Hi everyone. I am new. My name's Julie and I am a big fan of Drashti and the show, Madhubala. I thought it was time to start posting my thoughts and ideas so here goes:
I vaguely recall a time when the "hero" of our Indian soaps used to be a good guy.
I remember my mom adored a character named "Mir" from Saas Kabhie Bahu Thi. He was the perfect son, perfect grandson, perfect brother, perfect human being, perfect everything. And therefore he was "good enough" for our equally perfect "heroine." Back then, every soap opera had a "Mir" and every real life mother adored him and wanted someone like that for their daughter.
The hero could waver from the right path now and then but he always found his way and made a wonderful comeback and therefore saving the family izzat or whatever.
So we had the good hero, the good heroine, the villain(s), the vamps and that was our 30 minutes a day. 👏
Now, we have male characters like RK, Arnab (IPKKND), Krishna (Pratigya) and of course (my) Maan Singh Khurana. Egotistical. Arrogant. Super hot (sorry, my bad. But it's true). 😆
Now at least Mann Singh Khurana's character got "toned" down some. His arrogance and attitude was eventually mellowed. And even his "junoon", Geet, was shown as an overprotective love/husband.
Same with Krishna. I have to admit to being shocked to Krishna's character when I went back to catch up on the old episodes. I was like "this is a hero"??????
Arnav's character is still full of ego and arrogance but eventually the writer's manage to show a human side to him.
Now we have RK. Ruthless. Cold. I will even call him evil. He has no conscience. He maligned a girl's reputation with no hesitation. He did not spare anyone in the girl's family. He went in for the kill and stands proud of his accomplishments. And he wants more. I am actually scared for the character of Madhu. God only knows (well the CV's only know) what will happen to her after the marriage.
So these new trends ... why do so many of us like the bad boys instead of hating them? Do we miss the chocolate sweet good boys from long time ago? Are we hoping these bad boys will transform into the chocolate good boys after finding "true love"?
I personally would not want RK to be all good. To Madhu and her family: YES absolutely be good (a little naughty with Madhu would be nice too – sorry again, that's my evil twin). 😳
Back to RK. In the future, I would want RK to be Madhu's equal but when he needs to be nasty – to protect Madhu – I say Bring it On. (soon I hope, there is so much my heart and Madhu's can take)
What are your thoughts to this trend of new heroes?
And could you ever accept a heroine to be like this? For example, what if Madhu's character was as cold and ruthless absolutely just like RK? Could you accept this? 😲
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