Viraj Characterization - Page 3

Originally posted by: lovely_lady

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Originally posted by: Shwets1502

I didn't understand anything...😆😆

Originally posted by: lovely_lady

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Originally posted by: gpuneet

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Originally posted by: arviabhigya

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Originally posted by: maniwood

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Originally posted by: Shwets1502

I never felt Viraj was a very unique character, and I am not comparing him with the other characters on television but people in real life. He was a fighter. He respected women a lot. He had a mission for his life. He inspired a lot of people. Yes but I felt there are lot of people who do the same too, lot of normal people not necessarily from the Rajput clan. So did Viraj being from a Rajput clan, being such a "perfect" person made all the difference? I don't know.

He definitely had trust issues and it could be attributed to him being lonely. Yet, it isn't that there are no one else in the world who lives alone. When we take PC...It was Gaya who was accusing Nisha, the same Gaya who sabotaged his talent show with Shekhs...Was it clever of him to trust her again then? Yes...he wasn't in the right frame of mind then...But what about after PC...after the "break up"...Why didn't he for once bring about his mind to trust Nisha? And her image was equally tarnished as his...Why would a girl do that? Hence I feel, he is too restricted in his thinking and doesn't think with an open mind...Once he makes up his mind, the image doesn;t change easily...Same went for Kabir too.

Somewhere I also felt Viraj failed to see what a strong girl Nisha is...someone who wouldn't take a decision because it's forced on her.

But having said that, and like you had also mentioned, all this made Viraj human. I always wanted to see the human side of Viraj and not the perfect guy image which was forced in the beginning.

Viraj was the perfect grey character messed up very badly at the end. The growth into being a grey character was nicely done...but he was shown to be dumb and not improving in any aspect when he sided with Sumit and started hating Kabir on Sumit's words. He didn't learn from his mistakes, again nothing bad or negative.

If the arc was drawn correctly, Viraj would have become one of the most enjoyable characters on the show...But making him delusional and making him reiterate the same lines again and again, took off the interest the character carried.

Originally posted by: lovely_lady

In terms of real yeah, I deff have to agree with you. He was never unique. That description belonged to Nisha I'd say. But in terms of TV land, I think he was *sort-of* unique. He low-key reminded me of Zaki from Humsafars in the grey element but Zaki was more positive and better and I'm guessing you didn't watch that 😆

And in regards to the Rajput aspect. Yeah. For sure, I did not feel the Rajput thing made him perfect. I always felt like the Rajput thing was to emphasize his privilege, how he belonged to a diff life than Nisha, how he had a *right* to be proud (guroor).

And you definitely bring up an interesting point in regards to Gayatri during PC. Did he know Gayatri was the one who sabotaged him? I'm not to clear on the details. But still, I think PC was kinda less about trusting her and more about trusting the proof she had with her. It was undeniable that Aarti= Nisha and as such Nisha was the only one who could distribute the emails logically. Of course we know that Gayatri did hera pheri with it, but at the time, I totally understand Viraj. I always felt like PC was more of a seeing-is-believing vs. thinking-for-yourself moment for Viraj rather than explicitly being Gayatri vs. Nisha. Had he taken a second to pause, a second to hear out Nisha, things would've been a lot different.

But yes, very good point about how his thinking is restricted. That's what I meant about him being self-centered. He always thought about how he felt. So in PC, it was him who was made a fool, it was him whose reputation went down. Nisha could BMJ in his brain 😆

@bold -- yes 👏 That's extremely true! I thought it was quite telling -- his vision of Nisha that convinced him he was in love. Firstly, not only was Nisha wearing clothes that the real Nisha would never wear (dresses and semi formal blazer 😆) but she was also fumbling around with his files and acting childish by imitating him. That's what Viraj saw Nisha as: innocent, childish, proper, and moldable. I always kinda got the impression that Nisha was Viraj's pet project whom he'd train and tame (kinda like Ritesh but not so negatively).

And yeah, agree with the rest as well. Viraj actually became really inriguing to me at one point. I know a lot of people probably thought I was anti-Viraj just because I really enjoyed Kabir, but there was actually a point in the show where I preferred Viraj scenes to Kabir scenes 😆 His character arc could've been so interesting and actually a really good lesson too -- just like PC was. But yes, like you said, alas CVs went with the old boring stereotypical route and made his character blah near the end.

Originally posted by: Shwets1502

Haven't seen Humsafars. My point was...Was the uniqueness because he was a Rajput, YET he was simple, understanding, etc etc? Did that what made the difference or supposed difference? Even if you take Indian television, there have been male leads who are ones who respect women, support women education/working, etc...Was it because Viraj was a sports figure who publicly endorsed that, which made him supposedly novel?

What he did in PC, the way he reacted (except the PUSH of course) was justified for me. Yes. Viraj did know Gaya sabotaged his talent show with Shekhs' help and even confronted her. That's the reason why I can't accept that he didn't for once think or wanted to see the entire picture. He was happy with whatever picture he was shown. Again...in character.

Nisha was always a student for him. Aarti was the one he loved. He wanted Nisha to be Aarti and not Nisha herself. Also, when Nisha was in LA...she wasn't the strong Nisha but the dreamy one. Yes. Viraj knew Nisha's past and also knew that she was strong. But somewhere he focused on her weakness I felt. Her innocence and her awe towards him. And also...I couldn't understand why he wanted to mold her. She was his personal assistant and not a student. She was there to work and not get trained. I couldn't understand the role specification there...and hence I felt it led to the role conflict.

I wasn't a Viraj hater...Just that Viraj's character didn't interest or impress me...Which later happened with Kabir too. I felt both character were forced at some point. It swayed from being natural. And both the characters became so typical at the end.