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Wow this forum is really dead😆
In a sea of generally atrocious, mind numbing base level fare on Indian TV these days, the first episode of this show stood out for it's lack of frills, lack of garish scenes, and more or less lack of cliches. So in no particular order, the things I liked:
1) A surprisingly realistically shown dysfunctional family...with a chachi who will shoulder the housework but never fail to jataao it, a host of squabbling cousins fighting over petty things, the parents busy justifying their own kids, too lazy to shoulder responsibilities, a sharp tongued daadi who worries over the future of holding this bursting at the seams family together.
Main point to be noted: The utter lack of any garish outfit or jewellery on any of these characters...absolutely shocking...and where is the obligatory daayan/chudail that passes for content on TV these days?
2) Abhishek a.k.a Bade Bhaiyya...these days the expectations are so low, the bar has been set so low for even a halfway decent characterization of characters, that when a surprisingly identifiable and natural character appears on screen, you almost find it hard to believe. Here's a guy who cheerfully stepped up to shoulder responsibility when pretty much every adult in the family chickened out and abandoned the family...the fact that this is a GUY character instead of the typical superwoman middle class future bahu material female lead is another point in his favor.
Why are gender stereotypes not challenged on TV more often I wonder...not every girl is born with the perfect bahu gene inside her as Meera introduction refreshingly shows...we are all works in progress...the fact that for once, instead of the mahaan girl, a guy is trying to hold his family together in a refreshingly optimistic and naturally matter of fact of way is nice to watch.
The fact that this is a character who dropped out of college, isn't some typical angry businessman hating the world, neither is he some guy crying at the drop of a hat over his emo bond with his mother...all A+s in my book right now...
3) The handling of the autistic character Rohan...I like what I've seen so far...doesn't seem caricaturish...hopefully they can retain a hold on that.
4) The background score...very apt...I feel I must mention this given that most shows these days are on random bollywood jukebox mode or have typical sounding scores...it's been a while since I saw some slice of life type bg score in a show...last one might have been NBT...nice to see something like that again.
5) My fav. scene in today's epi...the scene when Abhishek comes back to his room, goes over his many To-Do lists as he's walking around the room...you can see how that all constantly weights on his mind but the way it was shown was so lacking in melodrama that I liked it...and then the way the scene segues into his scene with his mother...her urging him to just get away from this madhouse...and he firmly talks of how a tree doesn't uproot itself simply because of some storms coming it's way...writing is pretty solid in the show so far...props to the writing team👏
Also, good cast...everyone is acting naturally.
Despite the show opening on a typical "Panditji looking for a rishta" premise, this show offered something refreshing in it's first episode because of the treatment of the storyline and characters...hope to see that carrying along through.
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