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Posted: 8 years ago

#11

Originally posted by: -DarkSlayer-

Thanks for not seeing it as Anti-Saanjh. Tis a relief :)

I am not entirely aware of what people are saying about Saanjh as I really don't look into what the talk is around town to avoid any influence on my thoughts. She's a wonderful character and it's great that you like her. My only concern is that they've been able to develop Maya so wonderfully but not Saanjh, not Arjun, and not anyone else on the show. When we write a story, if you have three protagonists you give them your time and focus to make sure they are on equal footing. This is my problem with a lot of the writers on the shows. It was what happened with Ishqbaaz that made me stop watching and I don't like seeing it happen because good characters go to waste.

Yes, this is a problem even i have with the makers, they havent paid much heed to arjun n saanjh, they are just focussed on maya at the moment. And I disagree when u say that maya's character is not different. There may be similar shades of her character portrayed before, not the whole character maya, atleast on indian tv. But I also think the makers will develop the respective characters, atleast I'm hoping they will. And what u said above, I'm sorry to say is only ur opinion, and maybe a few others have this opinion. But mostly, ppl like maya for the reasons that I have mentioned, in addition to the fact that maya is played by jennifer, who has a huge fan following,(and this does not mean im taking credit from jennifer, shes absolutely perfect for the role)

Edited: what u said above, meaning in ur post prior to this one...just realised.

Edited by love_taher - 8 years ago

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naaznin

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Posted: 8 years ago

#12

welcome to d forum...

u have penned down everything so beautifully..

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Shaenma

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Posted: 8 years ago

#13

Lovely post 👏

You have certainly put your finger on the problem. The leads of the show needs to handled with same amount of precision so that the audience can invest in all three of them equally. But sadly that's not happening because the makers have their eyes set only on Maya. Which sometimes makes me think that in reality perhaps she is the main lead of the show while others are mere supporting actors.

As far as Sanjh and Arjun are concerned, the reason why we all are having a hard time connecting with them is because almost all of their scenes are repetitive. Some excerpts of scenes involving Saanjh:-

** Sanjh trying to wake Arjun up and pack him off to office.

** Calling him up to come and meet him so that she can tell her "maan ki baat".

** Saanjh having a fight with her dad over Arjun.

** Then a scene where they all patch up after the nasty fight.

** Some solo scenes of Saanjh where as usual she is only thinking about Arjun !!!

As you have rightly pointed it out there has to be more to a person's life than just that. You cannot make just the love of your life the sole reason for your existence? If that becomes the case then no matter what trials and tribulations you go through, people wont be able to empathize with you.

My issue with Arjun: No monologues of Arjun. Not a single one. Barring a few scenes like where he broke down in front of Saajh and Ayan in the hospital because it reminded him of some gruesome past...his altercation with his mom ...there's nothing else note-worthy to point out. No offense he seems pretty bland that way.

One more thing often times the family conversations in the show has been used as fillers since they cant show Maya's beyadhness 24/7. Sounds legit. But does that means they ALWAYS have to talk about Saanjh and Arjun? 🤢

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annihilation

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Posted: 8 years ago

#14

Originally posted by: -DarkSlayer-

Thanks for the welcome! :)

I've written what I've written simply from a writer's perspective. Saanjh's character is a breath of fresh air and initially I enjoyed her and empathized with her for her unrequited love. It was as the show progressed and the way her character was being handled by the writers that made it very difficult for me to connect. I am not denying her any right to human emotion but rather asking why isn't this emotion being shown differently? Why are we not getting more in depth look into her character. So far we've only seen her being told by her mother and Arjun's mom to confess to Arjun or her father telling her that Arjun doesn't see her more than a friend.

I want a deeper look into Saanjh. We know she's a lawyer and she seems to be a damn good one but that's all we've seen in that one episode where she meets Maya for the first time. I want to see more of that Saanjh. She's being shown as someone who, like I said in my post, behaves like a mother hen. I like Maya's character because it's solid and well thought out. Saanjh's character is too broad and lacks something that will justify her. The writers have told us who Maya and Arjun are but have not told us who Saanjh is.

My qualms are not with the Saanjh's morals or anything, my qualms are with the writers not showing me more of Saanjh. I want to see who she is intellectually. Instead of showing her as someone pining for Arjun's love or getting her ears filled with other's words, I want to see Saanjh make her own decisions. Give her more depth. I'm not getting invested in two of the three leads and that tends to be a signal that I will more than likely stop watching halfway through.

I think my post is being read as Anti-Saanjh or something when in reality I'm attacking the writing of the show. I don't care about the romantic relationship, I don't care about who will end up with who, I want to see these three characters thrive because they are like fresh morning dew.

I hope this makes sense.

It makes sense. The reason I said we all need to cut Saanjh some slack is I see many posts on the forum that give me the impression that majority of the people seem rather annoyed with Saanjh and I couldn't get why? But not many offered a deeper explanation like you did. Yours wasn't an anti-Saanjh post, it's all well dissected and explained. I get that your qualms are with the writers and not the character itself. All I basically meant was, the main focus of the show at least at this point is Maya followed by Saanjh and then Arjun which us why we don't have as much trouble understanding Maya as much we have with Arjun/Saanjh. It's likely to delve deeper into the characters once Maya shakes the ground the two are standing on.

So, yeah, at the end of the day, all flaws or merits come from the writing department.

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