Maya's current attitude

Originally posted by: CaputDraconis

I really want to see an AMY DUNNE like character who owns up to her misdeeds and justifies them in her own twisted ways possible unlike the current Maya 2.0 who acts like a wet cat, cries, and seemingly manipulates without realizing its repercussions on Arjun's psyche. It evokes neither sympathy nor awe but plain disgust at the way she's descended into a downward spiral of madness. Make the character interesting! Give me an unadulterated, PURE and CONCENTRATED psychopath and not this dumbed down Indianized abla naari watered down version of a psychopath!

Maya at this rate can never be redeemed but can only end up institutionalized during the show's denouement.

Originally posted by: Ami_Vrushan

I am watching beyhadh from post leap... So pardon me if I say anything wrong... From opinion of a new viewer of this show, I like maya's character... First time a television lead character who is not goody goody abla naari... Her character is different.. Disturbingly refreshing... Rest all characters are boring and regular ( except samay may be)
I sincerely hope that they don't ruin it by making her regular protagonist who is epitome of goodness and sacrifice...
Even though I understand everyone has different views... But I wish indian audience can like a character for how brilliantly written it is or how different and complex it's from regular characters rather than a hero..

Originally posted by: sammy17

I can see what you are saying. But i don't think maya's character was ever created with the intention of breaking the norm of the goody goody type female lead. I feel like her character was created to present a social issue. Her character to me seems like a message. Her character has portrayed the destructive results that an unstable childhood can have on a person in the long-run, an issue that has been brought up many times and studied within human psychology. It is through her character that the repercussions of childhood experiences on the human/ adult psyche has been portrayed. The downwards spiral that maya is taking herself down is due to her own choices she made influenced by her childhood experiences. Unfortunately everything she went through as a child has shaped the person she has become now. She's a character that you are meant to feel sympathy for, but at the same time understand her actions are not justifiable, as ultimately it comes down to choice. Her character is very much of contemporary relevance, but unfortunately people aren't able to see this, as all they see is either a girl who your meant to feel sorry for and so her actions should be justified and forgiven because of what she has gone through, or a girl you are meant to be repulsed by.

In actual, we are meant to feel sorry for her, understand that everything she is doing is a result of everything she has gone through, but also understand that her wrongdoings as an adult cannot be justified and forgiven because her poor childhood experiences made her that way, because she ultimately chose to act that way on her own accord.

Originally posted by: sammy17

I can see what you are saying. But i don't think maya's character was ever created with the intention of breaking the norm of the goody goody type female lead. I feel like her character was created to present a social issue. Her character to me seems like a message. Her character has portrayed the destructive results that an unstable childhood can have on a person in the long-run, an issue that has been brought up many times and studied within human psychology. It is through her character that the repercussions of childhood experiences on the human/ adult psyche has been portrayed. The downwards spiral that maya is taking herself down is due to her own choices she made influenced by her childhood experiences. Unfortunately everything she went through as a child has shaped the person she has become now. She's a character that you are meant to feel sympathy for, but at the same time understand her actions are not justifiable, as ultimately it comes down to choice. Her character is very much of contemporary relevance, but unfortunately people aren't able to see this, as all they see is either a girl who your meant to feel sorry for and so her actions should be justified and forgiven because of what she has gone through, or a girl you are meant to be repulsed by.

In actual, we are meant to feel sorry for her, understand that everything she is doing is a result of everything she has gone through, but also understand that her wrongdoings as an adult cannot be justified and forgiven because her poor childhood experiences made her that way, because she ultimately chose to act that way on her own accord.