Originally posted by: spidie
Beauty and the beast kind of story? Ab tum dono mujhe confuse kar rahe ho as to which one to start watching first
LOL yes, it's sort of a twist on the Beauty and the Beast story, except the "Beauty" in question here is herself viewed as a beast because she is made to look ugly to hide her beauty.
As Fary pointed out, the story essentially charts this journey through perceptions of beauty - both internal and external and how those play a part in DN's story.....the baggage that both of them come with for different reasons. It sounds fantastical on the surface that anyone can build a story around a girl applying soot on her face but this show managed it. The makers actually force you to confront perceptions of physical appearance and look beyond it....cuz they really go out of their way to make the FL look "ugly" vis a vis the black makeup and prosthetics they pile on her....but the win for the story IMO is in the way they make you adore her character for her qualities and along with the ML, the audience also learns to look beyond appearances. And then ofcourse there is the ML Dutta.....his presence looms large over the story once he enters....the way his friendship develops with Nakku, their convos, the falling in love....Mishal Raheja was fabulous in this role.
Re: Bunty.....lol yes, he plays a smartass in this too constantly cracking wisecracks😆.
Basically the story begins in a very poor basti and for once, the depiction of the daily struggles of a poor family dealing with misfortunes isn't shown in a trite manner but a hard-hitting manner.....the ensemble cast was superb.....a lot of veteran actors including the lady playing Nakku's mom Baabi, her drunk stepdad, and then later on famous cameos like Mohan Kapoor too.
Edited by AreYaar - 4 years ago
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