Originally posted by: Zenith_Zen
Hi rogerrocks...π
I really appreciate you for writing such an amazingly insightful post...You are bang on with your reflection on an enigma called RKB...π€...
Raman Kumar Bhalla is the most complex and multi-layered fictional character I have ever seen on tellywood as of late...As you have rightly pointed out, this man has such an amalgam of emotions and feelings in him that border on two extremes...most of the times, there is no in-between...be it his caring and funny side, his arrogant and egoistic attitude, or his vulnerable and emotional foolishness...For all the goodness he has in him, he equally has this tendency to hurt the people that love him the most...
Most of the times, he wears a facade of having a well-balanced attitude in his personal and professional lives, and succeeds in his mission more often than not even with his devil-may-care attitude, but when it comes to his son, Adi, he just tends to lose his rational thinking, at least initially, becoming so vulnerable...And, I have always felt that this trait of him is totally in with his character, and I was not surprised to see him doing it once again last week...
At the end of this ongoing accident track, there will definitely be a justification for his sudden change of attitude towards Shagun, and CVs may show RKB mellowing down in his obsession for Adi and do right by Ishitha and her family, like how he made Adi apologize to Ishitha during that school fiasco...As far as I have seen him, he has always been one man who, even after lots of faltering and floundering, has stood up for what is right even if he has to pay a price for it, and I strongly believe he will do so once again in Adi's case also...But, the matter of fact is Adi was, is, and will always be RKB's Achilles' heel...He can't help but give himself to a momentary weakness and lose his sense of what is right and wrong when it comes to his son's flaws and bratty attitude, and that is RKB for you...And I would feel really weird if he does not behave that way...It will definitely take time for him to come out of this so-called love illusion, which he has surrounded himself in...
I am hoping against hope that he will at least soon realize he is heading towards a self-destructing path knowingly or unknowingly, and by doing so, hurting the most important people in his life... I don't want to see him a changed man in one day, and that does not happen in real life, but as far as I am concerned, the realization is what matters the most...the realization that the love for his son has blinded his judgment poorly and become an obstacle in his relationships with others...Once that realization strikes him hard, he will be back on track, I hope, as a good parent to his children, and that is the major change I am desperately waiting to see in him...Once this happens, the rest will soon fall in place, i.e., his complicated relationships with his wife and ex-wife...But, as much as I pity and empathize with him, I really don't want him to be let get off the hook easily this time around...He needs to take in the dense head of his that he can't take his things for granted in his life anymore...π...Trusting our awesome YHM CVs to do that job and the fabulous actor Karen Patel to enact all the emotions with such an incredible finesse...
Regarding KP's acting, I can go and on about his acting...It is pure bliss watching him on my TV screen every day...I don't have a great command over Hindi, and most of the times, I have to do with subtitles, but KP is such an awesome actor I can feel and understand what he is going through with all those little nuanced emotions that flit through his face in nanoseconds without the need for any dialogues...If I have to describe his acting in a few words, I would say "no hamming, subtlety at its best"...Kudos to him...π
Sorry for such a long rant...π³
Great post π³
I agree..Raman loves with all his heart..To such an extent that he becomes blind to that person's faults..The problem here is that Raman is desperate for Adi's love & approval..This desperation makes him lose his foresight and sense of judgment..Raman sucks as a parent tbh π He has no idea how to handle bratty kids..He is indirectly ruining Adi by giving in to all his unfair demands..Adi will never learn this way..He'l know that all he needs to do is cry & emotionally manipulate his dad & he can literally get away with anything..Exactly what Shagun is doing π