The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link

Hello ALL! Hope you're doing well! 🤗

I think this has been brought up before but I'm just going to go onto this tangent for a bit and express my sheer frustration with by far the weakest, feeble and insecure character I have ever had the misfortune of encountering.

Mala.

Now, before I start I want to make it very clear that this rant is not because she left Rudra and Dilsher- I DO believe that if someone is not happy they have a right to venture out of a relationship- child or not- and find happiness.

However, the CVs have truly given us a character that is so mind boggling weak and...an odd contrast to the children (Paro and Rudra) that she has been a part of and raised from one age (Birth till 12-13 Rudra; 11-12 to present Paro).

Here are the things that bother me to no end:

i. Leaving, wanting to leave with Rudra- but not being able to fight for the right to see her son. Is that not weird? She settled for phone calls from Danveer but she never once ventured to see her son, or FIND him. Even with all of the resources at her disposal...it was as if she was happy with the ache in her heart being a constant companion, but it wasn't strong enough for her to be pushed and venture out to see her son? Am I the only one who finds this to be such a strong contradiction?

ii. Being unable to explain herself. This is just too weird for words. She gave Paro a loosey goosey vague answer yesterday like many pointed out, but she has yet to give a proper explanation laying out the facts. I DO understand that it's obviously for the sake of dramatic purposes, but still she hasn't been forthright to anyone. I'd at least like her and Dilsher to have a talk to a certain extent. Air out their problems.

a. Her explaination to Rudra wasn't an attempt to explain but first lay out her love for him. Which is the incorrect way to go about it, because if she does that first he will never listen because in his eyes, if she really loved him enough he would NOT have been left or been without her contact for whatever reason.

b. She's simply stated that she will wait her turn. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. If you're willing to wait your turn, you're going to be waiting for a while. -___-
This woman could not get a single thing done if it weren't for Paro. Seriously.

iii. So easily manipulated. She may or may not be privy to Mo being vile enough to manipulate people in order to get her way, but damn, she is a sucker for Mo's tears. Totally falls victim to them and doesn't choose to fight for her relationship with her sister either. Is that not odd as well? They did, technically grow up together, and I'm assuming at one point in time Mala must have felt a connection with Mo- and yet that as well is not something she will fight for.

iv. Expanding on (ii.b) Mala is like a lump of clay. Literally. She just sits there and OTHERS dictated what she can and cannot do. OTHERS dictate her actions. OTHERS dictate her life. First Mo's influence. Then Laila freeing her. And Now Paro trying to bring her closer to Rudra. It's almost like her life with Thakhur sa was perfect because she didn't have to think she didn't have to do much of anything in terms of using her mind and her consciousness to put things together. It's almost like she can only take things at face value and whichever storm comes her way, she'll calmly be pushed around without much of anything except some tears of sadness rolling down her cheeks. WTH is up with that?

What I want from Mala:

A. I want development. I want to see her grow a back bone. I want to see her gain courage and strength. I don't know how it's going to happen, but it damn well better because her character thus far has failed to impress me.

B. I want a REACTION from her when she discoverers Mo's games (We don't know exactly what those games are yet, but it's a fact that Mo was defo involved in this disaster, and most likely orchestrated it intricately.

C. I want a REACTION from her towards Rudra. Something. A passionate monologue depicting her love or plight, FORCING him to listen.

D. I want her to do this more on her own. I have a feeling it will be Paro guiding her, but she needs to find this courage within her.

The Contradiction:

Paro: Everything about Paro is a stark contradiction to Mala.

Paro, the girl who will stand up to Mo when Mo is degrading her DIL in front of everyone when she doesn't even know her. Can you see Mala doing that?

Paro, the girl who will take up arms against thugs and defend herself and others, while Mala...just sort of sits there and takes it?

Paro who can throw Mirchi in Tejawat's eyes to protect herself and defend herself and speak up against him...while Mala is too disgraught to be much use atm?

HOW is Mala a huge influence in Paro's life?

PARO LEARNED WHAT NOT TO DO FROM HER!

Seriously! I see nothing but amazing traits in Paro of Courage, independence, pride, helpfulness and honour to proctect...but Where does Mala have these traits? Where?

This can be so many things:

- A portrayal of a weak character to show us they do exist

- A fallacy by the CVs, to show how children often do not repeat the errors of their elders

- A character just written really poorly thus far

- A character written this way to give us development later on.

Take you pick and my rant is finished! LOL!

Reeha

Originally posted by: Cute_Ash

We've seen the timid naive Paro before she met Rudra those were Mala's traits and wid ofcourse HELI MAARO as well😆

After she met him..He became the eyes to her for the outside world he stood up for her saved her no matter what..He made her brave and independent enuf to be watever she is today..The influence he had on her made her throw mirchi in tejawat's eyes and earn the title of Danda Baisa..

Originally posted by: Jaz1990

You would expect mala to react a bit more, totally get wer ur coming from, I do hope the cv's work on her

Originally posted by: -Sanayaholic-

Thank you so much for this post! Cvs really need to show some reactions from Mala because it is becoming harder to understand her. And about Paro, I completely agree! 👍🏼

Originally posted by: Guinea

Fantastically written post.

I am going to hold my judgement on mala's character till I hear her backstory completely. However I understand your concerns ...maybejust like paro , over a period of time ...we will also see what makes mala tick and better characterisation (not neccessarily strong ...she could stay a weak character ..)

I also think sadia for all her experience is failing to bring forth the inner turmoil of mala ...her acting is flat and I for one am dissapointed ...

Originally posted by: reeha...k

Very well said, the back story can make a big impact on the character, however I do think you've brought up a valid point that Sadia's acting has sort of left a lot to be desired. I don't see confliction or inner turmoil- I just see a character that hasn't stepped up and is really weak. perhaps she needs to change the way she's approaching the character to make it seem as if she has more depth- or maybe the writers need to step up their game; because this far it just comes off like she's simply weak, and weak in the sense that whatever the back story she won't be able to redeem herself.

Also, I agree that she could quite possibly stay a weak character- that would be a realistic characterization as well- because some people simply are weak, no matter what 🤔