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Sharing some thoughts here. 😳
I never thought I'd be watching season 2, though I have liked the works of Tejaswini, Kunal and Aneri at some point or the other in their previous shows. Not a diehard fanof any one of them and personally liked Aditi, Shakti and Kinshuk each of them as good actors from their previous works. Still, two things surprised me enough to keep me loosely bound to this show. One was the characterisation and the other was an actor who took me by surprise.
The actor is Rohan Gandotra. I have never been impressed by him before. So I was pleasantly surprised to see chemistry between him and Tejaswini. In fact, the way the past few episodes were written, I felt Tejaswini has a better chemistry with him than with Kunal. I hope Gajra keeps him interesting. In fact, Veer and Arnav are the only characters she has written with clarity and they are definitely not boring, though I must say the tattoo and surname is too melodramatic for me. Still, they are nice enough.
Coming to characterisation of the three main protagonists from the montage:
I find striking resemblances and reminiscences of characters from season 1.
Ruhaan: Wonder if there is any connection to ruhaani arzoo. 😆What do we know of him, other than the fact that he is a lady magnet and a very talented photographer? There was a reference to his many girl friends, so him falling for another pretty face like Mishti makes one wonder if she was the one searching for all his life... Makes him a little shallow too, since I'm not much of a believer in love at first sight. Of course, he reminds me of Kunal very strongly because of the ruhaani arzoo reminder.
Pari: She doesn't resent it, but she yearns for her mother to be remembered alongside her father. It pains her that Nandini has a place only in the locket around her neck. She loves Mauli Aunty, yet stands by the belief that her mother was never wrong. This is despite the fact Kunal himself who subscribed to the same philosophy admitted in the end that he had wronged Mauli. Season 1, as we all know, was about a woman betrayed by her husband and her best friend and the trials and fears she faced before she could move on finally. Would Pari come to know at least a bit of the pain Mauli Aunty went through in the form of unrequited love? Betrayal to the extent Mauli had to face doesn't seem to be on the cards for her, thankfully.
Mishti : She is actually the strongest reason for me to stick around. She has been written very vaguely, but I see an amalgamation of all three characters of Mauli, Kunal and Nandini in her.
She is the Nandini who makes heads turn with her natural beauty and fashion sense. In fact, when Tejaswini was announced for second season the first thought I had was she was the apt daughter to a beautiful Drashti Dhami. Instead, the writer made Pari as careless about her appearance as Mauli and Mishti very graceful like Nandini. Timidity and insecurity seems to be other traits she shares with Nandini. Her way of dressing up and presenting herself could lure in any Ruhaan floating about in search of his arzoo and send an average woman running to her closet to upgrade her fashion sense. I'm not referring to Pari's makeover, since that was not inspired by Mishti though it seemed so.
She has that naughty streak of Kunal in her that she has subconsciously suppressed and the moment someone dares that part of her to come out, she is alarmed. Is she also searching for someone, unknown to herself? Will growing proximity to Ruhaan bring out that side of hers?
Mishti is definitely not her mother, though she adores her and wants to be like her. She doesn't have to be. She should be different. For now, she carries the fear that any day her life could be upset by an unexpected twist of events. She shudders at the sight of Pari's mother's photo. How is it that Mauli moved on and Mishti was trapped in the insecurity of her childhood? She fears infidelity, but what if she herself were to unknowingly get drawn into it? Deep down, has Mauli left an imprint of herself in her daughter, whereby the trials she faces might be different, but she would have the same strength to overcome it?
Thus Gajra weaves the tangled web of relationships, I suppose😉😆
PS: This post is not written to glorify anyone or start any fanwars. I have mentioned season 1 characters only because season 2 is not completely separate from season 1, since there are constant references to Nandini and Mauli. Hope to have a clean discussion. 😳
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