Originally posted by: PPak
Rekha - very true - but when we watch a story, and Leena tells it this way, its Ani regressing naa.
Thats where you and I argue 
I feel. We both see the same things. You blame Leena for distorting Ani's core characteristics. I blame Ani for being unstable. Character is always raised and damned by writer. When Leena wrote him in the beginning - the hero got the credit for his actions he should also take the current fall.
Overall I do get your point. No sense keeping hope on Leena for maintaining the core aspects of the character that draw us to them. She has no sense of integrity to the characters she creates. She destroys them at will for short term gain. She likely has the ability to be able to justify the actions through creative writing but then she does not want to paint her ladli fully bad - so that limits her. Whether she realizes or not I dont know, but Arshi's time is over for now. If she does not get her out now, this show will 100% sink. Ani's current stance of being so trapped that he cannot do anything for J than call the media is a slap in the face to the audience. Being so frightened of family and wife and child - to not do anything for J is simply unacceptable. There is no love here.
lol Priya…. Bold - On the contrary I think within the constraints she has handled Ani’s graph decently well in a serial called Jhanak -but she regresses the core characteristic to achieve her goal for separation . I have my nitpicks with Leena on Ani’s characterisation and I said that she regresses him in a way at typical intervals that it makes me question the expediency used…for example… Arshi had no interest in leaving Ani at any stage but when in the throes of his sadness about J’s death, his reaching out for Arshi for emotional support was worded in ways that some of the audience could berate the character as ambivalent but I haven’t been convinced even for a moment that he loves Arshi. You think he is confused between the two or that he keeps her as an option… but I will try to narrate why I don’t agree with you on that…
Really probably for the last time I will try to clarify to you my perspective on how I read the story and I will try not to go into hypotheses on this…I don’t search for what I will do in a character’s place rather my interest is to see whether I understand/appreciate what the character did in its place..In that we typically differ in how we read the tale. I am all for seeing vulnerability and weaknesss in people which is why both Ani and J are relatable. I would have said Arshi too but her character remains muddled from the start to now in how they wished to situate her so I don’t relate to her at all.Ofc much of what I write now makes little sense given the nonsense Leena has been dishing out.
For me this story hasn’t been about Ani making his mind about the two loves of his life…and in this we differ in how we see the tale. The story narrated to me by miles is about his growing conviction in his love for Jhanak…That he hasn’t been successful in reaching that destination is a different thing but there were stages in this love journey…starting from empathy, admiration, kinship, responsibility, attraction, jealousy, acceptance, passion, self doubt, recklessness, resignation, anger, revulsion, deep conviction, complete surrender, desolation, hope, determination and sacrifice. Whether everyone in love and every love tale goes through the entire gamut of emotions I described above I don’t know but Ani’s did go through it.
On whether Ani had to resort to lies to get an adult home is a premise a viewer buys into based on the circumstances and just dealing for once in hypothesis, after what they went through in Kashmir, it is possible for me to conclude the trajectory of the tale could have been different in that they would have been married and had kids by now 😂😂 if J was not housed in BH but elsewhere cos Ani would have still looked out for J and they may have had a more understanding between them without the interference from others in the tale 😂😂😂 Obviously, in a real life situation… the need to marry itself wouldn’t have arisen so many other things may not have happened.But having said that, let me just say, I found this tale of him looking out for J believable and journey organic cos Ani wasn’t loooking to attach any particular association to her beyond her safety and making sure she had the wherewithal to take on life’s challenges after having been left in the lurch by circumstances. The incidences to a very great extent almost until the Avinash track broadly indicate his desire to get her the big chance in life..ofc Yes the tale is interspersed with his latent desires and his growing attraction for J and his involvement gradually indicate a man falling more and more in love with the one he only intended to protect. The ad shoot was in some measure the zenith and the nadir of Ani’s confrontation with his heart’s desire; it triggers the jealousy and its ugly aftermath that he feels seeing her with another man who could be seeking her affection and also subsequently his quiet surrender that she has some power over him that he can no longer deny.
Their last days in BH were about him making peace that his feelings aren’t reciprocated but also being greedy about every little moment he can have with her… It’s true until then he hasn’t dealt with what all this means for his relationship with Arshi as he hasn’t dealt with the reality of a relationship with Jhanak at all… All that complication comes later. So very in keeping with an Ani who chooses his battles to fight, the greys never bothered me cos this story only ever showed the Arshi Ani non relationship unravel….never blossom….
For me Ani’s core characteristics aren’t at all about being confused about whom he loves, his core character is about wanting to do the right thing even at personal detriment, I would also say not having the courage to fight if Jhanak is not there in the horizon in some form. He has always shown the will to fight if it involves Jhanak’s wellbeing in some form.
Edited by sanfan - 7 months ago
....but all depends on how much space channel allows Leena to run this JhaVi track even with low TRP.....lol.
....and uske baad hi Sirji marr jaayein kisi tarhaan and Leena can do gen leap to show next round of catfights between Jhanak ki adopted beti and Arshi ki beti
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