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"Too Many Cooks Spoil The Broth"
I've been following Kaisi Yeh Yaariyaan for quite some time now, although this is my first post on the forum, but lately whenever I watch it, I think of this idiom in relation to the current progress of the show. And I finally gave in to the need to write something about it. Now before everybody starts thinking that this is a negative post, let me make it easier for you, it's not. Well not entirely.
As my topic clearly states, I am of the opinion that this show has immense potential but the storytelling lacks proper execution. We have seen some great tracks being introduced on this show which I enjoyed thoroughly, but they seemed to have been completely wiped out from the show amid all the excessive melodrama these days, which is certainly not required in a youth based show. When I first started watching the show, I knew I couldn't stop. The characters and story had me hooked and it had been a while since I last saw a good Indian show, without all that saas bahu crap.
KY2 was light and refreshing, just like a youth show is supposed to be. But lately, and this is just my opinion, I feel as if the show is becoming much more serious than it was intended to be. Yes the story is supposed to get there someday, but I just feel it's still too soon. This is probably happening due to all the new characters being introduced every other day and the makers just throwing one storyline after the other in order to accommodate them.
This show has an amazing lineup of characters and their respective stories which are being wrongly overshadowed by all these new characters which I believe the show could do without. Not that I haven't enjoyed watching them as well, but only to a certain extent. After that, they just leave a bad taste in your mouth like an over chewed piece of gum.
Major issues like homosexuality and teenage pregnancy are being so lightly handled when the complete opposite should have taken place. Instead, stale tracks like kidnapping and never ending misunderstandings is what is ruling the storyline these days. If the CVs found handling homosexuality and teenage pregnancy in this show so difficult, they should never have introduced these issues in the first place.
I adore Manik and Nandini, but they are not what KY2 is all about. We have some great characters which aren't being utilized, like they were in the initial months of this show. And only KY2 is one such show that has such a strong team of supporting characters that their presence alone could manage to light up your television screens even if the protagonists of the show are missing. I feel as if they are being sidelined to make room for more unnecessary characters being introduced every now and then, when the show could do much better with what they already have but are choosing to ignore it.
For Example:
- Dhruv and Aliya's storyline.
- Cabir's homosexuality.
- Mukti and Harshad's storyline.
- Navya and Cabir's growing bond.
- Dhruv and Rishabh's connection.
- Manik, Dhruv and Harshad's back story.
- Navya learning to handle how to be a single mother.
- Nandini's newly formed friendship with the Fab5
- Nyonika and Harshad's storyline.
All these tracks, even though were introduced, have either not been executed properly, or have been left midway due to all the new tracks overflowing the show. There is so much we still have to see about Dhruv and Aliya's relationship and how they are dealing with the fact that they are no more a secret. Except for a few kisses and a one night stand, their storyline was never fully developed. So much could be done, like Manik Dhruv and Aliya finally sitting together and talking about all this, it would be interesting to watch since we haven't really seen either of them interacting much with Manik ever since his breakup with Aliya. Cabir's homosexuality seems to have been shunned somewhere in a corner ever since Raghav's exit. I can't understand whether Cabir has forgotten he's gay or the writers have and are hoping that the audience does too. Mukti and Harshad's story has a lot to offer. I badly want to know what goes around in Harshad's twisted brain. Every time I see the two of them together, it seems as if Harshad still has feelings for her but is too egoistical to show it.
Manik, Dhruv and Harshad's story from friends to foes could be a major plus point for the story, if only the CVs ever decide to actually tell it. Navya dealing with her pregnancy, Nandini having a proper bonding time with the entire Fab5, just hanging out, why Nyonika is Nyonika and why she hates Manik so much that at times I feel she might not be his real mother after all.
Too much negativity in a show spoils the fun. This is one of the main reasons I had started avoiding Indian shows. The makers can't seem to understand that the audience does not want to see an entire team of villains on just one show. One negative character after the other and then another, and the cycle continues on and on until we are forced to give up on the show altogether. Repetitiveness always kills a story. The same seems to be happening with KY2. Nyonika and Harshad were enough to fill the slot of villains, but the CVs had to bring Soha and Pandit to the mix as well. And I am sure there are more to come. I don't understand the point behind their fascination with villains and their assumption that the audience prefers to watch that kind of melodrama in a youth oriented show. I for one do not. Absolutely not. Especially when these tracks get dragged so much and eventually end up on a similar track to one another. Antagonists can be much more interesting to watch than protagonists if they have something different to offer and not the same old boring story being told with a different name and face.
I think I might have gone a little overboard with my rants, but oh well, just thought I'd share my concerns. The "Yaariyaan" part has been lost somewhere in Kaisi Yeh Yaariyaan. I hope the CVs wake up and smell the coffee before it's too late and bring back the real essence of KY2. They don't need new faces to capture our interest. They already have a series of some amazing potential story lines with their old characters that could prove worthwhile for the show with proper execution and development. I'm not saying that new characters should not be introduced at all. They definitely should. Characters like Abhimanyu which are like a breath of fresh air. Even Soha to some extent was interesting to watch, but those moments should only be a one off thing. Like I said, we already have Harshad and Nyonika essaying negative roles which is more than enough for shows like KY2.
Ending this post I would just say that KY2 has been an interesting visual experience for me and I agree to it being the best Indian youth show currently airing. Even with all the misgivings I have about the current storyline and direction of the show, I still can't help watching it because the CVs of KY2 have a knack of surprising me when I least expect them to by taking a complete 180 turn to the story when it's needed the most. I'm hoping for the same to happen now because this show does not need the saas bahu style melodrama of kidnapping, over the top action, misunderstandings and manipulations, and a never ending chain of makeups-breakups-makeups-breakups-makeups-breakups. This exact same thing is what got me bored of some previous youth shows and I'm not looking forward to a repeat.
P.S: This post was not intended to offend any person or fan group, so if I did, I apologize in advance. That was never my intention.
As my topic clearly states, I am of the opinion that this show has immense potential but the storytelling lacks proper execution. We have seen some great tracks being introduced on this show which I enjoyed thoroughly, but they seemed to have been completely wiped out from the show amid all the excessive melodrama these days, which is certainly not required in a youth based show. When I first started watching the show, I knew I couldn't stop. The characters and story had me hooked and it had been a while since I last saw a good Indian show, without all that saas bahu crap.
KY2 was light and refreshing, just like a youth show is supposed to be. But lately, and this is just my opinion, I feel as if the show is becoming much more serious than it was intended to be. Yes the story is supposed to get there someday, but I just feel it's still too soon. This is probably happening due to all the new characters being introduced every other day and the makers just throwing one storyline after the other in order to accommodate them.
This show has an amazing lineup of characters and their respective stories which are being wrongly overshadowed by all these new characters which I believe the show could do without. Not that I haven't enjoyed watching them as well, but only to a certain extent. After that, they just leave a bad taste in your mouth like an over chewed piece of gum.
Major issues like homosexuality and teenage pregnancy are being so lightly handled when the complete opposite should have taken place. Instead, stale tracks like kidnapping and never ending misunderstandings is what is ruling the storyline these days. If the CVs found handling homosexuality and teenage pregnancy in this show so difficult, they should never have introduced these issues in the first place.
I adore Manik and Nandini, but they are not what KY2 is all about. We have some great characters which aren't being utilized, like they were in the initial months of this show. And only KY2 is one such show that has such a strong team of supporting characters that their presence alone could manage to light up your television screens even if the protagonists of the show are missing. I feel as if they are being sidelined to make room for more unnecessary characters being introduced every now and then, when the show could do much better with what they already have but are choosing to ignore it.
For Example:
- Dhruv and Aliya's storyline.
- Cabir's homosexuality.
- Mukti and Harshad's storyline.
- Navya and Cabir's growing bond.
- Dhruv and Rishabh's connection.
- Manik, Dhruv and Harshad's back story.
- Navya learning to handle how to be a single mother.
- Nandini's newly formed friendship with the Fab5
- Nyonika and Harshad's storyline.
All these tracks, even though were introduced, have either not been executed properly, or have been left midway due to all the new tracks overflowing the show. There is so much we still have to see about Dhruv and Aliya's relationship and how they are dealing with the fact that they are no more a secret. Except for a few kisses and a one night stand, their storyline was never fully developed. So much could be done, like Manik Dhruv and Aliya finally sitting together and talking about all this, it would be interesting to watch since we haven't really seen either of them interacting much with Manik ever since his breakup with Aliya. Cabir's homosexuality seems to have been shunned somewhere in a corner ever since Raghav's exit. I can't understand whether Cabir has forgotten he's gay or the writers have and are hoping that the audience does too. Mukti and Harshad's story has a lot to offer. I badly want to know what goes around in Harshad's twisted brain. Every time I see the two of them together, it seems as if Harshad still has feelings for her but is too egoistical to show it.
Manik, Dhruv and Harshad's story from friends to foes could be a major plus point for the story, if only the CVs ever decide to actually tell it. Navya dealing with her pregnancy, Nandini having a proper bonding time with the entire Fab5, just hanging out, why Nyonika is Nyonika and why she hates Manik so much that at times I feel she might not be his real mother after all.
Too much negativity in a show spoils the fun. This is one of the main reasons I had started avoiding Indian shows. The makers can't seem to understand that the audience does not want to see an entire team of villains on just one show. One negative character after the other and then another, and the cycle continues on and on until we are forced to give up on the show altogether. Repetitiveness always kills a story. The same seems to be happening with KY2. Nyonika and Harshad were enough to fill the slot of villains, but the CVs had to bring Soha and Pandit to the mix as well. And I am sure there are more to come. I don't understand the point behind their fascination with villains and their assumption that the audience prefers to watch that kind of melodrama in a youth oriented show. I for one do not. Absolutely not. Especially when these tracks get dragged so much and eventually end up on a similar track to one another. Antagonists can be much more interesting to watch than protagonists if they have something different to offer and not the same old boring story being told with a different name and face.
I think I might have gone a little overboard with my rants, but oh well, just thought I'd share my concerns. The "Yaariyaan" part has been lost somewhere in Kaisi Yeh Yaariyaan. I hope the CVs wake up and smell the coffee before it's too late and bring back the real essence of KY2. They don't need new faces to capture our interest. They already have a series of some amazing potential story lines with their old characters that could prove worthwhile for the show with proper execution and development. I'm not saying that new characters should not be introduced at all. They definitely should. Characters like Abhimanyu which are like a breath of fresh air. Even Soha to some extent was interesting to watch, but those moments should only be a one off thing. Like I said, we already have Harshad and Nyonika essaying negative roles which is more than enough for shows like KY2.
Ending this post I would just say that KY2 has been an interesting visual experience for me and I agree to it being the best Indian youth show currently airing. Even with all the misgivings I have about the current storyline and direction of the show, I still can't help watching it because the CVs of KY2 have a knack of surprising me when I least expect them to by taking a complete 180 turn to the story when it's needed the most. I'm hoping for the same to happen now because this show does not need the saas bahu style melodrama of kidnapping, over the top action, misunderstandings and manipulations, and a never ending chain of makeups-breakups-makeups-breakups-makeups-breakups. This exact same thing is what got me bored of some previous youth shows and I'm not looking forward to a repeat.
P.S: This post was not intended to offend any person or fan group, so if I did, I apologize in advance. That was never my intention.
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