Disconnect ... big time

23rd, 24th and 27th September

MJHT is losing its charm and its way completely. And I am losing interest. The way the Dhruv track was wrapped up - completely predictable, completely unexciting ... Samrat sets up Nups' confession, MN hug, then Dhruv arrives and grand threatening scene which made me ROFL ... Gunjan asks him what he knew about the accident, so he promptly spills the beans, equally promptly recorded by Ash, handed over to police - that's the end of that. If that was all that was required, why was Nups wailing like a banshee for the last three weeks?
My only fear was that MN would start another emotional atyachaar track with Nups recovery - but Nups is like a cat - throw her any which way, she lands on her feet!

SG ... the last three episodes, it seems like the new CV's have no idea how to take them, where to take them. Thursday, it seemed Gunjan was awkward around Sam, didn't know how to talk to him. Friday was one halfway decent scene, where Sam was S2 Sam, ticking her off indirectly - we need to change ourselves, rather than look for change in others.

Naveen's links
awkwardness and ticking off
Dinner vs Meeting

Monday I was lost. What was that? Who were these people? Gunjan doesn't understand why Samrat is behaving the way he is? Why he's getting upset with her? And what exactly is going on with her? Where does she actually think they are? She has definitely worn her ring again, but he doesn't even seem to have noticed. Why does she need to ask Nupur's help to figure out what's going on with him? Why can't she ask him?

S1 - the cornerstone of the SG relationship was their trust and communication. In S2, the biggest reason for their being apart was that the trust was broken, and there was no communication at all. Also, both had changed ... their personalities had undergone drastic changes, maturation with the tragedy that had hit them ... Gunjan had grown up overnight, from being sheltered, protected, pampered - both by Nupur and Samrat - she had learnt to deal with life on her own. She had also become bitter, had enclosed herself in a shell, and her conflicting feelings for Samrat were the cornerstone of S2. There was no conflict in Samrat - he felt guilty, but he still loved Gunjan with all his heart. But he had changed too - he had grown, matured, become serious, sober, the tragedy had affected him deeply, and he was even willing to let Gunjan go, if that was her way to happiness.
With RP's return, that track got completely torpedoed ... it was way too mature a track for most of the teenage hormonal viewers to handle anyway. So okay, the MN sleaze fest is back - even more sleazy than earlier, with half-naked scenes in bathtubs, a husband-wife gearing up openly for sex after three years of abstinence - almost reaching soft-porn in the expressions of the actors. Rati was exceptionally horrible today with her idiotic 'sharmaoing' ...

But SG were ... not SG. Bickering, fighting ... over what? And Gunji needs Nup's help to figure out what's hapening with Samrat? Try talking to the guy, woman - you always did that before! And Samrat can't seem to decide whether he's all grown up and mature, or is still stuck in his half-child, half-man phase.

Bad acting, badly written scenes, and worse characterization. I hope MJHT goes off air very soon. And now I'm really looking forward to Radhika Borkar's next show - if she wrote just the first two months of S2, then what will she do with her own show when she can call the shots for at least six months or so - I can't wait!