Originally posted by: LiveLifeHonest
After watching today's episode, I wonder if Silsila season 2 might not be so bad after all. Initially, when I heard the news of season 2, I was wondering if it was even needed after season 1's mess and hoped it wouldn't materalise.
After today's episode and quite a reasonable number of scenes pre- and post- leap, I have more hope for season 2. Gajra can write and she can create complex characters. I wonder whether the show would have been much more better if the channel hadn't interfered like Shakti had mentioned in his interview. That being said, the blame still goes to Gajra for not coping with the TRP demands of ITV and writing nonsense at many moments. Yet, I can still see moments of brilliance in Silsila. She gave such complex characters, which is outside the bounds of ITV. She extracted the best of Shakti and Aditi; before this, most of us didn't know Aditi. Now, everyone knows her for the talented actress she is. For Shakti, my impression was that he is an average actor. But he proved his talent through Silsila.
Having said all of this, season 2 is Gajra's chance to redeem herself. Now, there's no channel or TRP interferance. And I can visualise a lot of potential in Mishti's and Pari's characters. Both their characters come with a lot of emotional baggage. Mishti with possible abandonment issues (due to Kunal) contributing to problems in her relationship with her partner (self- doubts if her partner would ever cheat on her). And Pari having to deal with the societal stigma associated with her parents' relationship. All in all, I hope Gajra gives the audience a good Season 2 with complex characters and a brilliant plot rather than some ITV cliche like 2 half-sisters competing for a guy.
I agree with what you wrote.
I will add however, even if Gajra had followed the initial storyline Shakti mentioned, an EMA would have still been a hard pill to swallow.
Meaning right now, the EMA is hard to understand and justify both.
Perhaps if she had followed the original storyline, it would have been easier to understand, but still it would never be justifiable, and there would still be a lot of backlash for that.
I think one smart thing they are doing with S2, which they should have done with S1 was, to have made an announcement that a parallel lead will come in for Mauli.
Just like in the past few days how they have found one for S2, we know that both girls will eventually end up with someone, so we will be comfortable with the story running it's course.
It's not until after the EMA revelation and DD's exit did rumors of a second lead for Mauli being introduced, start doing the rounds.
How would this have helped?
You see the backlash was for two reasons:
1.) The EMA could not be understood (like I said above, it would have never been justified, but they could have made it understandable. To this day we all assume it was the kheer or sari's that lead to it from Kunal's side). And to make it understandable, they would have to explore it more, and they couldn't do that because time was not on their side, the audience hated KuNan scenes, there was backlash, so they rushed the story. Again, a parallel lead would have solved this issue and I'll exaggerate some more below.
2.) Aditi's performance and Mauli's plight in episode 74/confrontation was so real and relatable, viewers felt her emotions and just wanted her to be happy, a survivor, to be okay, to be empowered etc.
If these same viewers were pacified knowing that a parallel lead is coming in, they would have been more comfortable with the show running its course and sticking to its original storyline.
The whole, KuNan ending up happily together, while Mauli will be a single mother (I.e. good things happening to bad people and bad things happening to good people) took the backlash to a whole new level, which decreased TRPs and then caused the storyline to eventually change, i.e as Shakti said, Mauli was correct and everyone else was grey. Therefore people wanted good things to happen for the one character they felt was correct.
Had any audience known that Mauli would have a parallel lead, they would have sat back and enjoyed Mauli's love story and KuNan marriage issues (whatever they were to face).
That's my personal opinion of S1's downfall.
As far as S2, like I said, since all viewers now know that there are two male leads, and eventually will be two couples, I'm sure it won't face as much backlash, even if they choose to show a love triangle.
Edited by ritzbitz786 - 6 years ago
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