@Red, so beautifully put. Here are my issues with both Yash and Aarti's characterizations or rather the way CVs have projected Yash and Aarti's past and present.
THE PAST
CVs have spent quite a bit of time and effort in painting Yash's past to us. He was a happy go lucky guy, he was a prankster, he loved writing poems and what not (Yash's flashback of meeting Arpita for the first time and his monologue after that about how he used to write poems), he likes photography (if we were to assume that he is the one who took all those ghastly pictures), he is an artist, he likes creating things like the pot and the planning a wedding and so on. But we know nothing, absolutely nothing about Aarti except that her ex dumped her and she is an orphan. Our past plays such an important role in our present actions and that is why it is so hard at times to connect to Aarti's present behaviors like why she fell in love with Yash so quickly. Can his act during the kidnapping make such an impact on her? And if yes then what was it in her past (apart from the fact that Prashant was a jerk) that aided her in accepting Yash so open heartedly?
THE PRESENT
Here is where I have the biggest issue with Yash's characterization. Yes he is a present time DevDas but he is also very much human. He acts as if nothing about Aarti affects him except in that moment when something happens. The only time I think I saw open and genuine sincerity in him towards his appreciation towards Aarti was after he sees Aarti combing the girl's hair and he runs into the pillar. That night he looks at her with genuine warmth wanting to thank her for her efforts.
Every other time when he thanks her or shows his appreciation it is always as if he was forced to. That can't be right can it? Even if you don't feel romantically towards someone, at this point after he has witnessed everything Aarti does, there should be some sort of warmth and friendship, right? There should have been some kind of growth in his feelings for her, right? We don't know anything about what Yash's true feelings are. Where as Aarti is on the other end of the spectrum. We are privy to everything she feels for Yash.
So while the CVs have sketched out Yash's past pretty decently, his present is like a closed book to us. Similarly, while the CVs are making sure we viewers know Aarti's present thoughts, her past is like a closed book to us.
And Red, you are spot on when you say it seems like the CVs have a timeline for what to show by which episode. That is why I feel they are waiting for Prashant track to be in full bloom to give us more details about Aarti's past.
But honestly, I think that is why this show seems to be far better off than many others. Because a lot of shows lose their plot by this time thanks to dwindling TRPs where as the Mittals stick to their timelines and does not budge no matter what the TRPs are like. Prime example is another show on Zee, Phir Subah Hogi which had a fantastic concept and was doing quite well in my opinion but all of a sudden the story is running around like a headless chicken.
@Phal, I agree with your views about this forum and how accepting we are. Would I be wrong in saying that it is because to some extent it has to do with the concept of the show and the kind of audience (ie age group) it caters to? 😳
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