Mareena is a deadly combo of Voldemort and Hannibal Lecter and has already killed one, thinks she has killed another, and is now in the midst of her attempt to kill a third…no prizes for guessing whom – Karthika, it is…hah…you now automatically win a ‘black pearl’ (karutha muthu) for your serial intuition.

She could actually start slapping the director first…maybe after taking the ridiculous grease off her face. Why the hell can she not turn around and slap her antagonists for a change is better left unsaid. Karthika seems always under siege, continuously attacked, beaten up, thrown off a cliff, pushed into a pond…whatever happens, she remains the epitome of all goodness.

This serial is a masterpiece because it gifts us not one but two outlandish characters in Karthika and Mareena. Mareena who is obsessed with Karthika’s husband to such an extent that she will stop at nothing to get him. The top villain of the show without doubt is Dr. She replaced Premi Viswanath who had been portraying the role since 2014 and in these two years, the director could not find a dusky beauty to play the lead role.Genius, ain't he!īeginning with her step-dad who hates her, we also have a step sister who tries every trick under the sun to discredit her…maybe even kill her. This is actor Rincy who currently plays Karthika: She’s married to a nice doctor-chap, but that’s it. Why could the makers not opt for a dark female lead is another one of the universe’s mysteries gone unexplained. Karuthamuthu’s Karthika who gets enacted by an otherwise fair actor with her face all greased up is on top of our 'atrocious' list. Let’s consider a few of the gems on display currently: How much ever you rack your brain, you simply cannot come up with any real life counterpart for even a single character on board. These combos of crazy relationships are explored for around ten minutes, interspersed with ads galore and incessant long shots or close-ups.Īt the centre of this over-the-top drama are outrageous and over-dressed characters, especially the atrocious female leads.

Every possible permutation and combination of relationships between myriad characters is then put under the microscopic gaze of devout viewers to develop, break, fester or burn out. Most serials aired on prime time television claim to be family soaps, catering to the mother, father, daughter, son, wife or husband in you.

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