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Hi beheno, most of you here know me as that kid who loves trivializing things for sake of good ol' humor. Much to my chagrin I lost a bit of the ol' guy today.
I have loved IPKKND to the extent of obsession, we all have, haven't we? It was one hell of a show despite all the hiccups, hits and misses and most importantly despite being a prime time daily soap on Indian TV that too on a GEC we have most unflattering opinion of.
And how I hate that it gets reduced to Sanaya Vs Barun. Who was better, whose fans are better, so on and so forth. It rankles further to see people choosing to say hurtful things on pretext of stating opinion. Let's not get into who started it, it takes two to tango.
IPK was team work. Neither were the actors above script nor was the script all that there was to the show. It's all ingredients put together and in proportion that make a good recipe. Somebody had an idea, a team decided to conceptualize it, they worked on developing a script, they judiciously chose the actors to play a motley of characters, somebody wrote the screenplay, another wrote the dialogues. Then there were the directors, their vision and the actors and their interpretation. And it all fell into place. All of them put their best efforts, is it really necessary to discredit the efforts of one to glorify another?
We all have our favorites, it's only natural. Different things appeal to different people. For instance the first character that appealed to me was Manorma mami. Eventually I started loving all. So it's pretty obvious that some would identify more with Khushi while to others ASR would be more attractive. And then there'd be the ones who love them both equally.
But why this fight over my opinion is superior to yours?
Regarding IPKEJ. Let's face it, it was a business move by the channel. Nothing magnanimous about it. And it wasn't exactly a quality product. But I realize that's too much to expect. And also a little unfair to blame the actors for it.
It was all shot in a single day and most probably even written and arranged on the same day. Second day as I hear was the promo shoot. Rome wasn't built in a day, IPK is not Rome but I wouldn't expect them to deliver class when all they have are a few hours of a day. In that time space for them to get into character, memorize dialogues and deliver. Is it that easy?
And above all did we not see how unimaginative and uninspired the script was? What do we expect an actor to deliver with that kind of insipid script? And can we blame even Gautam Hegde and Janki V for this? They work on 5-6 shows simultaneously where they have to deliver an episode every single day, they at best had an hour or two to put together this script.
That's sadly how TV works. Makers aim for saleable product not quality product because audience are lapping up all that is being dished out. There's a lot of complacency on TV that forces many actors to move out and look for avenues where they feel they can explore their skills better. And on this very forum an actor is constantly mocked for making such a choice.
Anyway, the point is why spread hate? Why hold grudges? Do they take us any where? All they do is leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth and tarnish good memories of a much cherished show.
I have loved this forum, I got to meet fantastic people, made a lot of friends. Read some brilliant authors. Can we not keep up the optimism, the positive attitude? Can we all not at least try to do away with the bitterness and rivalry?
PS: Also I'd like to add, I didn't find Jashn to be entirely worthy of trashing. There were moments here and there that were beautiful and struck a chord. A musical chord.
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