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...Aur milte hain kahi kissi aur manzar par...
...Kisi aur kahaani ko apna mod lete huwe...
...Hum aur tum dekhenge usse apna ek safar tay karte huwe!!!!
All said and done...all hues and cries made and now its time for me to bid adieu to you all lovely people who have accompanied me graciously in this (RR) Raqth'd Reth (credit for the word: Jamba Sa) safar. Prematurely it is but with a few episodes left of the show...and the storyline looking crystal clear to me at this point which I, as a viewer, don't agree to...I maintain no energy...neither any inspiration to write anything about it...or the characters that are very much reduced to not worth mentioning (for me atleast). Yes, I wont shy away in saying that I am deeply saddened at the state of affairs for this once upon a time of a beautiful and promising show. BUT...with the famous "Oh Well"...I choose to bow out and move on...albeit not without mentioning my last bits regarding my disapproval for continuing on (and ofcourse my disapproval is my personal view and I do not hold makers hostages for that for they are doing what they deem is best with whatever they have at hand).
So...Rudra-Myrah seems to be the conclusion (and if at all makers do end with PaRud...I will probably faint exactly like Paro baisa with utmost feelings of solace and happiness😆).
Lots of us who disagree with this pairing are mostly because of Rudra who's very own heavy dialogues like "Main, Tu, Hamesha"..."I will love only you Paro till end of breath"..."You are not my Paro and will never be my Paro, Myrah"...and many more are in the list...completely make him look shallow and makes us cringe at such 360 turn of his character...more like finally throwing him under the bus per say.
Well if I am to take some positivity out of the above then here is the message conveyed through the same Rudra:
"As much as we say we will hold onto those that depart from our lives...we should really not do that and let them free and celebrate their lives by living your life normally and completely and cherish those memories of the departed. Set your love free so that the "love" can come back to you...in another form"
Now truly speaking...I have no issues with this message...coz infact I whole heartedly believe in it...its very noble and I for 1 would actively promote that. My issue however are 3 things:
1. This should have been disclosed by the makers from the start...not marketed as soulmate love story...its high time makers (and I mean all PHs, CVs, channels here) speak the exact premises of the story and let the audience decide if they want to watch it or not. Viewers should not be taken for granted or considered to have low IQs, coz they really don't. We are very much capable of making educated decisions as long as all cards are thrown at the table...as long as you are honest about your product. Who says I would not have watched this show had they marketed as "Rangrasiya, a lovestory of a man, Rudra Pratap Ranawat, who detests the very emotion of love finds himself not only healing from the demons of his past but also finding the true meaning of love". Now wouldn't this tagline intrigue you? Now if you show me death of his wife and him finding another love again, wouldn't that still maintain honesty of the product? But if you are going to tell me, this is a love story of Rudra and Paro, then we are dealing with 2 people vs 1 person and its very natural instinct of a normal viewer to expect that story to revolve around those 2 people with other characters coming and going in their lives but yet its still about THEM.
Someone here mentioned that "who said there is only 1 soulmate"...I agree. You can very well have more than 1 soulmate...but once again its all about how the makers are going present this concept to the audience. If you specifically mention, "Rangrasiya, a lovestory of 2 soulmates Rudra and Paro"...viewers cannot be expected to accept another soulmate. Its a simple rule of presentations and expectations that come from it and if you try to do a bait and switch, not only is it ethically wrong, but it serves as cheating those that you have promised and I have said this many times before...such antics never takes you a long way and the premature demise of this show is one of the many evidences I have seen in such cases. Be honest with yourself, be honest with your people and if circumstances force you to do otherwise, have the guts to come out and humbly reason it out with the very same people. 9/10 times, those very people will take you on with their blessings by your side. But yes, "humbly" is the key word here, not arrogance!
2. No matter how true this message stands...it falls flat if we are to apply it with doppelgangers. PERIOD! You cannot set your love free by accepting a doppleganger in your life. You are only misleading yourself and the partner. This scenario is practically impossible because it is psychologically traumatizing and impossible for you to move past your past and not see your ex-lover/spouse in that doppelganger. I don't want to discuss this point further as I have previously discussed this in my previous posts at large. But if you still think otherwise, present me with 1 real life situation of such where both the lover and the doppelganger are living happily ever after and I promise, I will rest my case!
3. DO NOT #DekhnaHaiTohDekho or #SuchIsLife or #LifeGoesOn to me to force down on me what you believe is right or rather what you conclude as end of discussion. I have a view of my own and while I don't force my opinions on others, I appreciate the same humanity from you. If I can appreciate you as a maker, then I would expect that same appreciation as a viewer. Afterall, you are in a business and a business is a 2 way street made of give and take between sellers and customers.
Having said all the above, I will say that if what is being shown now in Rangrasiya would have been made in a movie format or a book, the effect of this outcome would have been by far much less resulted in an outburst than it currently has. Simply reasoning, with a movie you have 2-3 hours in which the emotional connect made with characters and the story is not as strong and fierce as in a TV soap where you prity much live with the characters for days/months/ years. As for a book, the connections made with the characters are imaginative. They are visually not present and that is why what we tend to see is what we are likely to accept and believe while what we read or hear can be easily put behind us. Its just human nature PERIOD.
Anyways, I will reiterate something I had mentioned in my previous posts. Now that I know the kind of maker ST is, I will definitely not be part of his viewers in future. Not because I have any personal grudges against him or any of that but simply because he is not my type of a storyteller. He maybe good, infact he is awesome looking at how beautiful RR1 was but his way of dealing with issues at hand is something I don't agree to and that doesn't mean he is wrong or I am right. Its simply 2 different perspectives. I honestly don't mind tragic love stories because they have such poignancy and profoundness in them but my only condition is, let this be known upfront someway or other. One such show that comes to my mind is "Tere Liye" where the title track itself depicts the tragic ending of both the lovers and yet I watched and loved that show. (Ya its a different situation that makers were forced to change the entire story thanks to channel intervention but hey who wouldn't accept a happy ending vs a tragic one?)
OH WELL...yes finally Oh Well😆
I am done here with what I had to let go off my chest and now onto the next show...HumsafarS from what it looks to me😉😆...on Sony TV starting Sept 22nd (talk about perfect timing😆)
So all you lovely peoples...Goodbye...Godbless...and remember:
"Hum Hain Rahi Desi TV Shows ke...
Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte..."
Adios Amigos...
Rab Raakha🤗
...Kisi aur kahaani ko apna mod lete huwe...
...Hum aur tum dekhenge usse apna ek safar tay karte huwe!!!!
All said and done...all hues and cries made and now its time for me to bid adieu to you all lovely people who have accompanied me graciously in this (RR) Raqth'd Reth (credit for the word: Jamba Sa) safar. Prematurely it is but with a few episodes left of the show...and the storyline looking crystal clear to me at this point which I, as a viewer, don't agree to...I maintain no energy...neither any inspiration to write anything about it...or the characters that are very much reduced to not worth mentioning (for me atleast). Yes, I wont shy away in saying that I am deeply saddened at the state of affairs for this once upon a time of a beautiful and promising show. BUT...with the famous "Oh Well"...I choose to bow out and move on...albeit not without mentioning my last bits regarding my disapproval for continuing on (and ofcourse my disapproval is my personal view and I do not hold makers hostages for that for they are doing what they deem is best with whatever they have at hand).
So...Rudra-Myrah seems to be the conclusion (and if at all makers do end with PaRud...I will probably faint exactly like Paro baisa with utmost feelings of solace and happiness😆).
Lots of us who disagree with this pairing are mostly because of Rudra who's very own heavy dialogues like "Main, Tu, Hamesha"..."I will love only you Paro till end of breath"..."You are not my Paro and will never be my Paro, Myrah"...and many more are in the list...completely make him look shallow and makes us cringe at such 360 turn of his character...more like finally throwing him under the bus per say.
Well if I am to take some positivity out of the above then here is the message conveyed through the same Rudra:
"As much as we say we will hold onto those that depart from our lives...we should really not do that and let them free and celebrate their lives by living your life normally and completely and cherish those memories of the departed. Set your love free so that the "love" can come back to you...in another form"
Now truly speaking...I have no issues with this message...coz infact I whole heartedly believe in it...its very noble and I for 1 would actively promote that. My issue however are 3 things:
1. This should have been disclosed by the makers from the start...not marketed as soulmate love story...its high time makers (and I mean all PHs, CVs, channels here) speak the exact premises of the story and let the audience decide if they want to watch it or not. Viewers should not be taken for granted or considered to have low IQs, coz they really don't. We are very much capable of making educated decisions as long as all cards are thrown at the table...as long as you are honest about your product. Who says I would not have watched this show had they marketed as "Rangrasiya, a lovestory of a man, Rudra Pratap Ranawat, who detests the very emotion of love finds himself not only healing from the demons of his past but also finding the true meaning of love". Now wouldn't this tagline intrigue you? Now if you show me death of his wife and him finding another love again, wouldn't that still maintain honesty of the product? But if you are going to tell me, this is a love story of Rudra and Paro, then we are dealing with 2 people vs 1 person and its very natural instinct of a normal viewer to expect that story to revolve around those 2 people with other characters coming and going in their lives but yet its still about THEM.
Someone here mentioned that "who said there is only 1 soulmate"...I agree. You can very well have more than 1 soulmate...but once again its all about how the makers are going present this concept to the audience. If you specifically mention, "Rangrasiya, a lovestory of 2 soulmates Rudra and Paro"...viewers cannot be expected to accept another soulmate. Its a simple rule of presentations and expectations that come from it and if you try to do a bait and switch, not only is it ethically wrong, but it serves as cheating those that you have promised and I have said this many times before...such antics never takes you a long way and the premature demise of this show is one of the many evidences I have seen in such cases. Be honest with yourself, be honest with your people and if circumstances force you to do otherwise, have the guts to come out and humbly reason it out with the very same people. 9/10 times, those very people will take you on with their blessings by your side. But yes, "humbly" is the key word here, not arrogance!
2. No matter how true this message stands...it falls flat if we are to apply it with doppelgangers. PERIOD! You cannot set your love free by accepting a doppleganger in your life. You are only misleading yourself and the partner. This scenario is practically impossible because it is psychologically traumatizing and impossible for you to move past your past and not see your ex-lover/spouse in that doppelganger. I don't want to discuss this point further as I have previously discussed this in my previous posts at large. But if you still think otherwise, present me with 1 real life situation of such where both the lover and the doppelganger are living happily ever after and I promise, I will rest my case!
3. DO NOT #DekhnaHaiTohDekho or #SuchIsLife or #LifeGoesOn to me to force down on me what you believe is right or rather what you conclude as end of discussion. I have a view of my own and while I don't force my opinions on others, I appreciate the same humanity from you. If I can appreciate you as a maker, then I would expect that same appreciation as a viewer. Afterall, you are in a business and a business is a 2 way street made of give and take between sellers and customers.
Having said all the above, I will say that if what is being shown now in Rangrasiya would have been made in a movie format or a book, the effect of this outcome would have been by far much less resulted in an outburst than it currently has. Simply reasoning, with a movie you have 2-3 hours in which the emotional connect made with characters and the story is not as strong and fierce as in a TV soap where you prity much live with the characters for days/months/ years. As for a book, the connections made with the characters are imaginative. They are visually not present and that is why what we tend to see is what we are likely to accept and believe while what we read or hear can be easily put behind us. Its just human nature PERIOD.
Anyways, I will reiterate something I had mentioned in my previous posts. Now that I know the kind of maker ST is, I will definitely not be part of his viewers in future. Not because I have any personal grudges against him or any of that but simply because he is not my type of a storyteller. He maybe good, infact he is awesome looking at how beautiful RR1 was but his way of dealing with issues at hand is something I don't agree to and that doesn't mean he is wrong or I am right. Its simply 2 different perspectives. I honestly don't mind tragic love stories because they have such poignancy and profoundness in them but my only condition is, let this be known upfront someway or other. One such show that comes to my mind is "Tere Liye" where the title track itself depicts the tragic ending of both the lovers and yet I watched and loved that show. (Ya its a different situation that makers were forced to change the entire story thanks to channel intervention but hey who wouldn't accept a happy ending vs a tragic one?)
OH WELL...yes finally Oh Well😆
I am done here with what I had to let go off my chest and now onto the next show...HumsafarS from what it looks to me😉😆...on Sony TV starting Sept 22nd (talk about perfect timing😆)
So all you lovely peoples...Goodbye...Godbless...and remember:
"Hum Hain Rahi Desi TV Shows ke...
Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte..."
Adios Amigos...
Rab Raakha🤗
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