Let's be honest about Mauli's character

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@Rhimjhimsawan

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Posted: 6 years ago

#11

Originally posted by: handlessthakur
Good post. I started by being a Mauli fan but now I am on the verge of quitting the show because of how blatantly biased the writers are towards Mauli.
This show revolved around three characters- Mauli, Nandini and Kunal but K&N have always got the shorter end of the stick in order to glorify Mauli. I read so many posts that makers are trying to white wash Nandini which is the exact opposite of what is actually being shown.

I agree so much. I wasn't paying such close attention before but after the Kunal yelling scene I was like wow writers, you literally wrote this weird scene so people sympathize with Mauli even more and Kunal comes out looking like a bigger jerk. There is no way this is accidental. In almost every convoluted, bizarre scenario that has occurred since Mauli found out the affair, every scene has been purposely written in a way where most normal, logical people would sympathize with Mauli. Kunal and Nandini could've gone on a date anywhere, but their date happened around Mauli who had to watch their romance. Of course it was freaking heartbreaking to watch her cry! To top that off her friends bashed Kunal and she came to their rescue looking even better. The sindoor khela was another situation where Mauli looked dignified, a woman respecting her marriage and sindoor despite everything that happened, and Kunal and Nandini looked like irresponsible idiots who couldn't understand the meaning of sindoor.

As I said, I love Mauli and only watch the show for her. But I don't like it when writers spoon-feed me things. Mauli is a great character to root for, and they don't need to constantly glorify her at other character's expense. Then again, when was Indian tv ever subtle? I am at the wrong place and asking for subtlety and complex, balanced storytelling.

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handlessthakur

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Posted: 6 years ago

#12

Originally posted by: sammy17

Because the writer's clearly now don't want to justify kunal-nandini betraying mauli in the name of love. Their writing for kunan is now solely that nandini came out of an abusive marriage, made the mistake of falling for her best friend's husband and having an affair with him just because she thinks he is better than her now ex-husband and to fill the void of love in her own life at the expense of ruining her best friend's marriage, whilst kunal is just a straight up unfaithful cheat who fell for a girl who was an abuse victim that started with sympathy and seems to think his affair with nandini is justified on the basis of emotions.

Kunal and nandini's character's clearly are only written to serve the purpose of showing viewers one angle to why people cheat and to give the message that emotions aren't enough of a justification to betray a person's love, trust and to overstep the boundaries of marriage. The writers don't want to write scenes that make their affair seem justified, hence why they are both shown shamelessly acting like mauli doesn't exist half of the times and ignoring taunts of society to continue their affair; because the writers want to show that these two think that love and emotions justify their affair.

I somewhat agree to what you are saying.

From the promos, it seemed that the show is about three people, neither negative, and their journey's and emotions.

This very premise was executed so poorly in the show with the audience left wondering when exactly did these two fall in love. They made K&M's marriage so perfect and same goes for M&N's friendship that till date I can't seem to understand why these two did what they did.

Take a very recent case - they showed N '''sacrificing" Kunal ONLY Bec Mauli asked for it and not because she was genuinely guilty or something. They very well knew this is just going to make audience hate N more.

I am not saying they should justify KN, I am just saying they could have written these two a lot better, give more insight into what they are feeling or going through and most importantly give it time and not rush the very premise of the show.

Again it might be that they always intended to show KN as two very pathetic human beings and if that's the case then they are doing a swell job I must say. However the promos told a very different story about three EQUALS but so far it's only been Mauli's show

Edited by handlessthakur - 6 years ago

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bookworm2

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Posted: 6 years ago

#13

Good post.

I think I can give the CVs some benefit of doubt regarding Maulis present behaviour. This is reality. This what anyone would do, that is try to save the marriage once the initial shock of betrayal wears off. She, dida and his mom are doing the same. Divorce is the last resort. I like watching Mauli, so I am prepared to give this show some more time, and hope that they keep their focus on mauli. I have seen many emas which eventually fail, because the people involved in emas can never trust. At the back of their mind they always fear their partner might one day do the same as what they did to their spouses. SBRK has so much potential and am looking forward to seeing all these aspects.

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Anjali

@arshi_asya

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Posted: 6 years ago

#14

Mauli comes in my list of all time favorite female leads. And writer did a great job with writing her down. Till now she is very much intact and I hope writer does not ruin her like her other characters in the show.

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handlessthakur

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Posted: 6 years ago

#15

I might come across as a Mauli hater which I am not. But like the TM said, it would have been better had the writers put in equal amount of efforts for all three characters instead of just blatantly writing for one character at the cost of the other two. That's what ruined the show for me. Too much glorification of one character is also not good in a show supposed to be about three people.

Edited by handlessthakur - 6 years ago

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obstinatefemale

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Posted: 6 years ago

#16

Originally posted by: arshi_asya
Mauli comes in my list of all time favorite female leads. And writer did a great job with writing her down. Till now she is very much intact and I hope writer does not ruin her like her other characters in the show.

She will not spoil it becoz she is capable of writing such characters only .All her previous shows are hv EMA angle whether its simran jyoti anadi or mauli all woman were victims of EMA .Since i m following her work from decade now i hv lost interest in her work as her writing has become staleso i m just surviving on written updates.So far for me she failed as writer although i loved her previous work and still like mauli but she has failed in writing grey characters in Silsila.Her work is monotomus now.

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obstinatefemale

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Posted: 6 years ago

#17

Originally posted by: handlessthakur
I might come across as a Mauli hater which I am not. But like the TM said, it would have been better had the writers put in equal amount of efforts for all three characters instead of just blatantly writing for one character at the cost of the other two. That's what ruined the show for me. Too much glorification of one character is also not good in a show supposed to be about three people.

Same here I signed up show 4 three characters story and wanted to see the perspectives of three ppl who are tangled in relationships and want to see story from pov of three characters but we got pov of one only other two were just painted black .

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music_l0ver036

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Posted: 6 years ago

#18

I think Mauli's character is so so so well written. I was waiting for the revelation because I was excited to see how she would react. She reacted so very humanely. She went through all the stages of grief, she is torn between her self-respect and her family, is utterly confused about how Nandani could do this, and still has hopes about her marriage. This is all very normal of Mauli to do and as much as we want Mauli to say screw you to everyone that has wronged her, that is unrealistic. Her emotions, up until now been very controlled, has been spilling out. She does not how to feel so she is all over the place. I don't know why she exactl went to Nandani but even running to her, her best friend, is a decision that is not out of the ordinary. Unfortunately, her best friend turned out to be the one that betrayed her too. So yeah Mauli has tons of layers and this is the first time that she has probably gone through something so extreme.

Which comes to my second point. The way that the writers have handled Mauli going through this trauma, I wish they put the same consideration in Nandani and her trauma. If that was shown well, then it would have been so interesting to watch the post-revelation sequence.

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@pamk06

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Posted: 6 years ago

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I totally agree with you. I love Mauli but I also have a soft corner for Nandini because of the situation she was in. There were many opportunities for the writers to work on Nandini without impacting Mauli but now it seems that writers are only concentrating on her. I guess its because the writer is not capable of writing a two-dimensional character or she is pro-wife. I do not know but I actually wanted to see the journeys of all these three characters as they battle with different and difficult emotions.

I started watching this show because they were going to show flawed characters as leads but unfortunately with every passing day they are only concentrating on Mauli. I like her because she is not the usual self-sacrificing female lead that we have but then I also want to see the character growth for the other two. Mauli is already a great character but making her more great at the expense of the other two is something that I am just not able to fathom nor swallow. If i just wanted to see how a female lead rises and stands on her two feet, any show on ITV would do but I wanted to see emotions, tadap, sacrifice, pain etc. Kunal and Nandini made a bad choice, but that choice does not define them and people can rise above it. First of all makers should have not shown them making that choice as per the promos but even now they are not showing them rising above it, in fact they are pushing them more in the hole that they have dug for themselves.

All three are such great actors, the theme is so different but unfortunately the makers are not making use of it. There are many posts that mention that they are trying the sympathy card or whitewashing Nandini but I feel the makers are doing the exact opposite of that.

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obstinatefemale

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Posted: 6 years ago

#20

Originally posted by: pamk06
I totally agree with you. I love Mauli but I also have a soft corner for Nandini because of the situation she was in. There were many opportunities for the writers to work on Nandini without impacting Mauli but now it seems that writers are only concentrating on her. I guess its because the writer is not capable of writing a two-dimensional character or she is pro-wife. I do not know but I actually wanted to see the journeys of all these three characters as they battle with different and difficult emotions.
I started watching this show because they were going to show flawed characters as leads but unfortunately with every passing day they are only concentrating on Mauli. I like her because she is not the usual self-sacrificing female lead that we have but then I also want to see the character growth for the other two. Mauli is already a great character but making her more great at the expense of the other two is something that I am just not able to fathom nor swallow. If i just wanted to see how a female lead rises and stands on her two feet, any show on ITV would do but I wanted to see emotions, tadap, sacrifice, pain etc. Kunal and Nandini made a bad choice, but that choice does not define them and people can rise above it. First of all makers should have not shown them making that choice as per the promos but even now they are not showing them rising above it, in fact they are pushing them more in the hole that they have dug for themselves.

All three are such great actors, the theme is so different but unfortunately the makers are not making use of it. There are many posts that mention that they are trying the sympathy card or whitewashing Nandini but I feel the makers are doing the exact opposite of that.

I agree with you they are not white washing nandini.Instead they are putting black paint on both nandini and Kunal to justify and gain more sympathy for mauli.Becoz writers whole focus is on mauli.I heard mauli will loose her child while saving nandini.For this ppl will hate nandini more and sympathise with mauli again.So i see no white washing nandini it's an attempt to generate more sympathy for mauli.

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