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I know I know.. so far things are going absolutely perfect with this show.. so my post might come across as inappropriate. I was just posting a reply to Jo's post.. 'Raj is not wrong'..when I thought of this.
The setting of this show is 1942-43, just 4 yrs prior to our independence. I know the main focus is on our protagonists here, and the show is not focusing on the rest of the freedom struggle. But the creatives have missed out something very important.
First, Gandhi was the forerunner of the independence struggle, and he was at his peak since 1920s. There is hardly any mention of Gandhi, especially by the krantikaris here.
Gandhi had more or less gained ground in the struggle by 1938, after which it was only administrative matters as to how the British would leave India.. we were not fighting them any more, that too with weapons. His No-CoOperation and Quit India movements were essentially non violent in nature.
Secondly, by 1940s, and to be specific, 1942-43, no Indian in the British Raj, I repeat, NO ONE treated freedom fighters as terrorists. The whole country was unified in its stand to push the British and make them leave India. The mood was totally Pro India, and Anti British, even for those families who were not actively involved in the struggle, the krantikaris did not have to meet secretly int he dead of the night, like they do here..
If this is the setting they wanted to show, they should have picked up early 1930s.. even then, the mood was Pro India,but it wasnt that Anti British.
Dunno, why I blabbed, but yday the way they went about krantikaris being terrorists.. isnt factually correct for the setting they portray, i.e. 1943.
Nevertheless, I love the show. 😊
Arjun
Cricket
Indian Mythology
