Originally posted by: Paulaonohi
I don’t get it or know much for others. But I have always felt that both Hiba and Krushal are acting awesome….even the characters that I hate have good actors in this show imo. The only reason why Ani Carries the plot along even though the show is titled Jhanak is because Jhanak herself is a weak, young, poor maid who is always bullied. Ani on the other hand is a wealthy and actually the most powerful character in the entire show. It’s Ani’s decisions that happen in the show; he is the one with the agency to make things happen, whether it’s having Jhanak perform or defending her from Tejas. When Ani does something, it happens. He is so strong to the point that when he doesn’t do something, it’s very pronounced and it ruins the episode because he CAN do anything he wants. Jhanak on the other hand is a character that CANNOT do anything. She is literally the punching bag and the Max of her actions are verbal defense which is just turned against her. She does little acts of resistance too, whether it was taking the sleeping pills or taking the slippers from Tanuja, she was reacting strongly, but her strongest is literally at the bottom because she can’t do anything that would matter due to her status. That’s why when Ani was sick, the episodes were hard not because Hiba wasn’t good, but because she was too good at acting the girl in Jhanak’s place. We saw how mistreated Jhanak was and even when she yelled, she was shut back down and assaulted over and over. Now Jhanak is sick, the episodes move quicker because things happen in each one. From when Ani saw her on the terrace to the temple, he was constantly doing things that were big and exciting - because he can do those things and they actually matter. For instance, if Jhanak was in love with Ani now, would it matter? No, it actually won’t except to make her more miserable and mentally pained. It won’t affect anyone apart from her negatively. But it’s another story when Ani is the one in love. He is the most powerful character that is connected to everyone else in such a way that they all treat him right to varying degrees. Ani falling in love is going to shock a bunch of people, incite people, excite people. It means something. Jhanak will only ever be able to truly carry the show at Ani’s level when she becomes richer and popular. Then when she says yes, it will happen and when she says no, it won’t just like what Ani does.
I agree with u on this.
To a larger extent it is about character.... Ani is the doer the decision maker saviour .... People look forward to his feelings ....jhanak is just the prop ... In shows where FL is strong there ML will like be easily manipulated. If u notice FL is strong then ML is weak and ML is strong then FL is weak. There is another show in which audiences are looking forward for the FL to expose while no expectations from ML. One more thing these shows are catered to women. See if Ani says he loves arshi how people get affected .... Remember when Anuj was introduced opp anu ...the dream man ( considering majority audience were female) later on he was butchered.
That also has important role in writing the screen play of the character.
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