Mr. T N Seetharam (TNS) is a popular personality in the Kannada TV industry. His serials revolve around tender emotions, valuing relationships and addressing social issues; everyday life that you and I can relate to is brought out beautifully. The language in his work is pristine and pronunciation is impeccable.
Of all the serials he has written and directed I could catch only Mayamruga, Muktha and Muktha Muktha, not the entire thing though. There are a certain characters common in all his serials. Here, I'm writing mainly about Muktha Muktha with a few roles from the other series.
There is no mother-in-law or daughter-in-law or anyone contriving to wreck some poor soul's life, unlike in many other soap operas on Indian television;
there is an irresponsible and extremely lazy head-of-the-family, who, if just keeps quiet, will save the members of the family from a lot of trouble;
a mischievous kid who reminds you of your own childhood;
a young scientist who makes path breaking discovery;
a nagging wife;
a young man who is proficient in Indian classical music and takes up floriculture as his profession rather than sell off his suburban land to real estate sharks;
a young man who is in search of God; becomes a sanyasi; later falls in love with a woman. Then thinks he need not abstain from nuptial vows and responsibilities to seek God;
a highly qualified young woman who returns to her motherland from London after her father's demise to fight for the rights of farmers; to protest against the exploitation of farmers by the industrialists.
a nutty lawyer (played by TNS himself) who leaves no stone unturned to get justice done to the weak of the society. To express his distress, frustration and even happiness, he recites corresponding verses from poems;
and a foolish and foolishly religious, superstitious typist to the eccentric lawyer.
There is a heartborken girl who focuses all her disappointment toward preparing for Civil Services exams and does become an IAS officer. Being an upright officer, she invites the ministers' wrath and faces them with confidence that frustrates the nefarious politicians.
There is a suave but wily politician who humiliates people in an acceptable language.
There is this highly educated, audacious and stylish son of the Chief Minister who deals with illegal money in the figures of crores; his elder brother works in the field of media; earns 17K per month and is content with it.
The riveting part of the serial is the court room battles, especially the murder cases. The IPC sections quoted, legal procedures, Supportive and Discrediting Cross Examination and forensic report explanation are all technically perfect. There is simply no nonsense.
1. Girl falls in love with this guy for his ideals and principles. They get married. When the guy starts living in the present world of practicality, she walks out of the marriage with dignity.
2. There is a young IPS officer who remonstrates in Gandhi style to get his mother to agree to his marriage with the woman he is love with. The mother disapproves of their relationship and reasons that the girl is no match to her son; she reckons the problems they might have to face in the future due to the girl's social status. If you are the kind who believe love must triumph, chahe duniya bhaad me jaaye, you might get angry at her being the thorn in the flesh, but you will not hate her. By the way, the mother actually respects and admires the girl for her straight-forwardness and very high self respect!
3. Childhood friends fall in love. Get engaged. There is tender romance between our love birds even while the members of the family are looking. But the girl gets the guy married to her best friend due to various reasons. The three still remain best of friends. The way this is portrayed makes you think this was pragmatic even though you might get a heartache.
4. Girl is hopelessly in love with this guy. She gets married to him against her father's advice. It turns out the guy is a loser. He physically and verbally abuses her. When she cannot tolerate the torture anymore, she returns to her parents'. After some days the guy comes to his disillusioned wife. A few loving words and a bit of pleading is enough for her to go back to the husband. Then the abuse continues...
PostScript : Muktha means Freedom
**
Just to let you know, this is the only serial I watch on Indian entertainment channels.
*****
Current Song:
Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down
I watched the world float to the
Dark side of the moon...
...If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman...
Of all the serials he has written and directed I could catch only Mayamruga, Muktha and Muktha Muktha, not the entire thing though. There are a certain characters common in all his serials. Here, I'm writing mainly about Muktha Muktha with a few roles from the other series.
There is no mother-in-law or daughter-in-law or anyone contriving to wreck some poor soul's life, unlike in many other soap operas on Indian television;
there is an irresponsible and extremely lazy head-of-the-family, who, if just keeps quiet, will save the members of the family from a lot of trouble;
a mischievous kid who reminds you of your own childhood;
a young scientist who makes path breaking discovery;
a nagging wife;
a young man who is proficient in Indian classical music and takes up floriculture as his profession rather than sell off his suburban land to real estate sharks;
a young man who is in search of God; becomes a sanyasi; later falls in love with a woman. Then thinks he need not abstain from nuptial vows and responsibilities to seek God;
a highly qualified young woman who returns to her motherland from London after her father's demise to fight for the rights of farmers; to protest against the exploitation of farmers by the industrialists.
a nutty lawyer (played by TNS himself) who leaves no stone unturned to get justice done to the weak of the society. To express his distress, frustration and even happiness, he recites corresponding verses from poems;
and a foolish and foolishly religious, superstitious typist to the eccentric lawyer.
There is a heartborken girl who focuses all her disappointment toward preparing for Civil Services exams and does become an IAS officer. Being an upright officer, she invites the ministers' wrath and faces them with confidence that frustrates the nefarious politicians.
There is a suave but wily politician who humiliates people in an acceptable language.
There is this highly educated, audacious and stylish son of the Chief Minister who deals with illegal money in the figures of crores; his elder brother works in the field of media; earns 17K per month and is content with it.
The riveting part of the serial is the court room battles, especially the murder cases. The IPC sections quoted, legal procedures, Supportive and Discrediting Cross Examination and forensic report explanation are all technically perfect. There is simply no nonsense.
The Love Stories
1. Girl falls in love with this guy for his ideals and principles. They get married. When the guy starts living in the present world of practicality, she walks out of the marriage with dignity.
2. There is a young IPS officer who remonstrates in Gandhi style to get his mother to agree to his marriage with the woman he is love with. The mother disapproves of their relationship and reasons that the girl is no match to her son; she reckons the problems they might have to face in the future due to the girl's social status. If you are the kind who believe love must triumph, chahe duniya bhaad me jaaye, you might get angry at her being the thorn in the flesh, but you will not hate her. By the way, the mother actually respects and admires the girl for her straight-forwardness and very high self respect!
3. Childhood friends fall in love. Get engaged. There is tender romance between our love birds even while the members of the family are looking. But the girl gets the guy married to her best friend due to various reasons. The three still remain best of friends. The way this is portrayed makes you think this was pragmatic even though you might get a heartache.
4. Girl is hopelessly in love with this guy. She gets married to him against her father's advice. It turns out the guy is a loser. He physically and verbally abuses her. When she cannot tolerate the torture anymore, she returns to her parents'. After some days the guy comes to his disillusioned wife. A few loving words and a bit of pleading is enough for her to go back to the husband. Then the abuse continues...
PostScript : Muktha means Freedom
**
Just to let you know, this is the only serial I watch on Indian entertainment channels.
*****
Current Song:
Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down
I watched the world float to the
Dark side of the moon...
...If I go crazy then will you still
Call me Superman...
Wow... Sounds really good... I didn't know about Mr. TNS Sri. The characters portrayed by him, depicted by you seem really special. Would not miss him if I get an opportunity to watch him as a play or read him as a book.
ReplyDeleteHe has written and directed plays and movies, Maverick. My knowledge is limited to the TV series though... There is no character in his work that is portrayed to be completely villainous, saintly-good or sacrificial. Very practical :) Catch him when you get an opportunity
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ReplyDeleteVery good writing..
Keep it up..
haven't been following the serial but am sure TNSeetharam is always good..
Thank you, Thejasree. Nice to hear from you! Will keep posting. We can just go on talking about TNS :)
ReplyDeletevery good serial, i am also watching his serials since first one,in this muktha muktha i hope
ReplyDeleteTNS will really awaken the farmers and ritha chaluvaly and show some out coming way that they can apply in their real life
Right Jyo. I pray there is an end to the farmer's problems soon!
ReplyDeleteIn Muktha, his wife is a lawyer too and her values are very different from his. However, throughout the serial, they are both shown as mature persons who strongly adhere to their own principles and understand/respect each other. The relationship was fairly presented without bias to either of their attitudes. I enjoyed their arguments and their moments together on scree
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