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Hey everyone!
I've been watching the show from Day 1 and I'm really enjoying it. It's the only show that I'm watching right now besides Bigg Boss and I have to admit, I am really liking the refreshing concept that they've picked. Without further ado, I'm going to get right into analyzing what I'm good at analyzing: the writing.
Maya
So far, she's the only character in my eyes that has been handled beautifully. She's been shown to be an alpha female with a haunting past that is yet to fully disclosed. She's had a troublesome childhood with an abusive father and a mother who was too easily swayed by the serpent's tongue. The torment that she has gone through has definitely taken a toll on Maya and slowly revealing her obsessive nature has been well timed.
For her, Arjun is not only her employee but he's her rock. A rock that she has no intentions of letting her go. She'd built this empire by having her employees and respect her out of fear while Arjun opposes everything that she had come to build. He doesn't fear her, he doesn't shy from the challenges she put him through, and he protects. She's grown up on abuse and while her mother isn't strong enough to protect her from her father, Arjun is. He stood up for her and she's seeing him as her protector now.
Her obsession for him is the effect of a mental disorder but at the same time, she's very intelligent and shrewd. Her quick responses to Arjun's mother and her slyness in manipulating Arjun to make his trip to Lonavla, it's commendable. And lord help me but I love her dialogues. She easily has the best dialogues in the show.
Arjun
Ambitious. That's the word I would use to describe Arjun. He's ambitious and knows what he wants in life. While at the same time, he's got a good sense of humor and compassion. The writer's have done a good job in showing us what makes Arjun so lovable. His outlook on life is very positive and Arjun only strives to do better. I have a love and hate relationship with this character and the way he's being written.
Arjun's definitely very charismatic but his phrasing can be better. The way he speaks about Saanjh doesn't make her sound like his best friend but rather his sister or even mother in some cases. I get the friendship between Saanjh and Arjun, but I would never use those phrases he uses. The whole roz late pohunchti hai and the mujhe poori raat padhaati thi etc. It's honestly too much. The love he feels for Saanjh is platonic and pure friendship but sometimes the way he talks about her just doesn't sit right with me.
He's a very inconsistent character hence my love and hate relationship with him. I adore the softer side of him that we witnessed when we were given a peek into his life at the hospital and during his altercations with his mother. But I'm not sure how I feel of the Arjun who adores his best friend but unintentionally leads her on with his words. He's being written as someone who seems pretty confident where he wants to go in life but not sure who he wants by his side.
Saanjh
From a writer's perspective, I'm having a lot of trouble connecting with Saanjh. She's in love with Arjun and is his best friend. But she babies him and has to know where he is twenty-four seven. I've tried to analyse her character multiple ways and I have trouble figuring out what exactly the writers are aiming for. I want to like her character, I really do. She's bubbly, she's fun, and she's cute; but she's coming off as irritating.
At the same time, I cannot find myself to respect her character due to her clingy nature. She was great in the first few episodes but now she's just not understanding that Arjun wants a platonic relationship with her. Arjun didn't bat an eye when she said she was ready to get married yet she still has hope. He hasn't outright rejected her but it's been very obvious that he loves her as a friend and nothing more.
Her clingy nature, her constant babying him, her desire to know what he's doing at all times; she's being shown to have no self-respect. I find it amusing how she is getting upset by Maya's interest in Arjun. Did she expect no girl to fall for him? It's apparent one would get jealous when their love interest is pursued by someone else and I know I should feel bad for her but I just cannot find myself to. I want Saanjh to move on and find someone else because why pine away after a man that doesn't want you?
More importantly, I would really like the writers to tone down her clingy nature so we can see the intellectual side of Saanjh that we only got a chance to witness when she had her first meeting with Maya. Currently, Saanjh reminds me of another female character in an English show whom I would rather not name. Saanjh is a breath of fresh air but she needs to be handled delicately otherwise she'll just continue to be annoying and might as well turn a lot of people off from her character.
Obsession
Coming to the show's base theme; I've noticed that it resides within all the characters of the show. Maya's obsession seems to be the only one that is related to mental instability but the others have it ingrained differently. Saanjh's mother and Arjun's mother have an obsession with getting Saanjh and Arjun together and are constantly playing matchmaker (with no other polite way to put it, both women annoy the shit out of me), Saanjh's father has an obsession with trying to make his daughter see sense (not all obsessions are negative), Ashwin has an obsession with money (and giving hell to Jhaanvi and Maya), Saanjh is obsessed with Arjun, while Arjun is obsessed with life. The theme revolves amongst all the characters and I do appreciate that; very few shows remain loyal to the central theme after this long.
Ayaan and Shubh seem to be floating in the background which is kind of disappointing as they appear to be the innocent and fun ones. I would like to see more of Ayaan since he shares such a deep bond with Arjun despite being step-siblings.
This is a very refreshing concept and I'm really intrigued to see where this will go. The writing seems to be holding up well so far and I hope it continues to do so. It is no surprise with these shows that they start off on a great foot but eventually decline and stray from the central theme. There is a lot of potential storylines that I see developing but they require focused and concise writing. The writers have proven that they are not short of dialogues but they still need to prove their character development. Here's to hoping they can do so in the coming episodes.
Thank you for reading and I hope you have a good day/evening.
-DarkSlayer-
Kindly do not bash any actors/actresses in this thread as it is only a review of the writing and not the people. Please avoid doing any moral policing because it's pathetic Thank you.
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