So after a long debate with yours truly...I decided to take the plunge into the deep end of the pool....nahi...khayi.... exactly coz pool mein gira toh bachne ka chance hai...khai Mei toh Girthe Girthe hi Mera kaam thamam ho jaayega..
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Sister issues??!
Har serial mein hota hai...
Devrani jethani issues??!
Har serial mein hota hai...
Toh phir issue Kya hai...
Yes.... viewers issues...they want character growth...or development or redemption for a particular character ... particular track for their favorite couple....etc..
Mishty aur kuhu ki daasthaan -e - tashan is this serial's USP and from the look of it it's the one which is going to propel this show...
What I want here is to address the core issue of character development..
Now take the character Kunal..
From the first epi it was evident that Kunal trusts his brother more than anything in the world.
BB Expressly said him not to involve Abir in finding ketki...and the next moment Kunal did just that...
Proving he was never the Meenu ka Munna he was purpoted to be..
Even Meenu capitalized on Kunal's love for his brother as her weapon against Mishty...just by saying Mishty is going to take away Abir from their lives...and for Kunal that was the tipping point ..he said he would even become a bad person.... against his personality traits....for retrieving his brother...
Eventually he understood
* BB was using him..to a certain extent BB doesn't care what his life is..( forced marriage to Kuhu)...and he married Kuhu just because of Abir ...just not to lose him as his brother and not because of BB s kasam.otherwise he wouldn't have differentiated between shadi karna and shadi nibhaana..when essentially both are the same.
* Mishty truly loved Abir and will not do anything to ruin or harm Abir's happiness...pls note it's only Abir's happiness not Rajvansh family happiness..
Kunal haven't accepted or started loving his bio mom
His love for Meenu has changed into conditional..
He is married to Kuhu whom he didn't love at the time of his marriage.
So now where are we?
At the starting point..the basic character tag on Kunal is intact..went through upheavals but intact.
Abir ka Nanko...!!
Kuhu
When I first heard Kuhu telling kethki that her family will take her in just like they took in Mishty...I felt odd...
Who in a sane mindframe broadcast the fact that the friend/ sis with whom she is travelling is adopted? That too to a stranger..
I don't think anyone here would do that to a friend or even a cousin sis..
But she was smiling when she said that... enjoying when she said that...and no overt malicious intend was there so my take was that it's a thing between Kuhu and Mishty...but later only I came to know that even kuhu was adopted??!
(I followed yrkkh till devyanis entry...so oblivious of further developments)
So reframing the question
Who in a sane mindframe broadcast the fact that the friend/ sis with whom she is travelling is adopted when she herself is the adopted daughter of the family..???
Writers tagged Kuhu insensitive but not malicious..
Then she saw Kunal...or did she see him?? the bus scene.
I am pretty sure Kuhu saw the sports car... instead of Kunal...thoda impression Kunal ka uspe bantha toh Rajkot ka Hrithik jaisa ek tho comment deta...
Writers tagged her materialistic...
Of course felt bad for Kuhu when rishtha swap happened..and surprised when she okayed Mish nal marriage... even if she was not okay ..just as her family wanted..but that bottled up into an obnoxious jealousy within her...
Even when Mishty rejected Kunal for the right reasons somehow Kuhu felt Mishty insulted her choice.
Even when Mishty was ready to do anything for kuku union.. Kuhu never felt comfortable in Mishty''s involvement and was quick to fall prey to Meenu's machinations..
The Mishty blaming attitude started at her FN when she was brutally faced with the truth..
Or when she started suspecting Kunal on their wedding day..
Blaming Mishty for stealing her limelight at her own wedding..
Obvio dulhans limelight is different from saali's limelight on a wedding day !!
And then she was hit with the truth..
Kuhu couldn't believe what a fool she was...
Kunal was going 24/7 like Mishty Kya Karthi Hain... Mishty ko kaise phasaye..
And that was okay with her..?
He never said he loved her ... that was okay with her?
And Kunal was ready to come clean to both families the very next day..
But Kuhu didn't budge...why?
Because she wanted to become Rajvansh bahu at any cost....maybe
Because she wanted BB as her saas...may be..
Because she loved Kunal ....may be..
But the real reason she told herself was she didn't want to see happiness in Mishty''s face when Mishty hears about the what a joke Kuhu's life had become?
Seriously that's a reason to stay in a love less marriage?
Writers pinpointed the actual start of Mishty blaming in Kuhu's adulthood with her wedding..
(Child hood things were put under the rug and adolescent MishKu were showing off their awesome sis bond.Kuhu never got to blame Mishty other than coming into her life till then)
What followed was spilling over of the insensitivity at janmashtami celebration..decidedly malicious intend..
Her life as it is ended up in a love less marriage.. then so should Mishty's too... upon whom she put the blame too..and no remorse was shown on Kuhu's part...
Bro code was broken that day..
Writers pitting the sister's together..
Now when actually the truth of her marriage came out did she acknowledge how her sister reacted?
No..she told Mishty it was her life her decision..and Mishty respected that.
Now what was her excuse for suffering another 3 months?..just legalaise??
Then the Mishbir breakup happens and we start to see sensitive Kuhu..who cares for her family..the Maheswaris... including Nannu...if it wasn't for nannu would she have confronted Abir about the spiking of cold drink?! Debatable.
But she showed sensitivity for the first time and that has to be taken into account.
Next time that display of sensitivity was Holi party..and writers were intending to hammer in the point that MishKu sismance is real but overshadowed by many character flaws...
Now ..as I said earlier in a post Rajvansh house welcomed Kuhu with open arms...she can get possessive of her sasural when she is always pitted against Mishty...
Moreover Kunal being Parul's son is a bitter pill she had to swallow...
And dread of being second to Mishty as Parul is to Meenu..is a dreadful prospect indeed.
Validation for Kunal is always in her mind..
Shivrathri fiasco was the tug of war between sensitive and insensitive Kuhu..
Insensitive Kuhu won coz otherwise she would not have touched the bottle..let alone toy with the pills which unintentionally found their way to Abir's coffee...
I see writers attempt to give the necessary layer to Kuhu's characterisation..ie.. insensitive yet without malicious intend..
Then the resort fiasco..
She was riled by the fact that her husband payed for the rooms and they are now roomless while Mishbir are going to enjoy!!
But then Mishbir gave up their room...
It was Meenu's call that put an end to Kuhu's armaans .but she very well could not blame Meenakshiii for calling her son..so the unreasonable blame went squarely on Mishty..
Kunal and Abir both knew that Mishty was not to be blamed...
But Kuhu couldn't digest the fact that Mishty was worried about home after ketu's message.. while it was her sasural first.. therefore she was adamant that Mishty wanted to ruin their honeymoon... insensitive...to anyone's feelings..be it Kunal or Abir.
Post lockdown..
Kuhu says she managed 3 months well with out Kunal with out Mishty and with out Abir..
And we are given the first hand view of how she managed..
She has been married to Rajvansh Sadan for more than six months...
She knows Parul is the one in charge of kitchen.. her saas and she is at the best illiterate..
But that doesn't affect the insensitive Kuhu who puts up her weekly menu in English..
Writers on point with her characterisation.
Mishty with PTSD would have striked a chord of memory in sensitive Kuhu...as she herself would have witnessed Mishty''s child hood struggle .panic attacks.....but insensitive Kuhu.. Never.
Instead she did what she accused of Mishty earlier and slapped her.. and beyond......
Invading privacy in the most shameful manner and resorting to blackmailing to appease Meenakshiii and to prove that she was loyal to her...
What...she got 3 mishtyless months and still could not prove it..??
Writers put her in a position of appreciation monger... hungry of BB s validation..her insensitivity fuelling her to breach the Bro code.. again.
Now when Mishty's and Varuns truth came out sensitive Kuhu was back.. of course even BB turned all lovey and dovey to Mishty because of the sensitivity of the issue.
And now the infamous magazine fiasco..
Well the fact is when you are very much excited for something and you don't get that you are disappointed..we do let out our frustrations on our loved ones..but blame assignment must be reasonable..
Here from the magazine's side they made a mistake...since it was janmashtami week and the powers to be deemed that Radha Krishna pic would be more apt for their publication is most likely... their POV..
Moreover writers want us to think towards business hassles. Red pear is not Kunal's company alone..he might be the CEO but writers won't allow Meenakshiii to relinquish control on business and Kunal too would make his brother a part of it as member of director board, silent partner.. someways ..in short Abir Rajvansh is part of Red pear whether he takes active interest in it or not..
And magazine editors know who is the real Rajvansh..and Kuhu was hurt by all these befalling on her and just as she blamed Mishty for resort fiasco which she got away with then...she blamed Mishty in front of the family... The family which adores her ... hoping to get away with it now too..she is not even sympathetic towards Kunal who was the actual acheiver...who lost his limelight..!
How this is any different from blaming Mishty and Abir enjoying the fruits of her husband's hardwork??!!
Insensitivity at it's best..!
So where are we...
Kuhu''s characterisation from the beginning till now remains constant..
insensitive, materialistic and sensitive when it comes to her family..and when she feels like it..
Mishty
I am wondering when people are saying Mishty is bending beyond her means to appease everybody..are you watching the same show I am watching?
Never have writers portrayed Mishty as a wimpy guilt ridden girl in S1 ...
Always she had been Angry & violent( in Abir sense).
In the first and second epi..it felt awkward to me that how a girl could hijack a performance meant to represent their college!!?
I would say not one in a sane mindframe...but may be one pitted against another insane mindframe..
Mishty never took anything laid back from Kuhu...
She always gave it back to her where it would hurt Kuhu the most...
In kind ..and not indulging in verbal insult or malicious ways
But she never instigated a fight..
Mishty clearly asked Kuhu if she had a problem with Mish nal alliance.she was open but Kuhu chose to mask her feelings and that led to the whole Mish nal fiasco.
Misty took her stand with Abir in uniting KUKU..as Kuhu admitted her love for Kunal ...they did it for Kuhu as Kunal never did acknowledge his love to Kuhu other than the word assosiation game at Rajvansh house.
Now Mishty was clearly warned by Kunal at Kuhu's bidaii...
Mishty would have acted up on it if it wasn't Kuhu in the picture..
Mishty knew Kuhu blamed her for anything and everything.and without a concrete proof she can't say anything to anybody..
Even Abir was keeping secrets from her..and due to lack of facts Mishty didn't interfere.
Now when Kunal served Kuhu divorce papers publicly.... Mishty slapped him publicly..and even said to Abir that she was disappointed in him...
Her genuine reaction for her sister was to find a solution for this involving elders which was a sane advice Kuhu ignored..
Mishty respected her decision.
Then baba kaand.. Mishbir breakup.Nannu track..
Writers aptly projected the wilful, strong and straight forward female lead in all these tracks..
In baba fiasco she was not the one who brought back him.
It's clearly showed that Baba had been keeping eyes on the Rajvansh's for months and it was his strategy to introduce himself through Mishty/ Abir all along..
And Mishty was well with in her rights to investigate him when she felt that she was being manipulated..to leave/ stay with Rajvansh's..
Writers did the masterstroke of Meenu's greed for her son's love and acceptance. To cement mother-son relationship she had to blackmail Abir into let go of Mishty...
Still Mishty didn't believe a word Abir told her..
And fought for that belief..
And there is nothing wrong in poking a person or his emotions..it's "Everything is fair in love and war.."
Nannu falling in " terawala pyaar" was an added touch.
But Mishty never mislead Nannu or her family or even Kuhu..
Her straight forwardness was not given a kind response from Nannu who resorted to cheating.
The wedding day ESP of Abir being in trouble wouldn't have had the impact of the writers haven't shown the ESP on Abir's part when Mishty was in trouble..(GD- baba fiasco)
Balanced writing on the writers part..
Now since KUKU are behaving normally it was assumed that everything was normal between them..until Mishty noticed Kuhu being secretive about a court notice...
Her first step was to confront Kuhu...ask her what is this all about?
And she got a vague answer..
Mishty knows Kuhu and tries to learn the problem by invading Kuhu's privacy..
Her intent was never to harm Kuhu nor to appease anyone..
But she got slapped instead.
Mishty already knew about the divorce papers.so why the secrecy?
In the 3 month period Kuhu never had time to discuss her marital problems with family??
Not even jasmeet Chachi??
And then lamenting about not getting enough time and all focus was on Mishty!!
Now coming on to Mandap fiasco..
Mishty did a favor to Kuhu by outing the divorce ..
Elders agreeing to an innocenly put question by Kuhu...
" Kiski baarath"??..
Mishty willingly going with the flow because for her Abir mattered the most..not the raunak shaounak..
For Kuhu..even though she enjoyed her first Shaadi...this was not for Kunal but just to intentionally steal whatever light she thought Mishty was having...
Mishty put up with the request for the Mandap too...
Was not even a big deal...since Mishbir already did a mock drill..
But when push came to shove she reacted..
When Kuhu demanded that she will get married first...
Mishty totally and royally ignored Kuhu's Wedding...just as she did at Kucch mahotsav..and impressed everyone...
Kuhu reiterated by adding the sharpnel into the sindoor thaali ...the sindoor splattering on her face indicating the culprit.. making Meenu ready to manipulate Kuhu as and when she wanted..
Even after all these happenings Mishty is the one who extends the ceasefire..
Then came shivrathri then lohri... where Kuhu accuses Mishty for not defending her..!?
She gets the company on my birthday!??
How childish can one get even after being married?!!
Mishty had always given it back to Kuhu,.but at some point of life someone else becomes our priority..their peace of mind becomes our priority..and we choose to ignore petty things..
That's why Kuhu got her birthday celebrations even after pills fiasco..
But Kuhu was so immersed in herself that she couldn't tolerate Mishty's gift..
Well Holi festival... Mishty was on her angry violent bandook mode where she expressly told Kunal to take care of her sister or..
Now meenakshi outing the culprit of shivrathri fiasco and Mishty''s reaction by slapping Kuhu who owned up her mistake ... Even admitting that she wanted Mishty out of picture that day.
That slap was well deserved.
Mishty always called upon Kuhu's unreasonable antics..
And never enabled her ..email fiasco is known to Abir and of course Meenu and Kunal ..and Mah family knows too since they choose to push two issues under the rug.
* The email issue
* Mishty''s tantrums at Kuhu's haldi and it's real reason.
A balancing of sorts..
Now Mishty is keeping the pills secret from Kunal...it's just because she cares for Kunal Kuhu relationship than Kuhu ever cared for Abir - Mishty relationship..(ratting out on Mishty Abir meeting to jasmeet)
At the resort though it was Kuhu who precipitated the fight it then became contention between Abir and Mishty where she held her stand...
I have serious timeline/storyline issues with the writers on THAT NIGHT.
But ultimately they are the writers and we are the viewers or whatever we are..
Now PTSD track..
Abir has always been vocal that Mishty is stronger than him.( Revisiting in Abir's character dvlpt)
Writers totally proved that Mishty doesn't take any form of attack lying down..so far she fought mentally..now she fought physically and mentally to overcome the trauma...
And she is grateful to her family for standing with her once they came to know about her ordeal.
Then janmashtami....the ease with which she forgave Kuhu for ruining jhanki is proof that her priority is her family..and family members including Kuhu..
While the ease with which Kuhu blamed Mishty for magazine fiasco is the proof that her priority is herself.
Mishty would tolerate anything against her from Kuhu..
Mishty never tolerated anything against Abir or family from Kuhu..
So her proverbial" sabr ka baand " broke when she learned that mah family is fighting over them..
For Mishty it was breaking of the "SIS code they made years back.
"No one hurts the family"
And for the first time Mishty indulges in verbal confrontation with Kuhu... leading to ugly scenes for which she has to own up now...
Kuhu/ Mishty..
Mishty has never bent her will before Kuhu and never said sorry unreasonably..
Now if BP pressurises she might..but writers have another track coming up and therefore MishKu reconciliation in the light of Mishty s health may happen.
Abir..
Ab iss ke baare mein analysis karoo toh Kya karoo...
For him the world must be okay...
When not okay...!??
Udd chalaaa...
The man / son who is so confident in his family's love .. leaving them for 21 days with out ata Pata....
A man who is empathising/ bonding with a strange girl over her /his dad's desertation..
A man who fell in love with his Nankos fiance ...
Who fought fire to rescue her.. realising what she meant to him.
and would have accepted her as bhabhi ..(well...udd Chala won't change realities na?!!)...if he hadn't read her diary that she liked Nanko only because he was Nankos proxy..
Who stood for the girls right to reject a boy when she clearly knew he didn't respect her feelings..
Who treasured her friendship and never pressurized her about his feelings... let it naturally bloom in her psyche...
Who understood her unuttered words and silence better than anyone..even BM and BP in several instances...
Who promised her their own pyara sa Ghar...
Who never for a second doubted her intentions even when she went against his baba.....
Who admitted that he was not strong...but when he was with her ..he was strong...she was his strength and anchor...
But when BB cut that anchor...he was lost...
Even then she was in his heart 24/7..and he hoped ...may be was sure that she will come for him..
Fell once again head over heels in love with his angry chorni...only to be ripped apart by misunderstandings and manipulations..
Who declared his love for Mishty before Nanu and Nanko ..his wingmen all along his life..
Who fought near death experience and United with his love... deciding to elope..
But after marriage...
Where is that Mishty's Abir Ajeeb Rajvansh?
Misunderstandings...?..not because of them..
And return of escapist Abir...
When things are not okay...udd Chala...
Seriously I hated him for that action...
Complete ruining of the character development Abir achieved .
Of course it was for a future track...but it could have been anything..
"Bros before hoes..." Really?!
"Na main tujhse zyada na tu mujhse Kam Hain.
Aaj se tu aur main nahi..
Ajse sirf hum Hain!!!"
Toh writers...why did you make Abir say this..
Writers took a gamble here may be because they had confidence that Shah could carry this safely..
Anyways...he was a rock beside her in PTSD track... suffering.. guilt pain trauma everything Mishty suffered.
Reliving his vows ... repenting his actions...
But now ... like everyone..back to square..
When everything is not okay ....uddd chalaa... zyaada door nahi...maykaa gaya...
Kunal ko bhi ...udna sikha Diya...
Summing up...
Writers are on point...
Characters have basic character flaws as well as merits...
Humans with real emotions are portraying humans with real emotions...
We viewers need to appreciate the hardwork they do just to entertain us..
Concluding with my opinion on future track..
Bacha track.... already ruining Abir's characterisation...
About surrogacy track...I hate it...
But. The story to move there should be a balancing of powers...
Now it's concentrated on BB..for that to shift Kuhu or Parul need to have a strong hold..I don't think Meenakshiii...who takes pride in herself as a woman would sabotage Mishtys pregnancy..if she did that will ruin her characters essence...
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Anyone can agree or agree to disagree with my views expressed here.
Not even one word is intended to discredit , depreciate or reproach anyone's views expressed in this forum.
Rhea and Kaveri ..two superb actresses giving life to larger than life characters ..
Immense respect!!
Shah and Ritwick/ Avinash...
Epitomes of bromance and exemplary examples for today's youth..
Salutations..!!