Originally posted by: masked
I understand your and one other fan's deep admiration for Abhay Raichand's character.I was and continue to be a fan of such an admirable ML character but the current realities also cannot be ignored here.
As I have stated before also the ML characters then were pure green flagged ML characters-they deeply respected and loved their women.Abhay himself was intuitive cunning and lovable-such qualities are absent now in today's ML characters and even if they are present they are found in the ML' of Fantasy Genre specially and even in some Saas Bahu serials like Jamai Raja with unique concepts.
Pratham aka Raanav was one such character of Bekaboo in today's times.He never shouted I Love you from the rooftops nor did chipkoo scenes with his mate Bela yet he was the knight in shining armour for her.
Inspite of being a demon he protected her constantly from external threats and even from his own family members.He took a stand for her and even died for her-a non toxic clever and logical ML character-in short rare ML character.
Raanav knew that Bela being the Fairy was a threat to his life yet he loved and protected her like his true queen even though Bela married him deceitfully.
RV from third gen Bhagya was also one such character till the CV's turned him into the classic dumb ML right after his wedding with Purvi.
As far as Aryamaan is concerned his character has scope for improvements.I was fine with him being a negative complex ML till Bharni's revelation bcoz then that would at least justify his toxic/evil acts.
The CV's can reduce his alcoholism and perhaps shift him into the role of a suave tycoon cracking business deals to expand his empire thus removing Radhika and her husband from his business empire.Aryamaan was even willing to pay the right price to his buddy Vikram for it.
I would like to see Aryamaan buy out Vikram's share and transform himself from an alcoholic tycoon to a ruthless suave tycoon.The whitewashing can be stopped and certain positive traits can be highlighted-like supporting Ahana in her arguments with Radhika or completing his unfinished research regarding the Suri intruders.
Toxic ML characters can be improved-look at SSO from Ishqbaaz or Raghav Rao from Mehndi Hai Rachne Waali.
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