Random Musings: Dec 6 - Dec 10, 2010 (Week 8)

Hello Maryada Forum,

Thread for this week's analyses. I will add the page numbers of everybody's analysis to the index below.

December 6, 2010 - Monday: Starts on Page 1 with Jaya

December 7, 2010 - Tuesday: Starts on Page 4 with Kai

December 8, 2010 - Wednesday: Starts on Page 5 with Gargi

December 9, 2010 - Thursday: Starts on Page 8/9

December 10, 2010 - Friday: Starts on Page 9/10

As always, this is open for anybody to jump in with analysis, viewpoints or simply debate or converse about the perspectives of those who post or this show in general & its characters.

Cheers,

Jaya

December 6, 2010 - Monday

I just caught up with this episode and the ones I had missed from last week. Before I dive in to it, let me say that I enjoyed several sequences from the past week. Some of these were:

• The Uttara - Gaurav - Rastogi drama: Maybe it is just me but did Uttara let her saree 'pallo' drop on purpose while serving Rishabh & Rastogi?
• Babuji - Vidya relationship development: I like how the writers are taking their time to show how each member of the Jhaakar family is creating their own equation with Vidya.
• Aditya - Priya: Now...that I find this track on some sprint track should be of no surprise to anybody...I have been saying it for a while now. That said, certain portions of these characters interaction were very well done...even I enjoyed watching it. 😳

So...that Brahmanand was a slimy creep was no surprise at all...and that is a fantastic thing. This is what character consistency is about. All through the episodes where the build up to this scene was taking place, I kept saying repeatedly that Brahmanand as a non-bribe accepting cop did not sit well with the characterization and that a twist had to come for the consistency to be intact...and it did! The depth of the depravity capable by this character was reflected perfectly in the scene closing unrestrained lustful expression sported by Brahmanand as he asked Yashpal about his wife.

This sequence in Aditya's room was a well done albeit a bit predictable and "screenplay convenient" in parts. I found it very future "screenplay convenient" that Priya would indicate that the one thing that made her change her mind about getting married in to a police family was Devyani's words and more particularly her words about being proud to be Mrs. Brahmanand Jhaakar. Similarly, I did not care for Priya reminding Devyani about what she had said during the trip to Mansa Devi! Devyani's guilt in hiding Brahmanand's reality does not need to be established by such scenes. It is done far more subtly and insightfully in her interactions with Babuji!

I was on the fence about this sequence. While on the one hand it is odd to see the so-called help speak so bluntly about Priya, it does sit well with how her character has been sketched throughout this series. Although her history with the Jhaakar family has not been shown, I can only imagine that it runs long and deep as the family does treat her like one of their own. That said, the main reason this interaction worked for me was the fact that Imli was having this conversation with Vidya who she has been shown speaking to like a peer.

Overall: Good episode...cannot say I loved it but it is to the credit of the writers of this series that I attribute my liking the episode even on days such as this.

Guys Read this ?

The ratings of the show have not been that great to begin with. Did you people expect this? What are you doing creatively to better it?
When we started off with the show we had decided that we are not fighting for the TRPs and the channel has also supported us regarding this. The screenplay is really good and it is serious concept with a masala in it.

The time slot of the show is 11:30 pm which is a bit too late for the viewers, aren't you apprehensive about the viewership?
We purposely decided a time slot of that because as I said earlier, we are not fighting for the TRPs here and we are not targeting an audience that are used to the primetime 'saas bahu' shows. We are looking for audience who are interested in such shows where the concept is serious and contemporary.