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Boy, am I glad I watched today!
While we have some strong and interesting characters, everyone's been running around like headless chickens for the most part of the last two weeks.
And I can only attribute it to poor direction and/or poor scripting.
Today, however, I saw a LOT of progression. Not to mention, stellar acting for the most part.
The winner for me was the Dilsher-Mala-Mohini-Tejawat equation.
I am so intrigued by what their deal is.
From what I can fathom (with lots of help from CravingKhana), Dilsher may have originally gone to see Mohini for his wife, and ended up choosing Mala.
Mala-- the prettier, sweeter younger sister who was everyone's favourite.
And Mohini has nursed the bitter resentment of his rejection and living in Mala's shadow all her life.
If I step in her shoes, I actually almost sympathize.
It's not pretty-- jealousy never is.
But it's so natural.
Tejawat seems to have had no hand in Mala's disappearance. He doesn't know ANYTHING about Mala's family. So I must conclude that Mala came to him after leaving Dilsher and Rudra for OTHER reasons, although, he was undoubtedly the reason she stayed away.
All in all, I think I'm currently more hooked by THAT quadrangle than the actual lead pair!
Rudra may have been inspired by Othello, but I see the central themes of Othello play out in myriad ways among the other characters. Jealousy, mistrust, passion, faith, love-- if let lose, I could go on and on about how each character exhibits these traits differently. But I'll spare you all the torture, and stop here. 😆
One parting note on Laila. Well done, Ankita. The desperation, coaxing, obsession, hurt, anger, betrayal-- very well done.
Ok fine. Also a parting note on Rudra-Paro. Major Saab, time to stop kidding yourself. Even SHE can tell that your obsession with her is not normal officer-witness wala concern. And she doesn't even hear the convenient background score that we do. 😆
Anupamaa
