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Evil Dramebaaz

@Minionite

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Posted: 7 years ago

The CVs seem to really enjoy foreshadowing through chess. Not only that they seem to enjoy telling tales through games. But anyways let's move on to today's game.

Today's game starts off between Vikram and Gayatri. Were they really competing? It didn't seem so. Both seemed so relaxed like this is their usual time pass, but as soon as Anami comes, it becomes a competition for Vikram. He's out to prove that girls are weak and cannot become heirs and he will do anything to prove that. But as usual Anami wins, this time in 2 moves. Then she says two rather important things. I'm going to examine each.

First, though, I'm going to examine how Anami won. With Narottam she won in 6 moves, which means that both will make 6 moves before Anami makes the winning move. The game has already begun with Narottam making the first move of bringing Anami to his side. Now it's Anami's turn and she will make her move by bringing Sudha into the house.

With Vikram, though, she won in 2 moves. While Vikram was all arrogant that Anami would never win, she underplayed and won and that too in a game that wasn't started by her. The game has begun though. Vikram has already started the game by handing over the royal steels rights to Avdhoot. He's announced Avdhoot as his rightful heir and started a game that Pujan is now taking forward. But Anami entered the game and quickly won. This signifies that while she may be delayed, she will enter the race to become heir and will win. She will be the heir in the end.

Now onto 2 important dialogues (at least in my view):

Bina emotion ke koi game bana hi nahi hai. - Whether it is the game of life or a game of snakes and ladders, your emotions run high. I once read somewhere that humans make only 5% of their decisions with their logical mind. The rest are emotional decisions. Your choice on what to wear in the morning, what to eat, which job offer to take, when to quit, where to buy that next house, which university to attend, etc. are not all logical decisions, even if that's what you tell yourself. Just think back to what you chose to wear today and what your emotion was at the time of choosing. Were you happy? Then you probably chose bright colours. Were you sleepy? You probably picked up your favourite clothes or some mismatched clothes. Were you angry? You probably chose dark clothes. The same can be said of any decision you make. If you're in a good mood or thinking about something else, 99% of the time you'll turn to your comfort decision: that favourite shirt, that favourite bread, that top university in all of India, etc. The point is that in RKC as well, no game will be played without emotions. Sudha can strategize all she wants, at the end of the day, it's emotions that will win. Satrupa can claim her rights on Anami all she wants, at the end of the day it's her motherly emotions that will win. Baldev and Vikram can hate Anami all they want, at the end of the day it's emotions that will win them over. And so on. No game is complete without emotions, and no game is won without emotions.
Aur waise bhi chess toh sirf aadmi aapne hisaab se khelte hain, isli yeh black and white reh gaya. Agar hum auraton ke haath mein de diya jaata toh hum kabhi ka isme rang bhar dete. - I saw this in 2 ways. First, Anami is directly challenging Vikram that she will change Lal Mahal and the way it has been for generations because it was a place designed by men, but now she's come to take over. On the other hand, it's also a foreshadowing that this game is no longer in the hands of the men. It's a game being played by women. And when women enter any battlefield, things are no longer good versus bad, them versus us, black versus white, King 1 versus King 2. In fact, a battlefield is no longer a simple battlefield either. I remember a childhood story (which I later saw in Akbar Birbal on Big Magic) of how there was a king causing much problems to a small village on the outskirts of Mughal raaj under Akbar. This king took possession over the river and refused to let anyone near it. Many of the young men were at that time part of Akbar's army fighting another invasion. When there was no other option, Rani Jodha took matters in her own hands and went to deal with the matter. But she didn't fight it out on the battlefield. She fought the king in his own home, teaching him manners along the way. In Big Magic's episode they over simplified it, but the point is still the same. When women enter a battle, they don't need soldiers and weapons. They just need their minds and emotions and then they can win any battle.

Kudos to the writers, CVs, and the production house once again. If any of you are reading this, wah wah!

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shailja

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Posted: 7 years ago

Awesome post...I liked the way to described the scene very beautifully, I also think in their own way they are bonding with each other... unknowingly...both stubborn bulls are imprinting their presence in each other lives...

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Tvbug2011

@tvbug2011

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Posted: 7 years ago

Super analysis! Especially of the 2 different games of chess that Amani has played with 2 entirely different players.

And her opponents' reactions to her game and her lines are telling!

With Narottam, there was gloating that he'd won, when in actual fact Anami had already closed him out... He was so caught up in the triumph of victory that he didn't notice that the game was over. Or should I say didn't care to notice because he was completely confident that he had won. And so he will play her... With over confidence, disregarding her native intelligence, her almost feyness, and underestimating her generally and her support in Lal Mahal significantly.

And them there is Vikramadityas reaction. Her win will open his eyes a little more to Anami, catalyze a reassessment. And may finally give Anami the benefit of the doubt that this is a player of worth and can be made to count. He may not really see her for what she is but given the chaos in Royal Steel, Dhirus move, and the lack of a viable heir in Avdoot, may give Anami a chance.

Great writing by their CVs.

Lovingthese nuances

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AnjanaYYZ

@AnjanaYYZ

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Posted: 7 years ago

Daadiji and Anami have long way to go, but step by step (move by move) Vikramaditya will see who has the actual steel for Royal Steel. Anami first saved him and now she checked him.

Vikramaditya thinks he is infallible in terms of judgment. But, Dhiru and Anami will prove him wrong...and he will have to sooner or later own every one of his mistakes (disinheriting Baldev, distrusting Dhiru, and entrusting Advoot over Anami). He can ignore his wife, but Anami is a force of nature and Dhiru has the power of right plus might this go round.

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ammu3

@ammu3

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Posted: 7 years ago

@Athene - Brilliant post !
Spot on right ?! I think more than just the characters - all of us love the way the characters are shaping up and fitting in like gears at the right point. From a maid to the owner of Lal Mahal.

Yes - no matter how much we say that a decision is taken "Logically' almost all of the times - our emotions have a strong role to play in it. Even if it is when there is a strong sense of supposed "indifference" to a person - we are never on a fair basis at taking decision. The fact that we have to remind ourselves that we are not affected by them, itself shows our vulnerability.

But no matter what - only when it is a balanced decision of our mind and heart - is it the perfect decision.
For instance today - I am really happy with the encounter of Anami and her so called tutor. We; including Satrupa and the audience - definitely needed that. Till now we completely supported Anami, in fact stood with her while bashing Satrupa ; but somewhere unhappy that she is supporting Narottam.

Today for the first time - we would have felt annoyance from our side towards Anami. Pity and sympathy for the tutor. No matter what - going to the extent of cutting a stranger's hair - was when she crossed the line. There that act itself is clouded by emotions. No strategy at all. I love how they are showing how there is so much to go for Anami - even as of now. It is these emotions that make her too blunt and straight forward ; no filter on her mouth and calling out people immediately on their actions. Both the mothers will have equal roles in the strength of her character.
If one mother taught her to be honest, the other will teach her to bend thing into her will ; one straightforward, then the other will teach her to observe and then damage with silence. One mother has taught her about the world of colourful people , the other will teach to put filters, see the suitability and then proceed.
She will have the best of two worlds -and that is going to be her win.
And she needs her failures to be able to reflect on that. "One should be big enough to lose, only then will they be big enough to win"
Anami is till a teen at the end of the day. A 17-year old kid. Kudos to the CVs and the makers who have shown the thinking of a human teen so perfectly. Her emotions are mostly colourful as of now. But she needs to know her black, grey and white. The world she currently resides in is a showdown of shatranj. Jisko aurat ne nahin banaya hai. Woh abhi bhi - aadmi ka he bana banaya hai. Jo aurat ne rang bhar dene ki koshish ki woh sab nasht hogaye. Sudha, Satrupa.
We know Sudha has been destroyed by this ; Satrupa as told by Vatsalya only puts up a facade , she is already a living corpse.
To create new games - for them to be accepted ; you have to show your prowess in the already existing one - Then go ahead to show why yours is so much better and worth while.

Kyunki in sab ne rang bhar ne ki koshish ki. Man se, dil se. They tried to fill in the white and remove the black . But at the end of the day - black and white are also colours. All colours begin from white and fade in the void black. Learn them, accommodate them and crown them - and colours will follow. Anami will learn to behave like a prism and scatter the colours. Man and woman need to coexist. One is frail and empty without the other. Anything overpowers and it is going to be like a dish with too much of salt - can't even notice any of the good flavours of the dish.

Moreover, I just happen to love that most dialogues and reminiscence happens to revolve around the word 'rang' with a pun on Lal Mahal.
You know -
Hum auratein 'rang bhar' dete.
Safed saadi isiliye kyunki inhone hamare zindagi ko 'be rang' kar diya and so on.

At the end of the day every character matters. From the pawn to the King. The Black and the White. Anami has a long way to go - to learn about the Lal Mahal. To learn about people. She has to start observing and stop calling out. She has to learn to keep her judgements to herself.
As they say " Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake"

She has to open her mind. She is sharp - but required to be shrewd.
She needs to learn that : Shatranj ka ek niyam bohot sakt hota hai - chalein koyi bhi chalo lekin koyi apne ko nahin maar sakte.

Edited by ammu3 - 7 years ago

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JJKKL

@JJKKL

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Posted: 7 years ago

Brilliant post Athene.

You have captured the essence of the two lines so well. RKC being about strategy and business makes use of chess very well.

Loved the scene and your writeup.

PS: I could not digest the hair cutting of the tutor though. Anami could have stopped at the dress and makeup.😭

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shruthiravi

@shruthiravi

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Posted: 7 years ago

What a beautiful post dear. Completely enjoyed reading it. I would love to take that chess game in which Anami says if women had designed it would have had colors along with what Gayatri said today that Ganga is pure because it flows. Change is the rule of nature and if you dont change with time then time destroys you. Also Vatsalya's black and white butterfly.

Yes decisions are based on emotions, but a good decision is one in which heart is heard and it is validated by head. Or rather where both heart and head are applied the right way. In most case it doesnt happen. 😃, that's why the balance is always lop sided.

Life is not black and white. The problem of the masculine view point is this. It doesnt take into account what comes between those black and white. The colors that come. A person cannot absorb everything, neither they can reject everything. Unless you absorb everything black doesnt happen, unless you reject everything white doesnt happen. What you get when you accept something and reject something is colors. Now colors it depends how you see it , because based on that you will see decisions. For eg red is the color of war and color of love. How do you see red. Green is the color of fertility it is also the color of envy. So every color has positive and negative aspect. The outcome depends on what aspect of color you take.

Also when you throw colors do you splash it mindlessly or you keep the borders. Can Ganga flow mindlessly or it has to flow within the boundaries. Answer is only when colors are splashed between the boundaries it gives a beautiful picture. You cannot create a butterfly without borders. life thrives on the banks of Ganga only if she flows in the boundaries.

So the whole funda is change and order are part and parcel of life. And life thrives if change happens within the order. When that happens you dont realize the change as it just flows with time without making you cry over what is lost, what is destroyed.

Problem is the rigid order forces the change to break the order and then cause havoc. Unparalleled destruction in terms of wars and revolution. When Ganga breaks the boundaries it is flood and all around destruction.

Change always tries to be in order. But if the order is not unable to accept the change, then change has to show its viswaroop with mindless destruction before the order realizes the truth.

What I love the most about the show is that they are not at all superficial and they dont gloss over human emotions. Many times they show it raw for what it is and hence we can connect to most characters as human with varying degree of black and white in them. Humans who have different perspective of same color.