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Over the week, i have done a virtual tour of many serials...i viewed them dispassionately.Despite this,everytime,I was back to thinking of EMA and regretting the fall of a good show.I wondered whether I was justified in m.y anger and disappointment .I questioned whether my reaction towards Kamala Vitthal Jadhav was not too vehement.Why do I feel so strongly against these characters and creatives? Herein lies my answer
I visited SSLK on Friday...I watch it now and then,but am familiar with the storyline.No doubt there are two girls in the Garg household,but the creatives are very sure as to who is the lead.Gunjan is always given more airtime.So the current track is about a guruji,who is bound to be fake...scope for yet another lecture from Gunjan on blind faith and superstition.But when Gunjan sermonises,unlike Kamala,it does not grate on my nerves..I realised why...Because Gunjan ,unlike Kamala,has no fear or favour ...be it Mayank,saasuma,mausima kr Rachna,Gunjan deals with all of them in the same vein..an iron hand against the wrongdoer...that is her strength...her unbiased attitude.Unlike Kamala's partisan nature.Wish Kamala had taken a leaf from Gunjan's book when she had lived at the chawl.
Jodha Akbar has all the elements in it for a great serial...murder,conspiracy,revenge,separation,love.Hats off to Ekta for recognising her kind of story and creating a serial that tops the charts.Jallal marries Jodha for revenge,Mahamanga conspires and kills,mother tells Jodha that she has to endure the marriage ,no matter what ..does it not strike a bell...raghav ,kamala,Paakhi and the Kapoors??Difference is Jodha is not a abla naari.Within the confines of the society she lived in,she fought for her self respect...,This was a tale that occurred in 1500s.So ,in essence,creatives of EMA are handing us a 500 year old story...where is the reality?No wonder,we empowered women are unable to digest the Raaki track or Kamal's advise to pooki.Old wine in a new bottle
The makers of Mahabharat have extended their creative license to the point that probably,Ved Vyas would be ,at present,squirming.Yet their redeeming feature,is that they have been clear in the character definitions...Pandavas are virtuous...Kauravas are bad.In the 200th episode,Duryodhana does not tell Bhim that I threw you in the river with the intention of strengthening you...Nor does Krishna tell Draupadi to forget Dusshashana's heinous act and forgive him...never once does he tell her that rishtey bante bante ho jaayenge. Instead he tells her that a wrong should be punished,more so that done to sully a woman...So Kamala Vitthal Jadhav,are you going against the Lord's teachings?Is that not a crime?But wait,maybe ,since you pray to Bappa(of that too I am not too sure) ,you are unaware of this
I will be visiting Modi Bhavan,this whole week.I am going to be very careful that I will only be a guest there.Never will I forge a bond with any of them.For I have learnt a valuable lesson from Ragna.My hands will itch to log onto the LU or read the WU...but my wavering mind will be strengthened by the insolent remarks of certain people and the audacious tone they utilised.I have resolved never to tune in to 118 till I get my favourite couple onscreen...whether it will be at the end of the serial or whether the serial will end before that...I will wait and watch..But no matter what,either way,I will have the last laugh.We viewers will move on easily ,but can you do the same???Hence a small piece of advise...think before you speak,sorry tweet.And ,yes I am leaving ,beacuse the unhappiness is not worth it.
