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@ caro...oh but shakespeare was meant for masala...he himself was an uneducated entertainer as opposed to the university wits like jonson, his contemporary. the beauty of shakespeare lies in the fact that you can take his work at face value and make a complete pot boiler out of it, you can also psychologically analyze it to perfection. typically i think they should've stuck to something inane like midsummer night's dream. in any case, everything here is physical, so may as well use one of shakespeare's baser comedies...why use a book that has been applauded time and again for social commentary?
Originally posted by: carolinecj
I am not going to talk about the story of the play in MJHT as I havent understood it yet.
Let us see at what we know
and what I know is only WHO is supposedly playing what and are they indeed playing the specific character!
Elizabeth Bennet/Esha-lively, attarctive and witty. Nupur is indeed lively attractive ans witty but the Elizabeth/Esha in the play has always been portrayed as the lovestruck persona. We can still assume this Lizze/Esha to be the one who realises Varun/Will Darcy helped her family and she is indebted to him. SOmehow remotely with grteat difficulty we can attribute the Esha we saw to the Lizze in a bind.
William Darcy:handsome, intelligent, arrogant to strangers but really valued by those who love him. the Varun in the play can only be related to the loverboy Darcy which never forms the basis for his interaction. As is the case, we have probably seen ONLY sayank and Mayur scenes which show the incomplete man. Shouldnt there have been some RV-mayank scene to portray the other side of THE DARCY!
THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT I HAVE:
Jane Bennet/Jahnvi!
BY PnP Jahnvi is SWEETER, SHYER than Lizzie/Esha. Jahnvi is supposed to be a little more demure then why on earth she is portraying smaller and sexier clothes I do not understand.
The best character I have seen in the play is RV or rather hisr eal character in MJHT is closer to what RV is and I can see him as the sole character who is indeed close to.
On a deeper thought Samrat, RV and Dia dont really have much scenes in the play and it is again a loophole! Niether does Sheena have much scenes but her characterization irks me because she is SO not Jane! Gunjan will certinly have been a better Jane. Or Sheena may have been a better Jane too if ONLY they bothered to cover her up!
I am no prude and I am NOT saying they should have told the complete story of the classic play in MJHT. I for one cant hope to see the end of the drama as it is affecting my favourites in the show!
The creatives should not have tampered with THIS CLASSIC in teh name of creativity!
This is my personal viewpoint comparing what I saw. No bashing in this post please
the beauty of the play has been butchered to take forward a love story!😕