……….seemingly the CVs favourite place.
I have been off Pratigya since a month or so and relying solely on updates and yet all I have noted is:
Arushi ran away and married – 2/3 weeks later - she is back
- impact on plot progression and character development A BIG FAT ZERO
Kesar ran away while pregnant– 2/3 weeks later - she is back
- impact on plot progression and character development A BIG FAT ZERO
Ghanti Dadi remained passive and mute on crucial family issues, she finally spoke up - – 2/3 weeks later – she's almost back to being mute and ineffective on crucial family issues again
- impact on plot progression and character development A BIG FAT ZERO
Thakur and Thakurain tried to eliminate Pratigya a hundred different ways – several weeks later – she is still un-eliminated and as ineffectual as ever.
- impact on plot progression and character development A BIG FAT ZERO
The only constant progressions seems to be in the following areas:
- The brain drain in the CV's group (seems like the true CVs have gone on holiday and scriptwriting has been left to interns, chaiwalas and fashion designers. In the early days of the show, the CVs would attempt to position the wrongdoings of the principled family in a grey light so some intelligent debate was possible, now the principled family leads blatant wrongdoings in broad daylight with no possibility of grey area to reason or debate and the audience is expected to pardon them their near criminal behaviour in recognition of their involvement in academia???)
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- The unkempt and ill-maintained persona of everyone's favourite Krishna (which professional photo studio in their right mind would decide to do a photoshoot of a man with a steadily increasing midriff, overgrown out-of-shape hairstyle and woodsman-like facial groW*H even in Allahabad is beyond me??)
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- The persistent and still ineffectual public speaking skills of Pratigya
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- The ever-updated wardrobe of the prominent characters in the show
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- The ever-diminishing presence of literary thinkers in the show's core audience
As a once ardent viewer of the show I must say:
- The Krishna-Pratigya marriage track is DISMAL (Nostalgia for old days of conflict is preferable to this stagnant scenario)
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- The Krishna development and financial independence track is ABYSMAL (my one time favourite has gone from being a street smart mature go-getter to a desperately whipped lover to an almost imbecilic recalcitrant married teenage son of the Thakurs)
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- The Kesar Saga is HORRIFYINGLY CRUEL even for TRP's sake (if you are going to kill the woman then do so - don't make her have multiple near-violent-death experiences – its abusive to viewers)
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- The SS Election Track has EVAPORATED on the back burner it was placed on (If any reputable politician ran a perpetual campaign with zero visibility and constant obvious criminal gaffes like SS has they would be bankrupt and in prison by now. I bet you almost 90% of the voters will not recognize his name on the ballot just like almost everyone in Allabhad these days seems to never have heard of the once powerful Prince of Allahabad, Krishna)
So what other BIG FAT ZERO moments do we have to look forward to?:
- Shakti getting released and going scot free??
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- Kesar delivering the baby at TN and submitting herself to further inhumanity??
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- SS and Amma preserving as Indian psychos??
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- Krishna remaining imbecilic and a free-loader or can we expect him to drop to infantile in the name of redemption and eternal love??
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- Pratigya and the Saxenas continuing to wear the Sachaai ki murat tiaras with pride and a sense of entitlement while committing blatant (though well meaning) gaffes, misdemeanours and crimes??
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- Ghanti Dadi realizing that her ghanti was more effective than her voice in being noticed in the TN and taking on another moun vrat to preserve her own sanity and save some breaths and heartbeats so she can live longer to maintain the One Woman Thakur Band?
Hmmmmmm……….
Hope
Shiv Shakti
