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While watching today's episode, I couldn't help but cringe a little, at the antics on display. Ragini throwing a sweeping cloth at Annapurna and having it flung back at her; throwing a glass of water at Annapurna's face, and getting nearly throttled by Lakshya and later, having Sanskaar fling a glass of water in her face in retaliation.
I started pondering about the direction of this eternal battle between good and evil, the serial is now trying to show us.
This is the basic theme running through almost all of our epics, our moral tales, our films, our TV serials, what have you. Good versus evil. Right versus wrong. Inner realization/actualization versus material acquisitiveness.
This battle is never easy. If it was, there wouldn't BE evil in the world, right? A sensible portrayal makes the villain worthy of this battle, worthy of being the hero's polar opposite, his or her formidable rival/opponent.
Gandalf had Saruman. Harry had Voldemort. Aragorn had Sauron. Confronting this diabolical negativity/evil brought out the very finest in these heroes.
Is it too much to expect a proper, cerebral, intriguing battle to be shown in the serial we have all come to love so much? I was so dearly hoping to see a solid, no holds barred war between Ragini, employing wiles, cunning and stratagem; combated by Sanskaar's strategic thinking, meticulous planning, and out of the box inventiveness.
But instead we get wash cloths and glasses of water being flung about...and from the precap, apparently, attempts to blacken Annapurna's face...when Swara intervenes to ensure Ragini gets the mooh kala treatment.
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I guess the cv's have decided not to redeem Ragini in the foreseeable future. In the present state of affairs, it's difficult to see how she could be convincingly redeemed. There were 2 chances earlier for that---one, if her memory loss was genuine, and second, if a change of heart happened after her kidnapping. But neither of these occurred , so the only way out (without making a horrible hash of the plot), is to keep Ragini as a diabolical villain, at least for the foreseeable future.
No problem there. But can we at least get her to be a villain who is formidable, evoking wariness and fear? Degrading the villain doesn't ennoble the hero. It in fact makes the hero look not-so-wonderful after all, since he or she wouldn't need to really be all that great to vanquish a foe, whose idea of a war, is flinging a glass of water or a wash cloth. š¤¢ š¤¢
Please CV'S. ..give us characters, not caricatures...I beg of you. I am holding on to the serial just for SwaSan and their magical chemistry, and for the wonderful friends, almost a second family, I've made on the forum. But these antics are wearing my will down to the bone...
Ok sorry for the rant guys. š But I really needed to get that off my chest...
Seher Hone Ko Hai
CID
