Paradise Lost - Gunjan

Paradise lost....the fall of the angels

The 1667 poem by John Milton.. reverberates with the following message..

Man's disobedience, and the loss thereupon of Paradise wherein he was placed

Today we highlight this same theme ... in the context of a given character and thereby her equation with her soulmate..

Gunjan.. a still lake.. whose world were the books that she devoured and learned from ... an individual who was mature for her age. .. who observed ... thought ... and introspected way more than she voiced.. a reflection of an angel that appeared sensitive and delicate from the exterior but had steely determination and a core strength ... when it came to her beliefs and convictions ...

The balance in her persona was brought about by the effervescence of the guy she first became friends with ... and later through him, she got acquainted with the beating of her heart and the essence of her soul ... and hence was immortalized in what could have been a clichd love story ... but instead became an extraordinary one ... an experience that made the viewers believe in PARADISE ... for this was what PERFECT love stories were made of ...

Today as we sadly look at the picture of that angel, we see she has FALLEN ... fallen from her own grace and conviction ... some one who speaks without introspecting ... someone who lacks intensity and grace and maturity, her most prized and valued attributes ... someone who takes things at face value .. almost having no patience for the implied ... to the extent that she has lost bearings with the practicality and reality that was once her alter ego ... someone who has lost touch with the truth and values that once defined her ...

But WHY- we ask ... Man's DISOBEDIENCE ... WHY this necessity to experiment.. with his own creation.. and environ.. simply refusing to see the reality..

hence this post comes with a mirror

CVs ... if you kindly take time to read this ... we want to clarify one thing ... when the show started, people who enjoy the zest and the spirit of LIFE ... loved Nupur ... and those who have an eye for stoic poise, who respected graceful maturity, got attracted to Gunjan ... what made SG click was their implied understated equation which was extremely sensitive ' and if I may add, what made MN epic was the fire interspersed with their tete'a' tetes (read nokjhoks)..

And, dear CV's ... it's time to face the reality ... there is a CLEAR SEGMENTATION .. between the 2 types of audience..

In the name of transformation of personalities.. when you experiment with Gunjan, or for that matter, with SG, such that they lose their essence and are transformed beyond recognition, you run the risk of alienating the audience that loved these characters. AND at the same time you DO NOT really attract the audience that loves exuberance because they already have what they like ... In the name of uniformity you have played with fire to the point where you hamper viewership ... and I hope you guys have a better idea of the numbers than we do ... but from the slowly growing dissatisfaction in this mini-reflection of your audience, as well as from those numbers which we do see here, the fact seems undeniable that one sizeable section of the audience is disheartened and disappointed ... and is disconnecting from a much loved show.

We do not command that you run your show to our whim but we do REQUEST you to sit and take notice of the very obvious fallacies in the experiment ... recognize the USP of Gunjan and SG ... and acknowledge that in the eyes of those audiences that VOICE their opinion, their PARADISE IS LOST...

So while Milton came with a PARADISE REGAINED ... we can only hope you have the spirit and the will to do an encore as well ...

More than even a REQUEST, this is a PLEA ... a call for the return of characters we loved and respected and admired ...

Sonali & Diya

OMGG....paradise lost...just the other day in skool we did the poem called 'report to wordsworth' by Boey Kim Cheng and along with that r teacher made us do 3 sonnets by Wordsworth as well as this poem!! 🤣🤣

i don't hav time to read right now....will do it asap!! bt i'm guessing its on the change in SG, as characters with Gunjan being the highlight....so thanks for the post, it was well needed!! hope the cvs lurking around read it!!

diya and sona - 👏👍🏼 *standing ovation* i appreciate u guys for taking this step. we want our gunjan back!

ok finally to the topic.

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many out there must be knowing tht i have loved gunjan, always. tht is becos since the beginning i have found myself in her. i can always relate to her. ok, i wont go all far and praise to call myself innocent. but there was a time when my cousins used to call me the same thing. and i was innocent. tht was really many years back. along with tht i was a very reserved and shy person. just like gunjan. and that was exactly two years back. ur main challenge comes when u visit places like schools and colleges, classes etc. just like gunjan who had to face students at excel two years bk i had to face my class mates at MSc. MSc was a bigger challege than rest of the 15 years in my life bcos i always studied in low profile girls college so that wasnt a prob, but for MSc, u have to get up and speak up.

today after 3 years, gunjan has gained confidence. many think that it is her groW*H. i agree to the point just till there. bcos even i have seen the same transition in myself from being reserved to being a lil confident. my close friends at IF must be knowing me well. they wont call me reserved anymore. but why are u different than those who were never like u then? it is bcos the same reservedness, innocence and shyness comes bk at certain times when u meet new ppl. when u face new things, which u never saw in life. i feel it. those ppl who make me feel comfortable i get very open to them and speak my heart out , but the ones who i dont knw, i m still close and reserved in front of them. i m a close book in front of them. today, it doesnt feels the same for gunjan. even when ur character gets a certain kind of groW*H ur original essence is always intact, and ur original self always remains. bcos tht is ur true identity. u never become someone else. this is the mistake CVs are doing. the groW*H in the character of gunjan was seen until and unless it was facing the world and becoming open in the absence of the two most important persons in her life.

plus wht gunjan is doing now a days is doing wrong things. even if my character has seen changes, and from being reserved i have turned confident...i wud not stop being friendly as i was before. i wont stop being polite and well mannered while speaking.. but it looks like CVs have made gunjan stop those things. i agree to give her groW*H in her character, but they also made lose her essence along with it which was wrong. so today i can only partially perceive myself in gunjan, i had known 2 years back.

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coming to SaJan. whenever i heard the word Gunjan or for tht matter SaJan, the words like innocence wud come into my mind. and it was only bcos of Gunjan's innocence their love story carried a totally different meaning and their love was innocence, pure and sweet. otherwise Samrat had been with Dia and Sheena, never was the story same like it was for Sajan. for Sajan it was innocence, shyness and soft love...even when they were just friends and not officially a couple. the same thing goes missing now. and for tht matter samrat's character is not to be blamed, he has always been like this...it is Gunjan who has changed and therefore the equation of their love story or their relationship has completely changed. Even if gunjan's character saw groW*H, when it came to samrat, most of the times it was conversations thru eyes, it was shyness, it was caring, it was feelings, it was emotions, it was thinking for one another, it was loving.....but right now there is nothing... therefore i truly want to repeat ur words ....

PARADISE LOST!

paradise lost , i think indeed this is best suitable title ,first of all sona and diya🤗wonderful and superb topic 👏 in real sense we all sajan fans lost our paradise and dreamland of sajan i don't know where we lost them, sajan fragrance of love , passion devotion and purity . their usp is understanding , faith and trust when i look behind and recalled sajan and today when i see sajan i have no same feeling which i got in past on seeing them ,we connected with them and right now we want to connect with them but in such a change of char how to connect i don't know

First of all Diya and Sona! 👏 👏 Ths was a much needed post here.. And if possible.. Do send ths post to the CREATIVES asap! They need an Eye- Opener Now! Its all getting too much!


I cmpletely agree with u guyz! In order to gve uniformity to the characters.. They are SIMPLY digging their own graves.. They are losing half of the audience of this show by repeating their mistake..

U said it 100% correctly! When ths show started.. Many ppl got attracted to Nupur's character cuz she was lively and chirpy! Hence her character targetted youngsters the most who love vivaciousness..

But as the show proceeded.. That audience.. Who had an EYE to look into the DEPTH of characters and who loved the complexities of mind.. They got attracted to the Beauty of the Characters of Samrat and Gunjan..

As for Me.. I got attracted to Gunjan.. A Girl who was a firm believer of her principles.. A girl who never got carried away with emotions.. A girl whose EYES narrated her heart's emotions.. She Always preferred SILENCE as a better Answer to Many Questions.. She was the one who guided both her sister and Samrat in the best possible manner.. Being an Intelligent and Smart person.. She knew the EXACT way to solve their problems..

Where is She?? In the process of blending all characters in the darkness of COMEDY.. Creatives are destroying the essence of these characters esp Gunjan..

As for Samrat.. He ALWAYS believed in SHARING hs thoughts with Gunjan.. That promise scene of January.. Ths was the REAL Samrat.. Who called Gunjan hs Soulmate.. Then how cum he is so un aware of whats going on in HER mind.. Where is hs one point focus?

Lastly Sajan.. Only God knows how badly my heart pains seeing them like ths.. Its like watchng my loved one die infront of my eyes and i am unable to save them.. But sadly those who are having their POWER to Control.. They are misusing it.. Infact killing those characters with their OWN hands whome they created themselves and that too beautifully and in a unique manner..

Sajan's USP is their Special bond that makes them to SHARE their inner most feelings with their partner.. They do NOT bicker uselessly and act as morons! They are MATURE ppl who are soft, polite, dignified, graceful and lastly they are BEST FRIENDS! Plz dnt ruin ths Beautiful couple.. I request u CVs..

Diya and Sona, needless to say, I think we all agree. What CVs( esp BB) call character development is actually a mockery, a joke in the name of development. I wanna only talk about Gunjan here, cause as such she was the only character I felt has always been consistent, right from Season 1 to Season 2. The character I related to, the character which never went out of proportion.

Cut to Season 2, and we see Gunjan as an evolved person, someone who had tackled her biggest weakness- that was her fear to face the world all alone, without the two most important ppl. We saw her dealing with her problems, expressing herself. The Gunjan we saw now was a NATURAL development from the Gunjan of Season 1, cause it helped her EVOLVE as a person. She became more strong headed, more independent, more courageous. It was obviously appreciated, cause it was a positive change in her, BUT- the MAIN FACT is, she still remained the same Gunjan. She was still the same intense, deep, reflective, person, only with some aspects of her personality becoming more visible. Cause though the Gunjan of Season 1 was shy, she always did do what her heart told her to do, and STOOD for it. So, basically CVs- it was a PROGRESSION.

Now, what we see isn't even worth being called a REGRESSION, cause Gunjan can never regress to what she never was. We see her as a different person, somebody who cannot be related to.. She encourages lying, participates in silly tactics, acts without even thinking, has forgotten to reflect, and we see her fighting with Samrat like a teenager, something which irritates the hell out of me, the word being nok-jhok.. So basically, the Gunjan I see appears superficial and unthinking. She doesn't show concern for Samrat, she doesn't THINK or FEEL.

I don't know what I wrote makes any sense, cause I am so pissed. I don't think anything can sort out the track, because when the characters themselves are lost, nothing would make sense. First, the characters of Samrat Gunjan have to return, specially Gunjan's character. Just hope this track doesn't make them permanently lost from where there can be no redemption.

😳😳love u jana and thanks 4 da pm😛😛

- Sana -

deep meaning.. but really thoughful n interesting di

Originally posted by: aa123.80

Diya and Sona, needless to say, I think we all agree. What CVs( esp BB) call character development is actually a mockery, a joke in the name of development. I wanna only talk about Gunjan here, cause as such she was the only character I felt has always been consistent, right from Season 1 to Season 2. The character I related to, the character which never went out of proportion.

Cut to Season 2, and we see Gunjan as an evolved person, someone who had tackled her biggest weakness- that was her fear to face the world all alone, without the two most important ppl. We saw her dealing with her problems, expressing herself. The Gunjan we saw now was a NATURAL development from the Gunjan of Season 1, cause it helped her EVOLVE as a person. She became more strong headed, more independent, more courageous. It was obviously appreciated, cause it was a positive change in her, BUT- the MAIN FACT is, she still remained the same Gunjan. She was still the same intense, deep, reflective, person, only with some aspects of her personality becoming more visible. Cause though the Gunjan of Season 1 was shy, she always did do what her heart told her to do, and STOOD for it. So, basically CVs- it was a PROGRESSION.

Now, what we see isn't even worth being called a REGRESSION, cause Gunjan can never regress to what she never was. We see her as a different person, somebody who cannot be related to.. She encourages lying, participates in silly tactics, acts without even thinking, has forgotten to reflect, and we see her fighting with Samrat like a teenager, something which irritates the hell out of me, the word being nok-jhok.. So basically, the Gunjan I see appears superficial and unthinking. She doesn't show concern for Samrat, she doesn't THINK or FEEL.
I don't know what I wrote makes any sense, cause I am so pissed.

simply beautiful Ishi 👏👏👏👏