Imlie Chat Club # 11, DT Reminder Note pg 55 - Page 110

Originally posted by: bips

I'll disagree a little here..

I think a lot of complex stories, at least on indian television is just shittyy characters being elevated by good acting... And once you get a certain distance from the show, it does seem pretty black and white...

Like i remember during silsila there were huge debates but now if i had to sum it up i would say kunal was nothing but a weak man looking for an easy escape

Same with imlie 1.0. I actually watched the whole aryan portion first and then went back to watch the earlier episodes... So there is a sense of detachment and distance... And all i can see is emotional (and sometimes physical) abuse of a young girl who is absolutely hungry for acceptance

... Has there been a truly grey story on itv where you just can't make up your mind who to support?

itv mostly fails on writing so yes you are right...

the viewers' bias is complementary to whom they like.

let me give you and example that works for me,

i like drashti that's why i started watching silsila, but i didn't like nandini rather i sympathised with mauli, and it made me disappointed with show and i stopped watching.

but regardless of that, there can be multiple interpretation of narratives, like i know for imlie 1.0, i find the whole storyline distasteful, but i like some scenes where i find the most hated characters too bearable.

there are certainly scenes where i can relate to malini, imlie, and even adi, individually at different times in the whole 300 episode journey though i'll admit that my adi moments are too less, same my imlie moments before aryan are also too less

while malini moments after molestation are too less.

Originally posted by: bips

And I'll agree with Sundari, i do find some parallels between kunal and aditya..

Bec both men hurt people around them and love to play victim.. Even kunal in his defence was like i couldn't help myself... I tried.. Woe is me

The problem with that show was they took such a complex topic and coudn't handle it.

As far as I'm concerned, falling out love can occur (except it never made sense in Mauli/Kunal's case) and people are allowed to move on but there was literally no need to cheat!

Originally posted by: SundariP

itv mostly fails on writing so yes you are right...

the viewers' bias is complementary to whom they like.

let me give you and example that works for me,

i like drashti that's why i started watching silsila, but i didn't like nandini rather i sympathised with mauli, and it made me disappointed with show and i stopped watching.

but regardless of that, there can be multiple interpretation of narratives, like i know for imlie 1.0, i find the whole storyline distasteful, but i like some scenes where i find the most hated characters too bearable.

there are certainly scenes where i can relate to malini, imlie, and even adi, individually at different times in the whole 300 episode journey though i'll admit that my adi moments are too less, same my imlie moments before aryan are also too less

while malini moments after molestation are too less.

I started watching for Drashti and the idea of a different kind of story on ITV. I liked Nandini to a certain point, basically until she actively started cheating on her best friend.

I might have even watched had she ownned up to it and became a gray character but DD and creators were hell bent on white washing her. I'm not naive, these things happen in reality too but compound a gray storyline with absolutely weak and horrid writing then it will destruct.

Originally posted by: Sir-Please

I started watching for Drashti and the idea of a different kind of story on ITV. I liked Nandini to a certain point, basically until she actively started cheating on her best friend.

I might have even watched had she ownned up to it and became a gray character but DD and creators were hell bent on white washing her. I'm not naive, these things happen in reality too but compound a gray storyline with absolutely weak and horrid writing then it will destruct.

Yep another thing I did not like was whitewashing. It's an ema, show it as a damn Ema. What's with the eternal love story nonsense?

It's not like people are naive and do not know ema exist in real world

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Originally posted by: Sutapasima

Hi friends !! …. this is just to let you all know Imlie BC #3 thread is being drafted n will be posted soon …latest by Monday .👍🏼

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Originally posted by: Sir-Please

The problem with that show was they took such a complex topic and coudn't handle it.

As far as I'm concerned, falling out love can occur (except it never made sense in Mauli/Kunal's case) and people are allowed to move on but there was literally no need to cheat!

That's the thing right. Grown a** men realising they were never in love 7 years into a relationship is such bs.

Falling 'out of love' is different to upping and walking out of relationship for someone else. That is something both Adi and Kunal did.

Originally posted by: Sutapasima

Hi friends !! …. this is just to let you all know Imlie BC #3 thread is being drafted n will be posted soon …latest by Monday .👍🏼

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Originally posted by: bips

I'll disagree a little here..

I think a lot of complex stories, at least on indian television is just shittyy characters being elevated by good acting... And once you get a certain distance from the show, it does seem pretty black and white...

Like i remember during silsila there were huge debates but now if i had to sum it up i would say kunal was nothing but a weak man looking for an easy escape

Same with imlie 1.0. I actually watched the whole aryan portion first and then went back to watch the earlier episodes... So there is a sense of detachment and distance... And all i can see is emotional (and sometimes physical) abuse of a young girl who is absolutely hungry for acceptance

... Has there been a truly grey story on itv where you just can't make up your mind who to support?

This reminds me of Bepanah.

There was a debate that time too when zoya literally justified her dead cheating husband as majboor in Pyar. Aditya's reaction was so apt.

But later they also made him accept that

Originally posted by: bips

I'll disagree a little here..

I think a lot of complex stories, at least on indian television is just shittyy characters being elevated by good acting... And once you get a certain distance from the show, it does seem pretty black and white...

Like i remember during silsila there were huge debates but now if i had to sum it up i would say kunal was nothing but a weak man looking for an easy escape

Same with imlie 1.0. I actually watched the whole aryan portion first and then went back to watch the earlier episodes... So there is a sense of detachment and distance... And all i can see is emotional (and sometimes physical) abuse of a young girl who is absolutely hungry for acceptance

... Has there been a truly grey story on itv where you just can't make up your mind who to support?

there was this show on zee when i was in teens. Hasraatein. Staring shefali shah and harah chaya. It was about a young girl falling for her professor n marrying him. Having a kid but being dissatisfied with her mediocre life as house wife. She lands a receptionist job through a friend in her husband’s office and catches her husband’s eye. He makes her his pa and they start a very illicit affair. They eventually divorce respective spouses give away custody of their kids and get married. And again after a decade of marriage they begin having doubts about how they treated their spouses n kids n she even starts having feelings for her much younger assistant or something. Very very complex story of a very ambitious woman. Harsh chaya and shephali were phenomenal. Irfan khan played a pivotal role too. And the young guy was played by anup soni i think not sure. If u find it on web. Must watch. That is how u do these kind of stories. No sacha pyar n sita maiya ka ashirwaad crap. Straight up human fallacy n desires.