Originally posted by kabeeraspeaking
This is one of the only shows on air currently which even have the POTENTIAL to be watched for a good story and great characters thanks to the slightly different context than the usual. But sadly...as is what happens most times, even that potential is on the way to being clubbed. I'm amazed that no one found the scene yesterday between Vikram and Sugni as a pace breaker...regardless of how fantastic Varun and Gulki are as actors, regardless of the nuances they are able to bring to a scene...in fact,
their acting prowess and nuances were the only things that made the scene watchable...
Whatever happened to a convincing story progression...whatever happened to characters retaining their traits? Love at first sight? Does no one else think that Vikram is more and actually way too sensible a man than that? That at the very least he is not and cannot be THAT cliched? Yes, he saw during the very first rickshaw ride that she was different, indeed he did...very different from the rest, and that was the absolute beauty of it. But the realism of it was that even when he had enough care for her to give her his cravat for good luck, he threw it and didn't look back for a moment's notice or her reaction to it. Over time, he grew an affinity for Sugni...over a very small time, in fact...but to culminate it so quickly, in a manner SO quick that it seems almost contrived to put the story on fast forward...and then to have some glaringly non-characterisitic dialogues thrown in for the sake of a 'confession'...could Vikram not just have given Sugni belief and hope again to stay in the village and change the norms, for others too and not just herself, rather than try to flee...could he not have told her that though there may be many people in this village who do not appreciate her, there are those who do support and care for her? There are so many ways for him to convey his affection for her, unconsciously, subconsciously...and even consciously...but what we see is that right after Aditya tells him not to do anything that wouldn't befit him, he makes himself unconvincingly transparent to Sugni...without a thought, without any consideration. 'Love is blind' and all of that, but as I said before...Vikram Singh is not a character to whom the cliches apply, and above all, he is a thinking man...someone who is very sensitive to circumstances and how to handle them. It is such a disservice to the promising potential of this RELATIONSHIP that they didn't let it develop its deserving depth with time...but rather bam, here we are from point A to B...and all the development that could have taken place in the middle is passed over...
They have a story and characters here in which there can be a fantastic power struggle shown...a fantastically complex array of relationships, loyalties and intentions weaved...but there's no time given for those things to brew and become convincing...can we see, and can we have the things confirmed that we did see...rather than being told something entirely different or even something expected when it comes off on screen as unconvincing?
But I guess I'm the only one who finds that they lost an opportunity to develop Vikram, Sugni and their relationship to a greater depth by showing this rushed admission because everyone else seems more than elated. Oh well...
You actually posted in the forum?π²π...Matlab you were actually following this show more than I thought you wereπ
I think the REAL story is yet to be revealed...Vikram's confession at this point was shown for a reason and the way his character will be developed aage jaake is part of that...that is where the power struggles and all will come from I guess cuz they've more than beaten us over the head with the fact that this character is grey or "evil"
I actually loved the scene cuz it wasn't a typical confession...there was a lot that that could be read into the dialogues either ways as to what is going in Vikram's mind or how he views this...I don't think this was as simple as a one-dimensional confession at this point...
When Vikram called it love at first sight, I think he was speaking more of the CONNECT that was instantaneous b/w them and it only developed over time.
Even in today's episode he admits to himself that the thought of losing her was the only reason he admitted this to himself as well as confessed to her or he'd never have admitted it to himself or said it to her.
They've been showing his fascination for her developing since a while anyways so the confession didn't feel out of the blue to me...
I just always get the feel that there is more to this character than meets the eye...so all potential hasn't been squandered yet.