Does the hero have to get the heroine?

Originally posted by: NainoMeinSapna

Hi guys, today I want to talk about a very ghissi pitti storyline which is seen in so many soaps:

When the hero and heroine (ML and FL) separate for a few years for whatever reasons and the heroine has a new amazing guy in her life who loves her, but his love is always unrequited.

So this is a plot line that is used time and time again to create love triangles and usually, everyone knows that the hero and heroine will obviously end up together and the other "nice guy" will be kicked to the curb. I personally have always been against this, I've always thought that the other guy deserves better than that, but of course that never happens because there is an unspoken, but well known rule that the hero (ML) always gets the girl.

I hope Silsila breaks this pattern and shows that the hero doesn't always get the girl, there are plenty of movies which have shown this like Bewafaa, HDDCS, and Dhadkan.

This post isn't about Kunal vs Ishaan, but rather about main character vs side character. I strongly advocate nice guy characters in soaps who don't end up getting the girl. One of the most memorable "nice guys" for me is actually one of Shakti's characters; Dr. Onir Dutt in PR. Of course, Arjun was the hero, but when I watched that show (I was very young btw) I felt that Onir deserved Purvi. Of course, Arjun and Purvi looked great together and had amazing chemistry, but Arjun was married to Ovi and Onir was such a great guy. ❤️ I genuinely loved him and I have liked Shakti since I saw him as Onir. I don't want to discuss that show too much on SBRK forum it was just one example I was giving to prove my point.

I hope our nice guy Ishaan gets Mauli at the end of this show because he deserves her, and because nice guys have suffered enough on ITV! It's time for a change!

Originally posted by: ritzbitz786

Nice guys usually do get the heroine these days!

Originally posted by: NainoMeinSapna

Oh, really? My bad, I don't watch too many soaps so I didn't realize. ☺️

Originally posted by: ritzbitz786

I feel like it's a redundant them now a days, in movies, TV, everywhere.

The whole "bad guy" is attractive started weaning off a few years ago, I feel.

Or is is just me?

Originally posted by: ritzbitz786

I feel like it's a redundant them now a days, in movies, TV, everywhere.

The whole "bad guy" is attractive started weaning off a few years ago, I feel.

Or is is just me?

Originally posted by: looseseal

I mean of its a love story then yes i guess hero heroine end up together. But the major problem of indian tv is their defination of a hero and heroine, their characterisation, their under developedment and biggest of all their sense of entitlement on love and happy ending. I cant stand characters who think unki jaisi prem kahani kisiki nahi. And all in fair in love wala soch and shows. This makes me roll my eyes and I cant even.empathize with the lover characters. And since more often than not there are collateral victims of their mahaan love, the empathy goes to those characters, be it the nice dulha that has been left at the altar or family members who are lied to and betrayed. And that for any show is a failure. If a viewer empathizes or even connects with a supporting character more than the hero and/or heroine, that show/movie has failed in storytelling. Which is the case in Silsila.

Had they written the show well, even.if many would have still not wanted MouNal they would have liked to watch story of Kunal and Mouli. How their respective relationships evolve. But the show has failed its original leads: Nandini and Kunal beyond redemption and Mouli too pretty badly.

Originally posted by: ritzbitz786

I feel like it's a redundant them now a days, in movies, TV, everywhere.

The whole "bad guy" is attractive started weaning off a few years ago, I feel.

Or is is just me?