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[B]It's hard to put aside my disappointment over not getting to see the kids in these roles they've embodied so perfectly...but there are still some random thoughts occurring to me as I watch news/promos of the leap filter in. 1) Adult Ajabde appears to have been handed down Sajja Bai's jewellery...especially the maang teeka...and her costumes also seem heavily inspired from the styling of Sajja Bai...ironic, considering they were playing JB's tune on her in the promo...and given all indications that she is supposed to be JB's successor in Mewar, one would think she'd be styled more along those lines...ki woh JB ki beti lage...jaise it has been established in the show all this time...that instant soulful connection that JB-Ajab shared from the moment they laid eyes on each other...but that doesn't seem to be the case. 2) Adult Pratap hasn't become the Maharana yet but his costume already seems like a duplicate of Udai Singh's...or is the promo implying that Pratap will go to get Ajabde only after he becomes Maharana? 3) Aakhon mein ek TEJ hona...chehre pe ek tej hona...only two female actors had it in this show...a) Rajshree Thakur from the moment they introduced her as the majestic JaywantaBai and b) Roshni as Ajabde...despite the fact that her introduction was of a girl so stifled and hated by her father...still Ajabde was able to express an almost other-wordly/divine aura through her eyes...so far I'm not seeing that being carried forward through the leap...and for me that was one of the defining qualities of Ajabde... 4) Ironically I can't help but wonder about Phool right now...Bechari nikli toh thi back on her way to Marwaar but after that last "greh pravesh" shot of her stepping in the muddy puddle, there has been no sign of her...ghar toh pahunch gayi na Phool? Otherwise Mommy-Daddy Pratap-Ajabde will be very worried for her...Jokes apart, I'm honestly wondering if that was Jannat's last shot for the show...Phool ko better closure toh de sakte the. 5) The extreme daily soap cliche of showing JB just randomly abandoning Pratap...not believable...after everything she has done for her son, stood strong in the face of all the scheming from DB, she just up and leaves and seriously expects Ajabde who is very new to the politics of Chittor that she handle everything by herself? Very disappointing character assasination in the name of building an "angsty" leap premise...supposedly this should make us feel the pain of the characters and want them to reconcile...but it is lacking conviction...which will carry on into the leap. 6) Where is Akbar's promo?...He's been such a central piece of the show in the last 6-7 months with this undying love for Pratap...he also deserves a promo. 7) This is just a final general thought...some kids are irreplaceable...they leave such a deep imprint as a character that it is nearly impossible for anyone to follow up after that...Faisal-Roshni have done that with Pratap-Ajabde...they've become synonymous with the names of their characters...no other faces come to mind now when I think of these characters...the goodness of Pratap that Faisal embodied and the earthy divinity of Ajabde that Roshni embodied...they've left a benchmark. [/B]
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