Whoever is happy that Vidyadhar is the mastermind of Vishvambhar's plot, could you spread the joy by explaining to me how it's good for the story?
1. What does a new mastermind add to the story?
I had fun speculating that Vishvambhar's goal might be Arjun's marriage rather than his signatures ... Vishvambhar might cheat Balaram ... did Vishvambhar kill Dhole ... did Vishvambhar kill Bhima'i and cause Vidyadhar's paralysis ... did Vishvambhar kill Bhalachandra ... and what is Vishvambhar's past with Mona and Shyamal?
Vishvambhar taking orders from Vidyadhar diminishes Vishvambhar's potential as a villain without transferring much fascination to Vidyadhar.
2. Isn't the story imbalanced now that Vidyadhar is a villain?
Vidyadhar is the only character who understands the responsibilities that Arjun handles and has the right to approve or disapprove of Arjun's decisions. The other morally upright characters like Sharada, Paras, Ballal Gurujī, Phadake, Krishna'i, and Priya are too weak; they can't take the place of Arjun's intelligent, wise, indulgent, and self-effacing big brother.
How many schemers does the story need? Ignoring Priya because she's harmless ... Savi, Vishvambhar, Balaram, Pankaj, Nanda, and now Vidyadhar are all double-crossing each other, with support from Dipu, Çamaki, Shali, Bhaiyu, and Shyamal, not to mention minor accomplices Ashiqya, Naresh, Dhole etc.
This makes for a cynical story in which characters fall into two groups: smart enough to plot or dumb enough to be honest.
3. So, Arjun really did cheat his siblings!
When it was only Vishvambhar the embezzler, Balaram the roving-eyed spendthrift, and lazy Nanda and Shali complaining about Arjun, we could sympathize. Resentment by Vidyadhar, who knows the bank's business and looks after an orphanage, has to be taken more seriously.
Vidyadhar who gives money from his allowance to other family members who have already spent theirs ... Vidyadhar for whom Arjun secretly bends the no-accounts-no-allowance rule .. that Vidyadhar feels so cheated that he wants to kill Arjun!
If what Nanda and Vidyadhar said to each other is true, Arjun's Khopade inheritance was expanded tenfold by Bhalachandra, and that property has been divided equally among the four siblings. So, how did Arjun manage to take over everything?
4. What kind of mastermind encourages Arjun to marry Sneha when the plan requires Arjun to marry Savi?
Or lets slip to Nanda that he doesn't remember Divakar, so that Nanda can expose Savi too early?
Or lets Shyamal fail to recognize her son's classmate Vidyadhar?
What kind of mastermind allows Vishvambhar to give papers to Savi for Arjun to sign, just because she demanded them before marriage, knowing the risk that Savi will read the papers and either:
(a) realize that they would transfer the property to Savi Sharada Waghmare, incriminating her, or
(b) run off with the papers that transfer the property to whomever else, making it impossible for Arjun's family to inherit upon his untimely death?
What kind of mastermind says that it will be easy to recover the property because Savi will go to the gallows? India has some 488 people on death row, almost all of whom will escape execution because they're not infamous terrorists or gang rapist-murderers. How long has it been since India put a woman to death? Suppose Savi is arrested for the murder of Arjun while the property is signed over by Arjun to Savi or inherited by her through marriage; won't she retain ownership until it's proved in court that Arjun was tricked? Won't Savi be able to block whatever Vidyadhar wants to do with the property?
5. If Vidyadhar is so angry about Arjun controlling the family businesses, why doesn't Vidyadhar take an interest in the businesses? How can Vidyadhar amuse himself with an orphanage and a kīrtana instead of showing interest in the factory and the bank? When Vishvambhar was caught embezzling, how could Vidyadhar keep his own involvement quiet?
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