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Dear Trish,

Please don't get worked up over something that is simply not going to happen. I am sure the PR team is fully aware of what a good thing they are on to; the TRPs should have made that clear to them. They will not want to return to the aimless drift of the late 2011 days, with fake tragedies/crises manufactured by Varsha, the chawl people and so on led to a sharp fall in the TRPs as the viewers were bored to death.

Ovi is obviously Shravani II, but Arjun-Purvi are NOT Manav-Archana II, at least Arjun is not. Unless they are going to suddenly rewrite his character, I cannot see him settling for not even second but nth best when he has seen what he wants. Remember that the first time Ovi floated the rumour that they were engaged, even though he was not in love with anyone at that point, he refused to play ball, and told both DK and Manav that it was simply not on. It was only in a moment of weakness for a childhood friend that he later agree to marry her provided she did not interfere with his business. If Purvi pushes him too far out of misconceived loyalty to her mother/"sister", he will simply walk out and go back to Canada, he will not saddle himself with Ovi. Just as Romeo would not have gone back to Rosalind even if Juliet had gone out of his reach for whatever reason. So relax, and let us enjoy the ArVi segments in PR as they develop.

But you also have to understand something else as well. There can be no edge to a book or a film or TV serial or play without tensions between the players. A fulfilled and happy love story cannot hold viewer interest for long. That is probably the greatest love stories – think Romeo-Juliet, Devdas-Paro, Shirin-Farhad, Laila-Majnu, Camille – have all been tragedies.

So, we have to accept that if the course of ArVi's true love is to run smooth, it will become a flat stream, not the turbulent, rushing torrent it is now. Arjun looks best when he is either in despair or dominating. He will not be anything like as impressive playing a standard issue lover boy. Someone had written that Rithwik should abandon his three piece suits (in the humidity of Mumbai!) for shirts or T-shirts. That would not suit Arjun Kirloskar at all. I have seen Rithwik in the Sprite TV commercials, which are quite clever and tongue in cheek, but he does not at all look like the kind of chap who would be riding a scooter! He is best off playing a tycoon, and Arjun Kirloskar is a perfect fit for him, and vice versa. And if ArVi go from one problem to another, he will have plenty of opportunities to brood effortlessly, with a few happy scenes thrown in for a change. It is a little like Sir Laurence Olivier. Did you ever see him as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights? It was a dream performance, and he was one of the greatest actors ever. But he was nowhere near as effective in light roles.

Moreover, Purvi too seems, as yet, to have no streak of mischievous gaiety in her. She is basically a serious girl, loyal and committed and extremely hard working, but not either turbulently passionate in love or what one would call bindaas. So her character too would thrive only in tension and adversity. Otherwise she will be reduced to doing pretty, pretty scenes as a good daughter, granddaughter and so on, all standard TV soap stuff. That may be pleasant as what is called 'time pass', but it is not serious acting and one would soon tire of it.

What I would like to see would be for Arjun and Purvi to develop not just a loving, but a trusting and mutually supportive relationship, that can help them cope sensibly with all the probems they will face (not with the kind of hysterical and totally misplaced loyalties that at the staple of such serials, leading to meaningless and self-destructive "sacrifices"). That would truly be a modern love story. Right now, with Purvi flying off at a tangent and shrilly declaiming against Arjun even as recently as in the last episode, we are nowhere near this ideal. Arjun, as he is now, is almost too good to be true, and I hope he stays that way, and looks out for himself as well as for Purvi, even if the latter has to be in spite of Purvi.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: purethought

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Dear Trish,

Please don't get worked up over something that is simply not going to happen. I am sure the PR team is fully aware of what a good thing they are on to; the TRPs should have made that clear to them. They will not want to return to the aimless drift of the late 2011 days, with fake tragedies/crises manufactured by Varsha, the chawl people and so on led to a sharp fall in the TRPs as the viewers were bored to death.

Ovi is obviously Shravani II, but Arjun-Purvi are NOT Manav-Archana II, at least Arjun is not. Unless they are going to suddenly rewrite his character, I cannot see him settling for not even second but nth best when he has seen what he wants. Remember that the first time Ovi floated the rumour that they were engaged, even though he was not in love with anyone at that point, he refused to play ball, and told both DK and Manav that it was simply not on. It was only in a moment of weakness for a childhood friend that he later agree to marry her provided she did not interfere with his business. If Purvi pushes him too far out of misconceived loyalty to her mother/"sister", he will simply walk out and go back to Canada, he will not saddle himself with Ovi. Just as Romeo would not have gone back to Rosalind even if Juliet had gone out of his reach for whatever reason. So relax, and let us enjoy the ArVi segments in PR as they develop.

But you also have to understand something else as well. There can be no edge to a book or a film or TV serial or play without tensions between the players. A fulfilled and happy love story cannot hold viewer interest for long. That is probably the greatest love stories ' think Romeo-Juliet, Devdas-Paro, Shirin-Farhad, Laila-Majnu, Camille ' have all been tragedies.

Not that I want Arjun-Purvi to end up as a doomed Shakespearan couple, but you cannot deny that in the ArVi segments so far, the best scenes have been in the last few episodes, especially in the last 2, and they have all been very tense. Without these conflicts, there would have been no scope for some of the best acting I have seen so far on Indian TV, Yash Raj's Powder and Kismat, and to a lesser extent, Rishta.com excepted (the first two were both marvellous, and the last was very good, but the TRPs were apparently abysmal, alas!). Now suppose Arjun and Purvi have a nice, smooth romance over the next 4 months or more (in TV land, time is elastic, so there is no knowing how long 4 months can last in real time!), WHAT could the writers do with them? After showing them walking hand in hand on the beach, and perhaps eating out or looking at sunsets, then what? It is VERY difficult to write very many happy, yet substantial love scenes, and that too for a daily serial. It is much easier for the movies, as the duration is only of 2 hours plus these days.

So, we have to accept that if the course of ArVi's true love is to run smooth, it will become a flat stream, not the turbulent, rushing torrent it is now. Arjun looks best when he is either in despair or dominating. He will not be anything like as impressive playing a standard issue lover boy. Someone had written that Rithwik should abandon his three piece suits (in the humidity of Mumbai!) for shirts or T-shirts. That would not suit Arjun Kirloskar at all. I have seen Rithwik in the Sprite TV commercials, which are quite clever and tongue in cheek, but he does not at all look like the kind of chap who would be riding a scooter! He is best off playing a tycoon, and Arjun Kirloskar is a perfect fit for him, and vice versa. And if ArVi go from one problem to another, he will have plenty of opportunities to brood effortlessly, with a few happy scenes thrown in for a change. It is a little like Sir Laurence Olivier. Did you ever see him as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights? It was a dream performance, and he was one of the greatest actors ever. But he was nowhere near as effective in light roles.

Moreover, Purvi too seems, as yet, to have no streak of mischievous gaiety in her. She is basically a serious girl, loyal and committed and extremely hard working, but not either turbulently passionate in love or what one would call bindaas. So her character too would thrive only in tension and adversity. Otherwise she will be reduced to doing pretty, pretty scenes as a good daughter, granddaughter and so on, all standard TV soap stuff. That may be pleasant as what is called 'time pass', but it is not serious acting and one would soon tire of it.

What I would like to see would be for Arjun and Purvi to develop not just a loving, but a trusting and mutually supportive relationship, that can help them cope sensibly with all the probems they will face (not with the kind of hysterical and totally misplaced loyalties that at the staple of such serials, leading to meaningless and self-destructive "sacrifices"). That would truly be a modern love story. Right now, with Purvi flying off at a tangent and shrilly declaiming against Arjun even as recently as in the last episode, we are nowhere near this ideal. Arjun, as he is now, is almost too good to be true, and I hope he stays that way, and looks out for himself as well as for Purvi, even if the latter has to be in spite of Purvi.

Shyamala

Dear Shyamala

Thanks for your really nice Post😊 I really liked it and do agree with it.😊

But I am worried because of the past track of PR -- to create sensation they separate popular couples like Manav and Archana and take ages to bring them back together. I would like to see an Arjun Purvi wedding, but am willing to wait 4 months for it, not a year. It'd be too much. What I am worried about is if Purvi will get the chance to confess to Arjun before Ovi arrives, because once she does, things will become very tense for ARVI. I agree, conflicts and tension create good drama, but I wish to see Purvi confessing to Arjun once atleast before any of the villians or vamps arrive. I don't want a situation where Purvi is not even able to confess to Arjun once she realises.

Trish