सौ प्रताप मानसी सुपेकर Sau. Pratap Manasi Supekar, ShemarooMarathiBana

Starting October 30, this Monday-to-Saturday drama is about a man who is confident in his masculinity, treating his wife with deference even though his mother and others deride him as uxorious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIDQzFbIb-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9RG0mw0Y2k

Other than the long-overdue message, the promos don't give away much of the plot. The concept of two police officers being a couple looks promising. I like how physical juxtaposition to taller, broader Pratap contrasts with Manasi being ahead in her career.

A couple of promos are introducing the lead characters as traffic police:

Pratap Supekar, age 26, is a police śipāī, TP 21921. He's hard-working, compassionate, and helpful.

Manasi, age 25, is a police nāīka, TP 21212. She's loving, brave, and dedicated to her work.

The typical opposites-attract, marriage-of-convenience, and rags-to-riches premises seem to be absent from this story. The story's tension will derive from the woman outranking the man at work.

Has there been a Marathi TV show about traffic police characters before? All sorts of adventures could start with traffic incidents, so this story has the potential to surprise us.

Most TV shows don't acknowledge the complexities of real-life traffic. While you and I plan our daily schedules around traffic and circle the block looking for a parking spot, TV's fictional characters travel across town and back in no time ... park in the middle of the market or across someone's door ... drive drunk, plow cars into people, or run ambulances off the road, all without going to jail ... and only rich people's cars break down all the time for no apparent reason, and get fixed on the spot without spark plugs or tow trucks!

The male actor doesn't look good in promo maybe he will get better in the show . And is the female actor so bad they did not allow her even a single line in the promo

The male lead is Pradeep Ghule, who won म. टा सन्मान 2023... सर्वोत्कृष्ट अभिनेता (choice of Maharashtra Times). Dedicated actors keep improving even after winning a "Lifetime Achievement" award.

The female lead is Tanvee Kiran, and I like how her nonverbal acting contributes to both promo scenes.

Originally posted by: BrhannadaArmour

The male lead is Pradeep Ghule, who won म. टा सन्मान 2023... सर्वोत्कृष्ट अभिनेता (choice of Maharashtra Times). Dedicated actors keep improving even after winning a "Lifetime Achievement" award.

The female lead is Tanvee Kiran, and I like how her nonverbal acting contributes to both promo scenes.

That is not good , it indicates ma.ta sanman needs to do better when choosing actors to bestow awards upon. He does not have a good dialogue delivery . As I said, maybe he will improve

I am enjoying the story so far, particularly because virtually all of the characters are complex personalities and somewhat unpredictable.

Manasi stands up for justice, but she's capable of hasty conclusions and causing irreparable harm.

Pratap endures abuse cheerfully and defends his oppressors, but he steps up to protect others, and Sulake Kākā says that Nandu is used to being beaten up by Pratap since childhood.

Nandu is a sexual predator who is a child of the community.

Bhamini is a charlatan, a parasite, violently abusive, a mean neighbour and a horrendous artist. She's also insecure, with a husband who rejects her ideas and threatens to beat her.

Ranajit is mercilessly violent and abuses his power as a constable. Yet he has a soft corner for Manasi's late father's memory. What he said about respecting Janardan Dalavi's integrity has to be a lie. More likely, he was complicit in the murder.

Gauri is principled, speaking up for Pratap, talking back to her in-laws, shaming Surendra ... but easy-going when they ask her to do something for them. She's also stealing from Bhamini to protect Pratap.

Kunda avoids conflict, but she knows how to stand up for her daughters.

Rekha is quick to fight, but also quick to make friends.

The sisterhood of Manasi, Rekha, and Sai is one of the highlights of the show. The three of them can't stop squabbling, but they always turn to each other for hugs.

The fight between Pratap and John started out well, with Pratap seeming to aim kicks for the groin and John & Company keeping Pratap helpless with kicks after knocking him to the floor.

However, it's unbelievable that Antya got in between just as John was stabbing Pratap.

Manasi, a police officer, should know how to fight for real, not just slap John after he stabbed Antya! Pratap with his hand on the blade didn't use his legs to push John back, and Manasi just stood there in shock.

How could Manasi and Saurabh just stand there while traumatized Gauri, whom they were escorting to safety, was dragged by furious Bhamini who was threatening her? Only Rekha reacted appropriately.

Shouldn't Pratap need stitches for the gash in his hand that sent so much blood flying into Manasi's face? This is not the right injury for a tender scene of bandaging by Manasi while Saurabh glares through the window!

When Pratap wanted to check on Gauri, and then wanted to check on Antya, Manasi bluntly told him to relax, instead of taking his concerns seriously. Why not offer to take him home, and call Pakya for an update on Antya?

Kunda wears a red ṭikalī and maṅgaḷasūtra while honouring her dead husband's memory. She doesn't care what those symbols mean to anyone else, or that she's committing sacrilege in the eyes of mainstream society.

So, I never expected Kunda to say, तू कशाला विचार करायला पाहिजे वेगळा? तुमचं लग्न लहानपणीच ठरवलं होतं! and lay the guilt on Manasi that Saurabh's father has to fulfil his dying wish = Manasi's dead father's wish.

However, Manasi's response was perfect. अजिबात नाही. आई, मी असल्या कुठल्याही भावनिक गोष्टीला बळि पडणार नाही हं! अगं माझ्या आयुष्याचा प्रश्न आहे हा! I don't think I've ever before heard a Marathi TV heroine defying a parent so forthrightly. No constipated silence or तसं नाही, माझं येवढंच म्हणणं आहे from plainspoken Manasi.

I also like Manasi being an atheist, and I hope the writers will allow her to remain free of religion even though she appreciates Pratap's bhajana singing.

This show is going wrong in so many directions!

I know people who are stupid like Gauri's father, telling "young" Pratap to be quiet, meekly liquidating his assets for Bhamini instead of using them to help Gauri escape, and hyperbolically suggesting that even murdering Gauri would be fine. An insane/senile character can be part of the story. However, when Gauri's father tells Manasi, whom he just met, that she should marry Pratap and rescue him "and maybe Gauri too," why does Manasi take the fool's advice seriously?

Manasi has a psychotic episode while on duty, talking flirtatiously to a male stranger while imagining Pratap. Her slapping the man stopped by her and threatening him with jail is played as comedy. It was disturbing, not funny. Female traffic police officers should be held to the same standard of professionalism as male officers.

Pratap, a police officer, rides without buckling the helmet that he borrowed from Pakya!

The obstacles to Gauri's escape from domestic abuse are plausible. Her plan is to go and live with her father, who has shown no inclination to stand up for her. It's impossible to pack her bags without getting caught by Bhamini. Ovi is unwilling to leave; Gauri can't leave without Ovi; and Gauri may not have a legal right to take Ovi because Gauri didn't give birth to her.

From where did Ovi come? Is she Surendra's daughter by someone else, or a foundling, or born to another son/daughter of Bhamini and Ranajit, or what?

I find it hard to believe that Gauri and Surendra had a love marriage, except that Surendra's marriage would be difficult to arrange too.

Saurabh is too bold a liar. He has seen Pratap beating up John, and still he orders Pratap to keep quiet while he takes credit for saving Manasi. When Saurabh shouts at his father, it should be obvious to the Dalvis that marrying Manasi in a hurry is Saurabh's own goal, not his father's dying wish.

Kunda's behaviour is inexcusable. Whatever Janardan wanted, he's dead; Manasi is the one who has to live her life. Manasi has said she's not ready; Saurabh's father is clearly more concerned about Manasi's discomfort than Janardan's promise; yet Kunda insists that Manasi is marrying Saurabh.

The quirky taxi driver and the mysterious adventures of Bhirāī's mūrti are mildly interesting.

Sai allowing Nandu to give her rides seems forced. She doesn't seem attracted to his behaviour - leering, home invasion, violent sexual interest in her sisters, drunken pounding on her door ... So, why does she listen to him? How can she not feel terrified about going alone to meet him at night? Trying to cheat on an exam seems out of character for Sai. I can only hope that Sai deliberately gave Nandu an opportunity to plan her rape so that he'll get caught in the attempt by enough witnesses that his political connections can't cover up the crime.