Today's take is dedicated to the two lovely ladies of my idiotz family who I call mummy and Daadi, who are on a sabbatical until further notice -- Munni and Shivani, this one is for you!!!! Please forgive me if you don't like my attempt at speaking my heart -- along with yours.
So here it goes...
The journey of Geet... Hui Sabse Parayee, started with the introduction of a sparkling, vibrant, and vivacious young woman who later went on to endure at a tender age of 18, what most women never imagine in their entire life time. That, coupled with how she fought against all atrocities done to her and went on to still search for happiness and survival in life, had us all HOOKED. She touched our nerves and senses we didn't even know existed in us. She was the epitome of positivity. She spread smiles everywhere she went, regardless of the turmoil brewing in the depths of her heart. She became the pinnacle of HOPE in women worldwide, who had at any point in time been through a tragedy or trauma in their lives. She continued living, loving and even forgiving, whether it was Sasha, Naintara or Dev. She knew how to move on in life and look for things that mattered in actuality. Even when happiness transpired in her life in the form of Maan Singh Khurana, the path wasn't all laid out in roses. She saw a lot of ups and downs, gave a lot of trials that life continued to keep in store for her, and yet again emerged a winner. She had her share of weaknesses, insecurities and fears. But she fought them bravely. She surely made some wrong decisions in life too, but she recognized them just in time and fixed her mistakes. She did everything in her power to right the wrong. And we LOVED her for it. This woman became so much a part of our lives that we looked forward to waking up in the morning just to see how she was going to handle today's crisis. She inspired us, she infused life in us and she became an icon in our lives despite all her shortcomings. Today when I look back at her journey from April to December, I feel proud to have been an ardent fan of this fictional woman, who created ripples in my life.
Geet of present day ..
Today I spent a lot of time reading reflections of many women's hearts of what they feel about today's Geet, and found myself sinking in the same boat these women were drowning in. A countless number of fans out there are screaming for justification of today's Geet's behavior, to no avail. I realized I am not alone. My two friends, who went quiet after keeping patience for months and months, are not alone in their frustration. I also realized that there are three clear distinctions. Those who absolutely understand Geet's behavior, those who absolutely abhor it, and those who are indifferent still in hopes that one day her character will be redeemed. They are the most positive bunch. It doesn't matter which category in the graph these admirers fall under, one thing is constant ' the love for Geet, the character. Those who are unhappy are so because they are unable to bear the torture of seeing their favorite character being butchered. And today, I realized the depths at which this fictional character has touched us all. I mean I always knew she had a certain hold on us, but just didn't quantify how strong this bond was. Now I know.
So what really IS the problem? The story is going well. Maan is a winner all the way from Day one. Even when he was wrong and totally out of line, we still loved him and praised his acting. When he was angry and acted totally outrageously we still understood him. And today he has become the personification of pure love. I don't disagree. His character has been so beautifully sketched out and has been kept so consistent even in the midst of all the chaos the show makers went through, that it is impossible not to keep falling in love with him over and over again. The portrayal of his love in this show is exemplary. It is beyond what words have the power to describe. You just have to feel it. And that feeling is so great, so fulfilling, that you just want to keep feeling it over and over again. And the makers never fail in giving us that part of the mix. We continue to get trapped in Maan Singh Khurana's charm whether we want to or not. He is a conqueror among a myriad of personal deficiencies because he loves with so much conviction. I know there is a very good reason I am obsessed with this one of a kind rare lover. So back to my question, things are going so well, well what is the problem then?
Well the problem is, our Geet is becoming truly parayee from us. All the women I mentioned about in paragraph one who idolize Geet, have slowly stopped relating to her. They have done and thought everything they could to justify her recent actions, but the limit to their patience has been tested time and again, and now they have truly started losing their connection with her. This includes me. And it breaks my heart to see this happen to the icon of hope in my life. What will I look forward to tomorrow, when it's time to wake up in the morning? Who will I look to when I have troubles in my life and need some motivation? Till now it used to be Geet. Now what? It's a scary thought. So what next then? What in the world do I really want?
Let me tell you first what I don't want. I don't want Romance, I don't want Milan, I don't want Suhaag Raat, I don't want happily ever after. No no, please don't jump on me. I want it all, just not YET. None of these will mean anything to me if Maan and Geet don't have a breakdown in each other's arms, and a heart-to-heart in a genuine form. All I want is for them to talk their hearts out. All I want to hear is for Geet to justify all her insecurities, fears, and weaknesses in her own words to her man. I want her to tell him why she took such a drastic decision of leaving him. Hell I am so desperate at this point I don't even mind if she doesn't say it to him, as long as it says it to herself, and to me - the viewer. I want to feel her pain again. I want to relate to her again. I want to be ONE with her character again. I would have really liked to have seen her wittily save her husband from being humiliated without being exposed, but those days are gone now so I'll leave that topic for some other day's debate. For now, I only have one wish, I want to see a mirror that reflects her hearts words straight to me. That's what I need to pacify me and make me sleep at night. Otherwise my nights are more restless than hers was in today's episode. I am restless because I feel for the man who is enduring the utmost test of his life to win her back. I am restless because he continues loving her so unconditionally while she is stuck on what seems like her ego and stubbornness. Well may be she is not being stubborn and egotistical, may be she is being insecure. The one person whom she relied on has hurt her feelings deeply. But where is that reflected? Her actions only speak of her immense love for him; they don't exactly spell out "I am mad at you because you directly attacked my self esteem without looking into all the facts!" Thus, my only request is to hear those words, all spelled out properly and elaborated generously. That's all, a small request right?
So what did I love and hate about today's episode then? Well to summarize, I loved MSK's portrayal of his selfless love, AGAIN. Sheer brilliance on the part of creatives and writers and the rest of the team that made this episode come to life. The restlessness of Geet was dazzling and justified beautifully by DD's flawless acting. But it all seemed too hollow to me because I am still waiting for what is long overdue. I am sick and tired of the cat and mouse chasing each other about the conviction of their love for each other. Why fake that part of it? Why couldn't Geet be given a dialogue that says "I am immensely in love with you but I hate you for what you did and how you hurt me?" Why is MSK given dialogues like "I know you love me so you will come to me?" Why isn't he shown to say "I know you hate me for what I have done even though your love for me is endless, please come back to me I will do anything to redeem myself." Or "Please tell me what I can do to ensure to you that this will never happen again." Their love is so transparent and evident but they are using this as a chase and seriously beating around the bush. And to see that over and over again for two weeks at a stretch is not only frustrating but draining to the mind and soul of the viewers. So Maan told her today that he knows she has forgiven him, how come no one spells out WHAT she has forgiven him for? Not even Maan describes what he did wrong. All he is shown to say is "I know I have hurt you and I will do everything I know how to, to fix that." This compels me to ask, do the CVs themselves not know what the underlying issue between the two is? Time and again we have been given dialogues like "I can forgive anything else but not this." What is THIS? "You have no idea how hurt I have been." Well Geet, why don't you explain it to us then? We all really truly want to know. Are the CVs in such dilemma now that they know they have dragged her tantrums for too long and anything they do to justify it won't soothe the fans who have been waiting for it for so long?
MSK's gestures when he came into Geet's room to say goodbye, were PRICELESS. MSK's dialogues, while they moved many, sorry to say they didn't move me. Barry's brilliance is depicted many a times before when he has manipulated words in their entirety from their original form, yet giving the same impact. The repeat dialogue from confession day didn't move me because I have heard it before, and in much better circumstances. Although his underlying feelings were so evident through GC's amazing expressive eyes and acting. All other dialogues were apt. Nothing sensational but appropriate and touching. No jootis people just my private point of view. Sorry if you don't agree. Her failed attempts at pacifying herself were sheer genius. That was one part in ages where I loved GEET. DD is always awesome, however Geet had gone missing. I saw a sight of her today and was happy. I hope I get to see more of her tomorrow and more of a reflection of her heart and her thoughts very soon. Yes, before the long awaited reunion. Otherwise, everything else will be shallow and won't create the sizzle and spark that we always craved.
Something else I wrote in my take yesterday, parts of which I'd like to just latch on here.
For the future track, I have a good feeling and a bad feeling. For me - there is a lot to be sad about and a lot to be happy about! I am extremely fragile now. I always worry about what the CVs will do next.
I was thinking -
Even before this track started, I had blind faith in the creatives of this show. I worshiped the dialogue writer and I adored the direction and long term vision of this show.
So even when they brought the AA track I hated it but was least bothered by it. I was sure that Arjun would try very hard to tackle MSK but Maan will triumph over him - However this never got shown.
I was sure that CVs would show the interlacing of AA track with MSK's and that will open doors to infinite possibilities ' well, that never happened. AA track went on to continue disappointing. Although I agree the actors of that track came out as winners as they got groomed very well in the process, but the story itself added no value to GEET - the journey of a woman.
When Dev got brought into the picture - I was sure that they won't make a mess out of this story like other shows and they won't create MU's between Geet and Maan because of Dev. - Well they did NOT disappoint. Maan never blamed Geet, or distrusted her. That's an admirable step of CVs that I respect them for. They didn't even ONCE butcher or deviate Maan's character no matter how many people changed in the production team. Hat's off to them for giving MSK that consistency. Now Geet's character is an entirely different story. May be they need a woman's touch back in their team, which seems to have gone missing for a while now. It clearly shows.
Anyway, then rumors started pouring in. Maan to be upset at Geet getting closer to Dev. Geet to forgive Dev. Geet to play holi with Dev. Maan to misunderstand Geet instead of confronting her. Geet to leave Maan -
One after another headlines and would you believe - I DIDN'T BELIEVE A SINGLE ONE OF THEM.
I was so sure that CVs are just trying to mislead us and they will sort these issues out before we know it. They can't give us this mockery of a track. - And guess what - THEY DID.
I bit my tongue and swallowed the poison - absolutely hated how that whole misunderstanding was handled. No I am not saying that Geet Maan shouldn't have been separated, all I am saying is that there were so many other possible reasons they could have shown for this separation. Anyway - been there done that. Let's move on.
Finally when the new family settled in, it gave us hopes to another limitless number of possibilities in guise of Lucky/preeto, mammey, pammi/teji, even dev/nandini!!!
But what we are seeing now is the track between Geet and maan just drag on without really showing any underlying depth.
No I am not questioning Geet's ego, or her decision of leaving, or her love for MSK, or her weakness. I am only requesting a justification in true form, for why Geet felt it was sooo inevitable for her to leave the man of her life. I want to hear her say it, or hell just think it... just once. Not in Pammi's words, or in Maan's head, or Biji's or daarji's indirect words - in her own words. I have not seen that self reflection! And I am craving it.
Dev/Nandini track - if Dev goes on to get redeemed by this woman who is the exact same personality as him, who will treat him like the dirt of her shoes, well all the more power to the creative team for giving us such a powerful track and loop closure in redeeming Dev. it would be amazing.
My only sadness is that I have NO FAITH in the creatives of this team! Everytime we are given a ray of hope for something good, they manage to ruin it with something completely ineffective.
If all those filler episodes earlier this week were so that this track can be prolonged, then they are making a grave mistake and being hasty about it, and it SHOWS!!!
Okay my fellow Maneet lovers, with these thoughts, I bid adieu.
Please refrain from bashing in case you disagree. These are just my friendly opinions.
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