This is why PKYEK is such a big let down
Hi guys,
Don't get me wrong. I love the show for its characters , their mutual chemistry and some great scenes which pop out of the box now and then. The entire young feel, the energy , the urbane touch , the brilliant casting , background scores , the acting prowess of the actors – that is what keeps us hooked to the show and makes it the current channel driver for Star One.
Then, why do I think it is a big disappointment and a let down overall? The answer is WRITING. PKYEK is being written by some great writers like Sonali Jaffar who have written some really good shows in the past. I know they are genuinely talented and it shows in the spark they show in certain tracks of PKYEK and in certain scenes that they so beautifully pen. But we can't expect them to work magic and wonders ,can we? How will they? PKYEK has no original roots , no original thought , no ingenuity , no cutting edge creativity that a show of this genre usually unleashes on its creators writers. Simply because the writers have not been given that freedom. They have been blatantly told to Indianize the western supernatural. Why use your own brains when everything is there on youtube and wikipedia and DVDs.
PKYEK, in short , is nothing but a caricature-ish ode to epics like The Vampire Diaries , Twilight , True Blood and tomorrow , who knows , you might even get a glimpse of Buffy The Vampire Slayer as well. Roots of PKYEK lie in these books and shows – the characters suffer multiple personality disorders swaying between everyone from Edward to Stefan to Damon to Bella to Elena to blah blah blah. PKYEK has no originality and it has no story of its own. It is just ripping tracks after tracks , scenes after scenes from DVDs and books of Twilight , TVD and what not. Result ? There is just one permanent thread of Abhay-Piya's love story running rock steady while most of the side characters and side tracks are suffering. Of course , they will suffer because the writers are playing eenee-meenee-maaina-mo with what western characters to rip off for them. Do we make Misha an Alice or a Bonnie? Wait, or is Pancchi going to be Bonnie? Whom to make the Lockwood werewolves? Kabir and Danish? Oh, isn't Shaurya just the right Jacob Black? Who is closer to Caroline – T or Tracker? A big HUMPH. You have an entire set of characters who are running around in the show not knowing where they are headed or what they are doing at all in this show. How will they? Except for your main leads and the Raichands , every character in this show suffers from poor characterization and no story track. Infact , Tracker and Angad have a better track than many others.
It is such a disappointing and low thing for the entire fraternity of Indian Television that you can't come up with an original supernatural story on your own and you have to make mashed potatoes of Twilight and TVD to serve the audience here. Why? Is it so difficult to create an original saga of vampires , mortals, werewolves ,witches and warlocks? Were writers and creators of Twilight, TVD , True Blood, Buffy especially imported from the middle of earth to make these films and shows? Open up your IMAGINATION and create your own supernatural world. I mean, the makers of TVD show have a whole plethora of books to copy from but no, they have only used the books as base and given TVD , the show their own box of paints. That is what I call imagination. Who are they? They are human –beings just like the creators of PKYEK who believe in their brains and capabilities and are passionate about their work. Are you listening, Chloe Ferns? You are supposed to be the creative head, aren't you?
I don't see any drive or passion or commitment in the creators and writers of PKYEK. If there is , it is in the actors , the direction team who take these beaten tracks and scenes of those foreign epic shows to superior levels and bring you back to watch them every day. I am sure if the writers were told not to even look at Twilight or TVD , they could have come up with a great original supernatural story. It is sad – this whole scenario where you don't have faith or have a rather casual attitude towards your own writing skills and abilities. Or maybe you just don't want to work hard enough and feed off the hard work of people who have made those epic shows that everyone swears by.
I am not sure how long my interest is going to last in PKYEK. Twilight , TVD, True Blood – been there , done that. Stefan, Elena, Damon, Edward , Bella, Lockwoods , James, Jacob, Katherine , Klaus – seen them all in their EPIC avatar. The originals rock because they are originals and if I have to see replicated characters and replicated writing which will just get botched up sooner or later , how long can the chemistry of the leads and the acting skills of the actors act as a saving grace?
It is disheartening that such a pregnant show like PKYEK that has everything working for it from its casting to its direction to dedicated actors to music, suffers on the most important ground – writing. Faulty writing can never translate into magic on screen and even the greatest of actors cannot hide it.
I miss the Ekta Kapoor who created such great shows like 'Kanyadaan', 'Kkusum' , 'Kutumb' and the beginning years of 'KSKBT', 'KZK' or even 'Kasam se' . I still feel Kanyadaan is her greatest work ever on the writing level. She never made something that sensitive and poignant ever again. How times change and we change too, for better or for worse , is totally our call.
My intention is not to hurt anyone but when I see PKYEK being little more than a praise song for the Twilights and TVDs , it is very disappointing. Very disappointing.
Love and luck always,❤️
GOD bless everyone. 🤗
Cricket
Anupamaa
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