicality to it. It's not like the typical boy-hates-girl, boy insults girl, girl marries him to take badla or teach him a lesson or contract marriage or falana-falana crap that we usually get, specifically from K shows. Aditya-Priya at the very least genuinely like each other. And on top of that, so much has happened in the time since the show began - Aditya has seen Priya try to commit suicide three times, he's seen her ex-fiancee and found out that he left her on the day of the wedding, he knows there was something in her past that left her heartbroken etc etc. He knows so much more about her at this early stage than most telly husbands know after years of marriage😆 She has not been less than honest with him, has not hidden anything from him and, aside from the truth about the letter, neither has he. That's refreshing. Add to that, the other tracks in the tale - Uttara/Rishabh, Vidya-Gaurav etc are also shaping up quite nicely alongside this one. It may take dominance sometimes, but its not like the creatives have forgotten about the others.
3. Following on from that, I have seen (and loved) many shows where the hero and heroine take their time and their love story proceeds slooooooooowly - slow is great because you get more screen time and more time to analyse and fall in love with the characters. But there comes a point where the chase becomes tired...and when your favourite characters/jodi don't fall in love/get married after 2/3 years of the track beginning, you begin to appreciate fast-paced storytelling😆 I'd rather have Aditya-Priya get together too quickly than to have to watch them marry 4 different people each first...
4. While I don't put any store in TRPs and hate when tracks are changed to maximise audience appeal, I agree with Jaya here that even in a 'bold drama', most audiences need a 'hook', which is usually a love story.
Finally, with regards to Priya, I don't see so much that she has fallen head over heels for Aditya - even he knows that while she might love him, it is less than he loves her. From her point of view, here comes a guy she has never met before, but from the first meeting appears to be her knight in shining armour - saving her life on countless occasions, simply being there every time she needs someone, and giving her the courage to face her critics. After however long its been since the incident, Priya has seen nothing but insult, desertion and pain. Contrasting Aditya to Aman must prove a heady feeling for her. Why would this guy care so much about her, do so much for her, if he was playing games? To me, that is the crux of where her feeling for him comes from. Partly respect, partly gratitude, and partly this understanding that Aditya is the first person in a long, long time to even want anything to do with her, let alone love her. What Chinu said to her was, sadly, right - why would anyone want to marry her after what she has been through. It sucks, and I hate that idea, but in the society that she is in, Priya has witnessed it. So to her, Aditya is really her only hope to escape her past. I'm not saying she's using him, or that she doesn't or won't fall in love with him as he is with her...just that its understandable that all this tumult of emotions have cascaded upon her so quickly, and from her side I can see how she is ready to confess her love.
Edited by psawyer - 14 years ago
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