Originally posted by: HahaHeheHuhu9
Well, to each his/her own.
Everyone is entitled to their opinions. But I do not agree that a future-social-reformer and a supposed-leader-of-women in those times should remain as naive and innocent as she was when she was a child. There needs to come about a "thehrav" in her, as someone earlier said in the forum few days back. Not that being chirpy or innocent or naive is undesirable per say, but an adult Bondita should be "willed" and "strong" more than being beautifully innocent. Again, being strong and being innocent need not necessarily be mutually exclusive, but there seems to be a disconnect somewhere with what they're wanting to show with the character.
As you said, the character is slowly growing out of being only her mom's daughter, and slowly transforming into a member of the Roy Choudhary household. Soon to grow up into a catalyst for social change. There needs to be some change in her; that's understandable. But if it's going to border on ITV's "mahaan bahuness", then, they'd better get the leap and show the kind of screenplay they're now showing. There seems to be a disconnect between the character's current position in the overall story, and the dialogues and screenplay they're writing now. Again, this is my opinion and may well seem not valid for someone else. That's completely okay.
And anyway, they are indeed making the character lose her innocence through replicating all the typical ITV bahu traits here. Bhaari bharkam dialogues, the incessant curiosity being absent, dil dhadakna, pati babu aagaye hai aisa lagraha hai mujhe, and what not. So there's hardly any question of the beautiful innocence not being possible in an adult actor, cause I do not see it much even now with the way they are writing the character nowadays. This is not much to do with the actor playing the part.
This is my opinion and everyone can of course disagree completely as I understand how unpopular this discussion is! Thanks for the reply anyway! Cheers :)