Originally posted by: ishta345
@FairyLiquidSoap, can't tell you how glad I am to see this post. On reading some
posts here yesterday I wondered whether I was the only one who found this twist
extremely distasteful. I'm happy to see so many think the same. Frankly, the
more I watch this show, the more I'm convinced that Saurabh Tiwari read Othello
but gave his creative team a copy of Hamlet to read through. Rudra is a far cry
from Othello any which way you see him. His insecurity and self-doubt is more
akin to Hamlet, and the way he deals with Paro is similar to Hamlet's interaction
to Ophelia - one which drove her to insanity and death. I would really want to
watch Paro's reaction to this proposal before commenting further on this "twist"
because her words in the promo did not seem to me as an indication that SHE
would propose marriage to Rudra, but more as a rebuttal of his proposal to
marry Sumer.
I agree with @savvy05 regarding the Shiv-Parvati reference.
I have always found that to be a convenient religious parallel drawn in many
posts here (and also by the CVs) just because of their names. It is the basis
of the whole assumption that is wrong. If we read the scriptures, the
whole premise that Shiva/ Rudra is Parvati/Sati's "protector" is the biggest
myth. Shiva's consort - be she known as Sati or Parvati - is Shakti, or the
supreme power. She signifies the highest power that all Gods turn to; when
innumerable demons assailed the Gods challenging their invincibility, they
invoked Shakti to destroy them. So it is not that She was the protected, She is
in fact the "protector" herself - and in every sense the "equal". It is this
that does not yet resonate in the show's story, and therefore makes it seem
shallow.
If this is all for
the TRPs, as most defendants of the show's unfathomable twists seem to be
saying, then it would risk a further dip if it does not find favour with the
viewers. And I say this as part of the TRP audience, that is, one who watches
the show at prime time. These attempts at sensationalism without a strong
rudder to hold the show afloat is wearing my patience thin now. And it does
give credence to the new joke floating in India that this show is meant for
overseas and online viewers and will pander to their fancies. Sorry, couldn't
resist mentioning this, but if some statements of the channel are an
indication, this certainly seems to be the case. π
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