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I started following this show because of VD and DD, both of whom I had loved in their previous shows. They had such good chemistry with their previous co-stars that I was also interested to see how they do together. Also, I was misled by the promo- when they showed a young girl reaching the top and not being able to recognize herself any more, I expected may be a story along the lines of Fashion or Page Three, suitable toned down for a television audience. I was wrong. The show I ended up watching was in fact along very familiar lines ( even though the beginning with Padmini running away was very promising):
Boy-Girl hate each other in the beginning? Done to death I don't feel like working my brain to remember all those names.
Forced marriage? Typical Mills & Boons situation and been done so recently I don't need to give examples. Also, marriages where husbands want to teach wives lessons-
Guy is an absolute jerk to the girl?
However, I still got hooked because I loved the actors. But then, I was disturbed by the very beginning by RK's characterization. And more than his characterization, I was disturbed by what was happening in this forum. I get people wanted RK-Madhu pairing, but we knew then that was going to happen- was there any reason to bash Mukund's character (and this was before he rejected Madhu)? Mukund was bashed for one reason only- and that was he was not RK. And that has been the trend in this forum forever- if you are not RK or with RK, may you rot in hell forever. Everything RK does is acceptable, even admirable- be it hitting a guy and then not even helping him, dragging someone against their will to his house when he feels like- I figure people want a dark love story, but I don't get why it is not allowed to identify what is wrong as wrong and why, just because you may love an actor or character, whatever he does is supposed to be right.
Handcuffing someone is awesome, monitoring who your spouse talks to is lovely, everything about this guy is perfect.
I remember early in the story, when RK dragged Madhu to her critically ill father and gloated to him how he had married her, Madhu lashed out at him when they returned- she said "Tum insaan nehi, janwar ho".
Next day, there was this great long post titled with the dialogue and it went along the lines of "what right do we have to judge who knows what tragedy happened in his childhood...jiska jism ka kimat laga hua hai- how can you understand what goes inside his heart?"- It was in short a somber memorial for all the hardships RK supposedly had to undergo- and his past was not even revealed in the show. Yesterday and day before, I saw quite a few posts feeling sorry for RK, and asking Madhu to go away and do an ehsaan on RK (really? then why were they all jumping with joy when he dragged her back to his life?). What RK does is because of his untold sorrows. What anyone else does...well, how dare Madhu want to take revenge and not mend him lovingly?
Here are a few viewpoints:
Madhu must mend RK with love?- my Q., why? Because she is a girl? Or because she is not RK? And how many times must she mend him with love?
RK does not need to mend anyway, he is great the way he is, so let him keep abusing, dragging, breaking stuff, we will applaud because it is the great RK doing it.
RK CAN NOT mend. Wow, something to be proud of. Let him continue ruining lives. More applause.
The one reason everyone gives is: RK is DIFFERENT. This show is HATKE. How, pray? Leads hate each other, male lead is a jerk, forced marriage...check list above. What else have we got? Sceming bhabis, confused saas...er, every other show? Filmy background? Really? An industry that apparently revolves around one man, who shoots the most cliched scenes, heroines without personality, directors as hero's lapdogs...this is a story about the film world?
The only time I sort of liked RK was when they were falling in love, and he faked that too. Hero doesn't need to be perfect, he may have flaws. But wrongs don't become rights overnight. Who says a different love story has to involve hero abusing heroine everyday?
Boy abusing Girl is the most stereotypical Mills&Boons style supposed love story. And RK will put many M&B hero to shame. And I find nothing awesome in his character.
So my question, how is this show different?
And before you ask me why I am here:
a. Like I said, I followed the show from the beginning, so I think I have the right to say things.
b. Don't like don't watch- all right, but I still have the right to say why I don't like it- this is a show aired on public tv, so it should be equally open to praise and criticism. Deal with it.
c. Even if I'm not a fan, I'm interested in popular culture and its effect, so yes I can comment here. And you may disagree with me, civilly, logically.
CID
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