Originally posted by: Angie12
aimf, I had low expectations from this show the way PV1 was abruptly shut and PV2 started with almost no promotion. There was some promotion by PV1 stars and PV2 stars, but it was negligible compared to what is done for other shows. The mingling of PV1 and PV2 was not good and shoddy characterization showed within the first week. But still viewers were giving it a chance. It was after 2nd week when the ratings suddenly started falling badly because characters were never made clear to audience.
Today I read the update and watched some scenes. It seemed as if Divya and Sarita scenes were to glorify Sarita even further as now she is officially the mahaan character. Also Raj is being white washed. I could not understand why Divya's voice was dubbed. That dubbing did not go with emotions shown on Divya's face. So they are hoping audience do not connect to Divya at all.
These CVs are definitely reading the forum. So a lot of us had raised questions about Raj not supporting Divya despite knowing about her responsibilities or Sarita calling Divya's leaving as a mistake. So suddenly, they gave this line to Sarita that Divya should not have left and both Divya/Raj could have taken care of her responsibilities jointly.
Angie answer to your above line, when sarita was talking to divya above mentioned dialogue , was Divya given the time to respond to her question , here again Divya was put in katghara Was Raj that time able to share the responsibility with Divya as he himself was student . Why there was no answer from Divya , her explanation. The person who himself was depended on his parents , could have gone against his parents wishes . They both were in college , may be had few months friendship , can be infatuation as both were young .It could have been mature story involving three characters , but sorry , there was no concrete story .
Divya is shown to have signed the TV contract and Gaurav's character is nowhere to be seen. Neither are Gaurav's mother or Divya's family shown. Suddenly, she is going leaving without them and they have no concerns. So it seems as if Divya is being phased out. Her presence is just to pacify viewers and make it seem as if Raj was never at fault. Soon those 10 years will never be mentioned.
Raj initially wanted to do Sarita's PV after Divya's arrival so that he can marry Divya without feeling any guilt. Now he wants to do Sarita's PV because he wants her to be happy with some nicer people so that she doesn't have to take insults from his family. But who can choose their in laws. Does this logic means that every husband whose parents are nasty to his wife should do his wife's PV? Isn't standing up against them or at most moving out of your parents' house the solution?
here sarita was shown without any self respect when her parents were shown to be supportive , why she should take her non-existent husband, s help to marry her again who mentally abused her for last 10 years and also knew about her verbally abused by his family . She should have shown to be gone away with her self respect intact . Is marriage is the end and srart of life ?
After mooning over Divya for 10 years and not even knowing of Sarita's existence, Raj suddenly has no thought of Divya. She is leaving the city and yet he remains unconcerned. He is busy flirting with "Chotu" with whom he is suddenly comfortable.
All this is actually making Raj come across as a very fickle person who picks and discards people at his convenience. There is no empathy for anybody. How can such a character be likeable? Instead of showing a steady progression of his character, this ping ponging has turned him into a very boring character.
Same is the case with Sarita. I had liked her the most in the first week. But very fast, she has lost both sympathy and has become a hugely boring one-dimensional character.
Divya who is the most likeable character among all three is nowhere to be seen. And here I am not talking about Rubina who is playing Divya. If Rubina or any other actress (say Vidya Balan a powerhouse in acting) was playing Sarita, I would find Sarita the most boring character as she is being shown now.
Then there are Rohan and Shiela. Sheila was the most insipid character of this show. Rohan was introduced in the show in a very repelling manner. Both are supposedly in love with each other. So what is left here. Who is interested in watching the love story of two hypocritical characters?
Sundari was the one character I never liked. But suddenly she is shown to be gone too in a most illogical manner. She was shown to be this mean character who is suddenly gone after realizing her mistake. Does it even make sense?
As far as Divya is concerned, they are keeping their options open. That's why chunri was given to her. She can be brought back if they find that they did not get the TRPs even after changing the show. As the favorite part of a triangle is a negative character, they can switch the obsession from Sarita to Divya to show that suddenly she wants to get Raj by hook or crook and Raj is not interested in her anymore.
I don't think how revamping this show in this manner by expecting viewers to forget history of characters is going to get them their ratings. When there is still no emphasis on characterization and characters keep changing every other day, how are viewers going to get hooked to them.
In the past few weeks, only three characters were holding my interest - Divya, Kamla and Sohan Lal. Divya is gone and Kamla/Sohan Lal are also turning into one-dimensional characters. Sarita became boring couple of weeks ago and now from last few days, even Raj has become one now.
As I said before, PH has already tried this strategy in two of their shows (as far as I know) and in both cases, their strategy failed pretty badly. So wonder if it would work out this time. But then there are better shows in this time slot. The top show has a good story, adorable kids and good actors. On top of that, they are bringing back a character that was well liked in the beginning and is played by a good actor. That show still has not gone through leap and so has a lot of potential in terms of growth in the story line. Why would viewers switch from that show or other two shows to watch this one?
Shiv Shakti
